UX vs Digital Diaries
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UX
This app helps user experience designers time tasks during usability tests. Create custom tests and tasks for different apps, then record and capture screenshots of task completion times. Results are saved to your device's photo album.
- Task timing for usability tests
- Customizable test creation
- Task sequence setup
- Screenshot capture of results
- Results saved to photo album
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UX is an app to assist user experience designers time how long it takes users to complete tasks during usability tests. Create tests for each app your are testing and then create and customize the tasks you will have the user go through in your product. When you start the test you will be able to time how long the user takes to complete each task. At the end of the test you can click "capture" to take a screen shot of the times it took that user to conduct each task. These screenshots are stored in the UX photo album of your iPhone.
Digital Diaries
This platform allows researchers to gain deep insights by immersing themselves in the lives of their respondents. Participants can complete activities, answer questions, and share media conveniently, even on the go. It facilitates exploration of emotions, behaviors, and contexts through interactive diaries and discussions.
- Activity-based market research
- Respondent immersion
- On-the-go participation
- Open and closed-ended questions
- Photo and video uploads
- Participant discussions
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Digital Diaries is an activity-based market research platform that enables researchers to immerse themselves in the lives of their respondents and research subjects. Research participants can engage in series of activities and respond to diaries and other questions whenever convenient for them, even while they are on the go. They can answer open-ended and closed-ended questions, upload photos and videos, and participate in discussions, which allow for researchers to explore emotions, behaviors, and contexts for deep insights. This mobile app works with the Digital Diaries web-based research platform and is not intended as a stand-alone product.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Digital Diaries at 4.8 against UX's 3.0. Digital Diaries also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 23 months). UX's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. UX sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Digital Diaries asks for nothing beyond the download.
Digital Diaries holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digital Diaries has 215 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of UX's written reviews are positive against 67% of Digital Diaries's.
UX ships an update every 23 months, Digital Diaries every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UX | Digital Diaries |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 4.8 (215 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 215 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 23 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | A & A Design Inc. | Forsta, Inc. |
Customer experience
UX
Digital Diaries
In-app purchases
UX
- Pro$6.997 Days
- Pro3 Days trial$29.993 Months
- Pro3 Days trial$49.991 Year
Digital Diaries
No in-app purchases
