Comparison

Diary vs KIT

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Diary

This app provides a secure and beautiful space to record your thoughts, plans, and life moments. Protect your entries with a password and enjoy a customizable interface with features like image support and PDF export.

Highlights
  • Password protection with PIN
  • Add/edit/remove images
  • Search functionality
  • Export entries to PDF
  • Customizable color and font styles
  • Reminders
  • Auto-lock for privacy
Features
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Secret thoughts and moments should always remain secret and a private diary should always be intimate, beautiful and safe. With that in mind, we dedicated our efforts to create a simple and beautiful diary application that helps you lock your secrets with your own password. Use this diary and put down all your thoughts or even future plans and follow them as the time passes. Make it your trustworthy friend who never judges you and who's always there for you. A good diary required good features, so here are some of the great features especially created for you: EASY TO USE & BEAUTIFUL - very easy to use yet very comprehensive - beautiful view off all your notes right on the main screen - easy navigation between your diary entries - image add/edit/remove functionality - image library with great gallery view - great overview of your daily entries - quick entry add, edit & delete - beautiful emojis(emoticos) - highlight your mood and feelings - search functionality - quickly & easily search through your journal - export to PDF functionality - save all your entries whenever you want SAFE & PRIVATE - PASSWORD PROTECTED - password lock functionality to keep your secret save - 4 digit PIN code - functionality for password update, recovery and removal - auto lock after more than 5 minutes of inactivity CUSTOMIZABLE - multiple color styles from which you can choose - multiple font styles - customizable font-size - reminders functionality OTHER COOL FEATURES - data reset functionality - beautiful design - can be easily used as a diet journal or even travel diary - totally free Regardless you want to write your love story or you just want to write down your thoughts and moments from your life, we hope this diary will turn out to be your best friend and confidant. Enjoy your life and create amazing stories!

About

KIT

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Key Features: • Binder Tracker: Monitor how long you’ve been binding each day, with weekly graphs and daily detailed views. Get automatically reminded after 8 hours of binding. The colour-coded calendar highlights how much time you’ve tracked binding for each day. • Custom Notifications: Set up personalised reminders for medication, appointments, or any important task. • Discreet Reminders: Option to enable discreet reminders that maintain your privacy and safety. • Calendar Tracking: Easily check off whether you’ve taken your medication or completed other tasks, all in one place. • Personal Profile: Customise your profile with your name, profile picture, and choose from pre-made or custom pronouns to express your identity. • Detailed Daily Logs: See exactly when you started and stopped binding, along with total time tracked for each day and week. Whether you’re tracking medications or binding, KIT keeps everything organised and easy to manage in one place.

Screenshots

Diary4 screens
KIT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: KIT at every 5 days against Diary's every 5 months. Diary's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diary ships an update every 5 months, KIT every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Diary versus KIT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiaryKIT
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.7K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB5 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAurel CristeAndrew Hall

Bugs and requests

Diary

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Password not working consistently
  • Entries disappearing or not saving properly
  • Scrolling/jumping text when writing longer entries
  • Inability to recover deleted entries

Requested features

6 requests
  • Backup and sync across devices
  • More customization options (fonts, colors, backgrounds)
  • Ability to export entries
  • Night mode/dark theme
  • Voice-to-text entry
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  • Ability to organize entries by tags or categories

KIT

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Diary

No in-app purchases

None

KIT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Diary free?
Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KIT free?
KIT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Diary or KIT have ads?
Both Diary and KIT show ads.
Which is updated more often, Diary or KIT?
Diary ships an update every 5 months, and KIT every 5 days. Most recently, Diary was updated on October 23, 2026 and KIT on October 18, 2026.

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