Comparison

My Diary vs Anxiety Clock

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

My Diary

An elegant digital journal that automatically enriches entries with local weather, location, and images. Secure your memories with TouchID/Passcode and sync them across devices via iCloud. Customize your experience with themes and background images.

Highlights
  • Automatic local weather and icon
  • Automatic location tagging
  • Add pictures to entries
  • iCloud backup and sync
  • TouchID/Passcode protection
  • Calendar browsing view
Features
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My Diary is a quiet, personal diary app inspired by the diary seen in the animated film Your Name. It is made for keeping the moments you do not want to lose: what happened today, where you were, what the weather felt like, and the small feelings that may otherwise fade with time. Features: - Write diary entries with photos - Save date, time, weather, and location - Browse memories by list or calendar - Search diary content when a memory comes back - Choose blue or pink themes - Change your diary background - Set your profile photo and name - Add emergency contacts - Keep personal attention notes and todo lists - Protect your diary with Face ID or device passcode - Back up and sync diary data with iCloud - Manually back up to iCloud or sync down from iCloud - Switch between English, Chinese, and Japanese Some memories fade only because we stop looking for them. My Diary keeps a place for them.

About

Anxiety Clock

Features
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Anxiety Clock — Feel the Cost of Living Every second you breathe, your bills keep running. Anxiety Clock turns your financial obligations into a real-time ticker. Enter your mortgage, rent, car loan, taxes, insurance, tuition — and watch the numbers bleed. Not monthly, not yearly. Right now. Per second. It's not a budgeting app. It's a reality check. See exactly how much your life costs every hour you're at work, every minute you sleep, every second you hesitate. The clock never stops — and neither do your expenses. Features: - Real-time financial pressure ticker - Add mortgages, loans, rent, taxes, insurance & more - Switch between yearly, monthly, daily, hourly, per-minute, per-second views - Landscape mode: full-screen live clock - Expense breakdown by category - Multiple currencies and languages - Customizable accent colors and clock styles Stare at the number. Then go earn it.

Screenshots

My Diary4 screens
Anxiety Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Anxiety Clock at Free against My Diary's $2.99. Anxiety Clock also leads on update cadence (daily vs fortnightly) and device support (3 vs 1). My Diary's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Anxiety Clock is free to download; My Diary costs $2.99 up front. Anxiety Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. My Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Diary ships an update fortnightly, Anxiety Clock daily. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
My Diary versus Anxiety Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy DiaryAnxiety Clock
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (40 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings40 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB41 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperHeng WangTech-Tao Solutions Inc.

In-app purchases

None

My Diary

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Anxiety Clock

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is My Diary free?
My Diary costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Anxiety Clock free?
Anxiety Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do My Diary or Anxiety Clock have ads?
Neither My Diary nor Anxiety Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Diary or Anxiety Clock?
My Diary ships an update fortnightly, and Anxiety Clock daily. Most recently, My Diary was updated on November 2, 2026 and Anxiety Clock on October 31, 2026.

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