Journal! vs Text Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Journal!
This app allows users to create a digital journal with daily notifications and custom hours. You can add titles and full text entries, ensure every day has a title, and set reminders for future dates. Entries can be shared with friends or transferred to other devices.
- Daily notifications with custom hours
- Add titles and full text entries
- Ensure daily title entries
- Reminders for future dates
- Share entries with friends
- Transfer data to other devices
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-you can set daily notifications with custom a custom hour. -the interface is simple and easy to use. -add titles directly from the notifications. -extend titles and add full text entries. -you have the ability to make sure the you added a title to every day in the year. -you can add reminders to future dates. -you can share your list with friends or transfer it to another device.
Text Diary
A free and simple text-based journaling app that allows unlimited entries. Organize your thoughts with folders, colors, and tags, and easily search or filter your past entries. Enjoy a comfortable user experience with quick startup and dark mode.
- Unlimited daily diary entries
- Organize by folder, color, tag
- Searchable diary entries
- Filter by date or tag
- Quick startup and comfortable operation
- Dark mode support
- Completely free to use
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It's a simple text diary app. All features are completely free to use. Features: - Unlimited daily diary - Classified by folder, color, tag - Search diary - Filter by date or tag - Quick start-up, comfortable operability - Dark mode - All free URL scheme: textdiary://
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Text Diary at 4.5 against Journal!'s 4.0. Journal!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Text Diary holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Journal! has 50 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Journal! ships an update every 3 weeks, Text Diary every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and July 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Journal! | Text Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (50 ratings) | 4.5 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jacob Hanna | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
Journal!
Text Diary
In-app purchases
Journal!
No in-app purchases
Text Diary
No in-app purchases
