Simple Daily Diary vs My thoughts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
My thoughts
Securely record your daily thoughts and memories with a simple, intuitive interface. Add photos and moods to entries, and benefit from automatic emotion recognition. Your diary syncs across devices via iCloud, ensuring your thoughts are always safe and accessible.
- Pincode and biometric security
- Add photos to entries
- Add moods to entries
- Location-based suggestions
- iCloud sync
- Automatic emotion recognition
- Ad-free experience
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“People who keep journals have life twice.” - Jessamine West ”My Thoughts” makes it easy and safe to keep your diary. Features: * Pincode and FaceID/TouchID for protecting your diary * Simple and intuitive interface * Add photos to your diary entries * Add a mood to your diary entries * Suggestions to note depends on your visit places * Sync via iCloud between all your devices. Your entries won't get lost even if you change your device. * Automatic emotion recognition based on the entered text (for languages: English, Spanish, German, French) * No ads. Not at all. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: My thoughts at monthly against Simple Daily Diary's every 50 months. My thoughts also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 53%). Simple Daily Diary's advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 137) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, 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. Simple Daily Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and My thoughts sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
My thoughts holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Daily Diary has 1.3K ratings behind it against 137, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Simple Daily Diary's written reviews are positive against 67% of My thoughts's.
Simple Daily Diary ships an update every 50 months, My thoughts monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Daily Diary | My thoughts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.3K ratings) | 4.7 (137 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.7% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 137 |
| Update frequency | Every 50 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dmytro Vynokurov | Aleksey Konshin |
Customer experience
Simple Daily Diary
My thoughts
User reviews
Simple Daily Diary
From 1.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 💡 Straightforward diary format
- 🚀 Clean and fast interface
Room to improve
- 🔒 No password or lock feature
- 📤 Limited storage space without paid upgrade
- 🐛 Inconsistent behavior with paid upgrade
- 🔄 Inability to edit/add past entries
My thoughts
From 137 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and user-friendly
- 🔒 Password protection
- ✨ Free to use
- 😊 Amazing app
- 💯 Perfect diary app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Data not saving
- 🐛 App crashes
- 🐛 Lost data
- 🐛 Sync issues
- 🐛 Unstable saving
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.)
My thoughts
Reported bugs
7 issues- Forgot password/PIN
- App crashes when changing date
- Text not saving
- Sync not working
- App crashes while writing
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- Data loss on iPhone 11
- Folders lost with information
Requested features
8 requests- Export to Word or print
- Unlimited photo space
- Auto-save feature
- Search by text
- Export entries
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- Add video attachments
- Dark mode
- Sync between devices
In-app purchases
Simple Daily Diary
- Unlimited Diary$6.99
My thoughts
- My boundless thoughts (Month)3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- My boundless thoughts (Year)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
Questions
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