Comparison

Diary vs WishME

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

WishME

Features
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WishMe turns life's biggest moments — birthdays, weddings, baby showers, graduations — into events your friends and family can actually be part of, not just watch from the sidelines. Create a beautiful event page in minutes: set the date, venue, and theme, then share it with a QR code or a link. Guests RSVP, drop photos into a shared gallery, and leave notes in your guestbook — no separate app, no account required to join in. When it's time to give, WishMe makes it real. Guests send monetary gifts straight to your Mobile Money or bank account via Paystack — card or mobile money, in GHS. No middleman holding your money and no waiting: it lands with you, minus a small platform fee. Set up a gift registry for specific items, or let a group gift pool together toward one big present. For hosts: track who's coming, watch gifts arrive in real time, and manage everything from a clean dashboard — RSVPs, photos, gifts, and messages, all in one place. Free to create. Free to join. WishMe just makes celebrating together easier.

Screenshots

Diary4 screens
WishME4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: WishME at none against Diary's shown. WishME also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). Diary's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases 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

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, WishME fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Diary versus WishME: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiaryWishME
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.7K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB28 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAurel CristeG.K.B Construction and Logistics Ltd

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

WishME

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Diary

No in-app purchases

None

WishME

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Diary free?
Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WishME free?
WishME is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Diary or WishME have ads?
Diary shows ads; WishME does not.
Which is updated more often, Diary or WishME?
Diary ships an update every 5 months, and WishME fortnightly. Most recently, Diary was updated on November 6, 2026 and WishME on November 6, 2026.

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