Journal! vs Quick Journal
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.
Quick Journal
This app offers a straightforward journaling experience with extensive customization options. Personalize themes, fonts, icons, and layouts to create your ideal digital notebook. Widgets and draft saving features enhance usability for daily reflection.
- Customizable themes and fonts
- App icon and layout personalization
- Home screen widgets
- Save entries as drafts
- Copy and share entries
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Quick Journal is the simplest way to keep a journal. You can customize your journal's theme, fonts, app icon, layout, and even where the composer button is placed. To help you write or keep track of your entries, the app features widgets you can put on your home screen. You can copy or share your entries. You can always come back to an entry later by saving it as a draft, just swipe down and the entry will be saved. Hope you enjoy! EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Quick Journal at 86% against Journal!'s 43%. Quick Journal also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). Journal!'s advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.4). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Quick Journal holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 50 and 24 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Journal!'s written reviews are positive against 86% of Quick Journal's.
Journal! ships an update every 3 weeks, Quick Journal every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Journal! | Quick Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (50 ratings) | 4.7 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 86.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jacob Hanna | Charlie Deets |
Customer experience
Journal!
Quick Journal
In-app purchases
Journal!
No in-app purchases
Quick Journal
No in-app purchases
