Emoji Diary vs Book'Mee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Emoji Diary
This app allows for rapid diary entries using emoticons. It provides a quick overview of past entries and offers optional daily reminder notifications to help you stay consistent with your journaling.
- Rapid diary entries
- Emoticon integration
- Quick overview of past entries
- Optional daily reminder notifications
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Do you love Emojis? Or would you just like to quickly write diary entries? Say hello to your Emoji Diary! - Quick overview over your last weeks - Rapid diary entries - Optional daily reminder notifications
Book'Mee
This app automatically tracks time spent at specific locations using GPS. You can also manually record time, configure work profiles, and view detailed statistics on your time usage. Daily notifications help you stay on track.
- Automatic GPS time tracking
- Manual time recording
- Work profile configuration
- Time spent statistics
- Daily notifications
- Multiple location management
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Book'Mee records your time spent at one or more locations. New Feature autoGPS: Add a GPS location, activate location and activate autoGPS feature from the landing page. How autoGPS works ? When You arrive on location the autoGPS feature will START the recording process and when You leave the location the autoGPS feature will stop the recording process. If You need more than 1 location You can buy it ..and so you can manage more locations/projects Next Features: Configure : Your work profile - start time for working day , end time for working day , lunch break time, days off Manual RECORD your time spent : START recording ( comment , option: set a past time ) END recording ( comment, option : set a past time) Statistics : Computed extra time, time spent at work per day & month, previous months ... Daily Notifications: reminders for day start & end Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Emoji Diary at 4.7 against Book'Mee's 4.0. Emoji Diary also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 12 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. Book'Mee sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Emoji Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.
Emoji Diary holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Emoji Diary has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Emoji Diary ships an update every 5 weeks, Book'Mee every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Emoji Diary | Book'Mee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (17 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kilian Obermeier | ulip ou |
Customer experience
Emoji Diary
Book'Mee
In-app purchases
Emoji Diary
No in-app purchases
Book'Mee
- Plus1GPSLocation$1.99
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