Comparison

Simple Daily Diary vs Minimalistic Daily Diary

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

Head to head
About

Simple Daily Diary

Capture your everyday moments with a fast, easy, and beautifully designed journaling app. Add custom titles, personalize with themes, and easily find past entries with smart search. Sync across devices and enjoy local backups for peace of mind.

Highlights
  • Add custom titles to entries
  • 20+ handpicked color themes
  • Smart search by date or keywords
  • Share thoughts and memories
  • iCloud sync between iPhone and iPad
  • Local device backup
Features
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Looking for a simple and delightful way to keep a daily journal? Simple Daily Diary is exactly what you need — fast, easy to use, and thoughtfully designed to capture your everyday moments. Just download and see for yourself. With Simple Daily Diary, you’ll never forget the moments that matter most. Revisit your memories anytime in a space that feels truly yours. Key features: • Add custom titles to highlight your most meaningful entries. • Make it your own with 20+ handpicked color themes. • Find what you wrote in seconds using smart search by date or keywords. • Share your thoughts and memories without leaving the app. • Sync seamlessly between iPhone and iPad using iCloud. • And for extra peace of mind, your diary is also backed up locally on your device. No subscriptions, no clutter. Just a beautifully simple diary that fits right into your everyday life.

About

Minimalistic Daily Diary

Capture your thoughts and memories with a simple, intuitive journaling tool. Dictate your entries using speech-to-text or add images to enrich your notes. This app helps you gain clarity and achieve your goals through the power of writing.

Highlights
  • Intuitive writing interface
  • Speech-to-text dictation
  • Multi-language support
  • Add images to notes
  • Focus on text content
Features
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Writing is one of the most effective ways to become happier, more productive, and clearer in your thinking. It could be with a pen and paper, but it could also be with Minimalistic Daily Diary. By setting words to your feelings and thoughts helps you make sense of the world and your life. And by simply writing about your day you would be much more likely to achieve what you have set out to achieve. Benjamin Franklin once said, “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” Which I believe is a great saying and gives us a great insight into why writing is so powerful. With Minimalistic Daily Diary you are given a great and intuitive tool for writing about your day. The app is designed to help you focus on the text itself and therefore the app does not have any unnecessary features. If you are not the writing type you could instead dictate your thoughts in an industry-leading speech-to-text recognition by Apple. You can choose between multiple languages so you can dictate in your language. To remember your day and life even more vividly you can add images to your notes. They say an image says more than a thousand words I truly understand this saying. That is why I have enabled this function for you to use. Minimalistic Daily Dairy is more than just a note-taking app and just as it has helped and empowered my life to use it and write down my thoughts, I truly believe it can and will help you! So, take a moment and install Minimalistic Daily Dairy and write about your day. Terms & Conditions - https://bit.ly/2N5Aat6 Privacy Policy - https://bit.ly/2oVXLo7

Screenshots

Simple Daily Diary3 screens
Minimalistic Daily Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Simple Daily Diary at 4.5 against Minimalistic Daily Diary's 2.6. Simple Daily Diary also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (52% vs 20%). Minimalistic Daily Diary's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 50 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Simple Daily Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Minimalistic Daily Diary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simple Daily Diary holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Daily Diary has 1.3K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Simple Daily Diary's written reviews are positive against 20% of Minimalistic Daily Diary's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Daily Diary ships an update every 50 months, Minimalistic Daily Diary every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Simple Daily Diary versus Minimalistic Daily Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Daily DiaryMinimalistic Daily Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.3K ratings) — better2.6 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews52.3% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.3K — better16
Update frequencyEvery 50 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmytro VynokurovCarl Henningsson

Customer experience

Simple Daily Diary

All ratings1,250 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews130 reviews
Positive52.3%
Neutral8.5%
Negative39.2%

Minimalistic Daily Diary

All ratings16 ratings
Positive31.3%
Neutral12.5%
Negative56.3%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative70.0%

Bugs and requests

Simple Daily Diary

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Paid upgrade not working as expected
  • Entries disappearing or not saving properly
  • Freezing or crashing when using certain features

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add password/lock feature
  • Increase storage space or make it truly unlimited
  • Allow editing and adding of past entries
  • Provide cloud backup/sync option
  • Offer more customization options (colors, fonts, etc.)

Minimalistic Daily Diary

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Simple Daily Diary

One-time1
  • Unlimited Diary$6.99
2 purchases

Minimalistic Daily Diary

Subscriptions1
  • Full Access Subscription7 Days trial$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Full Access$12.99

Questions

Is Simple Daily Diary free?
Simple Daily Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Minimalistic Daily Diary free?
Minimalistic Daily Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Simple Daily Diary or Minimalistic Daily Diary?
Simple Daily Diary is rated higher. Simple Daily Diary averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Minimalistic Daily Diary averages 2.6 from 16 ratings.
Do Simple Daily Diary or Minimalistic Daily Diary have ads?
Minimalistic Daily Diary shows ads; Simple Daily Diary does not.
Which is updated more often, Simple Daily Diary or Minimalistic Daily Diary?
Simple Daily Diary ships an update every 50 months, and Minimalistic Daily Diary every 3 weeks. Most recently, Simple Daily Diary was updated on November 6, 2026 and Minimalistic Daily Diary on November 5, 2026.

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