Diary vs Saint Rita
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Password protection with PIN
- Add/edit/remove images
- Search functionality
- Export entries to PDF
- Customizable color and font styles
- Reminders
- Auto-lock for privacy
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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!
Saint Rita
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St Rita of Cascia is a beautiful devotional companion dedicated to the Saint of Impossible Causes — designed to help you pray with St Rita every day, follow her devotions, and carry them with you. The app includes: - Reflection of the Day — a new reflection each day drawn from St Rita's life of forgiveness, patience and trust in God, to accompany you through whatever you are facing - About Saint Rita — the full story of her remarkable life, marriage, widowhood and life as an Augustinian nun in Cascia - Daily Prayers — several powerful prayers through Saint Rita's intercession, each with a share option so you can send them to family and friends - Rosary to Saint Rita — the complete rosary with its five mysteries, honouring her life and passion - 9-Day Novena — the complete novena with individual prayers for each of the 9 days, plus a built-in progress tracker so you can check off each day and never lose your place - Triduum of Thanks — a three-day devotion with its own progress tracker - Fifteen Thursdays of Saint Rita — the complete Ritian path of reflection and prayer, with all fifteen Thursdays leading to her feast on 22 May, and a tracker to follow your journey week by week - Prayers of Thanksgiving — beautiful prayers of thanksgiving including: - Prayer of Praise to God for Saint Rita - Prayer for the 22nd of Every Month - Solemn Prayer to be Recited on 22 May at Noon - Hail Sweetest - Symbols of Saint Rita — discover the meaning behind the sacred symbols associated with the saint: the rose, the bees, the thorn, the crucifix, the wedding ring and the book - Monastery of Saint Rita — direct links to the official website, YouTube channel and Instagram page of the Monastery of Santa Rita in Cascia, Italy Personal features to make the app your own: - Prayer reminders — set a daily reminder at a time that suits you, with special reminders on the 22nd of each month and on her feast day, 22 May - Progress trackers — follow your place through the Novena, the Triduum and the Fifteen Thursdays, with your progress saved on your device - Adjustable text size — set the reading size that's most comfortable for you - Share prayers — send any prayer to those you love Beautifully designed with a deep gold and rose theme, featuring the Monastery's own image of Saint Rita. Feast Day: 22 May Patron Saint of Impossible Causes, Widows and Abuse Victims
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Saint Rita at none against Diary's shown. Saint Rita also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months). Diary's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Diary ships an update every 5 months, Saint Rita every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Diary | Saint Rita |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.7K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.7K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aurel Criste | Anthony Futia |
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
Saint Rita
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Diary
No in-app purchases
Saint Rita
No in-app purchases









