Simple Daily Diary vs Mindlog
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.
Mindlog
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Mindlog is a quiet place to write down what you are thinking and how you feel. No account. No cloud. No tracking. Your entries stay on your device and nowhere else — there is no server for them to go to. WHAT'S INSIDE • Quick entry — opens the moment you launch the app, so a thought does not disappear while you look for a button • A map of emotions — find the word that actually fits instead of settling for "fine" • Your own history — browse and filter past entries, and notice what keeps coming back • Short reads and exercises — a small built-in library on working with your thinking more clearly • App lock — optional Face ID or Touch ID, and the screen blurs itself in the app switcher • Exports you control — PDF, JSON or a spreadsheet, whenever you want them • Encrypted backups — AES-256-GCM, with a passphrase only you know • Fully offline — no connection required, ever PRIVACY IS THE ARCHITECTURE Mindlog contains no analytics library, no advertising SDK and no backend. That is not a promise we are asking you to trust — it is the reason there is no mechanism for your writing to leave your device in the first place. Available in English and Russian.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mindlog at none against Simple Daily Diary's 1. Mindlog also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 50 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Mindlog asks for nothing beyond the download.
Simple Daily Diary ships an update every 50 months, Mindlog every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Daily Diary | Mindlog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.3K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 52.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 50 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dmytro Vynokurov | Dmitrii Proshutinskii |
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.)
Mindlog
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Simple Daily Diary
- Unlimited Diary$6.99
Mindlog
No in-app purchases
Questions
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