Life Diary vs Diary! SmartDiary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Life Diary
Securely store your life's memories, thoughts, and secrets with password protection and iCloud backup. Automatically sync notes to your Google Calendar and enhance entries with images. This app offers a beautiful, ad-free interface designed for personal reflection and growth.
- Password and Touch ID lock
- iCloud synchronization
- Google Calendar integration
- Tagging for notes
- Image attachments
- Customizable font size
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Store your memories and thoughts, and keep them save with password lock and backup (iCloud integration supported) so they will never be lost. Automatically send your notes to your Google Calendar. NO ADS. Simple, but beautiful design was made for you, so you can focus on your thought. Tell your diary something that you can’t say others, and learn new about yourself just by reading your notes. Make this diary your friend and you will see a better version of yourself. You can use your diary: - to keep your memories - to write your thought about something that bothers you - as morning papers - to write your strongest filling, and come back anytime to fill that moment again - to write what goals did you put to yourself, and check them after a while Lock all your thoughts and take advantage of some great features that this diary offers you: - set password and use touchID to lock the diary, if you would like to - synchronize your notes with iCloud, so you can move from device to device without losing your notes. - Automatically send your notes to Google Calendar. - tag your notes, so you it will be easy to find them - set your personal font size, to make it comfortable to read/write for your eyes - attach images for your notes - More features coming soon! A beautiful diary for your amazing stories and secrets. Enjoy writing so that you can relive your lifetime moments.
Diary! SmartDiary
Record daily life with photos and track your mood and schedule on a calendar. Secure your entries with a passcode and easily access past memories. Customize your diary with various settings for a personalized experience.
- Record memories with photos
- Track daily mood and schedule
- Passcode lock with biometric support
- iCloud backup and data migration
- Customizable calendar and diary settings
- Input forgetting notifications
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Simple and easy operation private diary application. ・Leave memories of daily life with photos easily. ・You can enter in the calendar the mood and schedule of the day. ・You can easily display past memories. ・Passcode lock (Touch ID, Face ID support) ・iCloud backup (iPhone, data migration between the iPad is also possible) [Other functions] ・Cover photo setting ・Calendar display setting (Start Week On, Calendar Position, Cover Photo Size, Transparency) ・Diary text setting (Font Size, Font Depth, Line Spacing) ・Theme color setting ・Notification of forgetting input ・Support for landscape orientation (iPad only) [Credit] ・Designed by Freepik and distributed by Flaticon (https://www.flaticon.com) ・Icons8 (https://icons8.com) ・This software includes the work that is distributed in the Apache License 2.0.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Diary! SmartDiary at 93% against Life Diary's 50%. Diary! SmartDiary also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.4). Life Diary's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Life Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Diary! SmartDiary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Diary! SmartDiary holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 96 and 45 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Life Diary's written reviews are positive against 93% of Diary! SmartDiary's.
Life Diary ships an update fortnightly, Diary! SmartDiary every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Life Diary | Diary! SmartDiary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (96 ratings) | 4.6 (45 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 93.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 96 — better | 45 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bosede Ajiroba | Hideki Okuno |
Customer experience
Life Diary
Diary! SmartDiary
In-app purchases
Life Diary
- Unlock all premium features$2.99
Diary! SmartDiary
- Remove Ads$2.99
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