HighNotes vs Daily Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HighNotes
This app encourages frequent, brief journaling to build a consistent habit. Easily add photos to your entries to make them more engaging and enjoyable to revisit.
- Frequent, brief note-taking
- Builds journaling habit
- Attach photos to notes
- Enhances memory
- Improves emotional health
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Never miss a meaningful moment! HighNotes is a journaling app designed in a way that encourages you take smaller notes more frequently so it doesn't feel much of a commitment. It makes it easier to build a regular journaling habit. Attaching photos to your notes makes them more engaging and enjoyable to read. Keeping a journal many advantages like enhancing memory muscles, boosting comprehension, improving emotional health and communication skills. There are countless benefits you can count on with HighNotes.
Daily Journal
This app provides a minimalist platform for daily journaling, helping users reflect, track thoughts, and build mindfulness habits. It supports rich media, offers journaling prompts, and ensures privacy with passcode locking and iCloud syncing.
- Minimalist interface
- Journaling suggestions
- Photo and video attachments
- Passcode lock
- iCloud sync
- Markdown editing
- Search and tags
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Everlog is a beautifully minimal daily journal designed to help you slow down and reflect. Whether you’re tracking your thoughts, documenting moments, or building a habit of mindfulness, Everlog makes it effortless to keep a daily journal that brings clarity to your life. Stay Focused Everlog removes distractions so you can focus on what matters: your thoughts. Just open the app, tap the quill, and start writing. Build a Daily Habit With journaling suggestions, widgets, and an elegant calendar view, Everlog gently encourages you to make writing in your daily journal a consistent and rewarding ritual. Remember More Add photos and videos to bring your entries to life. Whether it’s a memory, a mood, or a milestone, your daily journal becomes a vivid archive you’ll want to revisit. Reflect and Grow Use comments to revisit past entries and add new insights. A powerful way to turn your daily journal into a space for reflection and personal growth. Private and Secure Your thoughts stay yours. Lock your daily journal with a passcode and sync seamlessly across devices with iCloud (Premium required). Designed for Everyday Use • Unlimited journals (Premium) • Tags, bookmarks, and full search • Dark mode for night journaling • Fast Markdown editing Whether you’re starting your first daily journal or looking for a better way to keep one, Everlog makes it simple to stay present and connected with yourself—every day. — Privacy Policy: https://everlog.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://everlog.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HighNotes at none against Daily Journal's 3. HighNotes also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). Daily Journal's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (306 vs 47). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Daily Journal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. HighNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Daily Journal holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daily Journal has 306 ratings behind it against 47, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of HighNotes's written reviews are positive against 79% of Daily Journal's.
HighNotes ships an update every 2 months, Daily Journal fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HighNotes | Daily Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (47 ratings) | 4.6 (306 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | 79.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 47 | 306 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 217 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aleksandr Fiodorov | Wessley Roche |
Customer experience
HighNotes
Daily Journal
Bugs and requests
HighNotes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Daily Journal
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when using Apple Intelligence
- Invisible text when entry exceeds limit
- Syncing issues leading to data loss
Requested features
5 requests- Voice recording/dictation
- More advanced formatting options
- Calendar/timeline view
- Shared/collaborative journals
- Habit/mood tracking
In-app purchases
HighNotes
No in-app purchases
Daily Journal
- Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
- Everlog Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$49.99
