Paid For vs Text Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paid For
Easily track shared expenses and get reimbursed by roommates. Record who paid for what, add contact details, and send payment requests. Mark payments as received to keep everything organized.
- Enter title and amount paid
- Add contact numbers
- Send payment requests
- Mark as paid
- Organize shared expenses
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Enter the title and amount you paid, then Add contact numbers, then Send the message to your roommates. When they pay you back, you Mark them as paid!
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 ads: Paid For at none against Text Diary's shown. Paid For also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Text Diary's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 2). On price, rating, update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Paid For against 4.6 for Text Diary. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively.
Paid For ships an update every 6 weeks, Text Diary every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paid For | Text Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 4.6 (7 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 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 | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcellin Nshimiyimana | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
Paid For
Text Diary
In-app purchases
Paid For
No in-app purchases
Text Diary
No in-app purchases
