Comparison

DateBook vs AI Note before forgetting

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

Head to head
About

DateBook

This app provides a clean and beautiful interface for writing daily journals. Organize entries by topic, add your current mood, format text, and attach locations to make your memories vivid. Sync across devices with iCloud.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free writing interface
  • Journal topics for organization
  • Attach current mood with 6 emoji presets
  • Text formatting tools (bold, italic, underline)
  • Add location to journal entries
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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DateBook is a simple journal app for everyone who likes to write journals. It lets you write daily journals on a distraction free and beautiful interface. It saves all your journals with information like date, time, word count and presents them on a beautiful interface from where you can scroll through all your journal entries at a time. WHY DateBook IS UNIQUE? #1 JOURNAL TOPIC Each and every journal entry will be bookmarked at the left bar as a topic. You add as many journal entries as you can and save it as a single topic. All these journal entries will be saved on a scrollable interface under that topic. You can scroll through all your journal entries under each topic with date, time, current mood and read your journals. #2 CURRENT MOOD You can define your current mood from 6 emoji's presets and attach it with your journal. This is how you can make your journals more interesting, engaging and personal. When you will go back in time and read your journals, they will give the true perspective of your feelings. #3 TEXT FORMATTING TOOLS Decorate your journal with text formatting tools and make it more true to life. Bold, underline, italicise, strikethrough texts to express different feelings through your journals. #4 LOCATION Attach your current location with each journal entry and make your memories more vivid. You can allow DateBook to access your current location automatically and save it with your journal. You also have the option for searching for a location manually with a map and save the location with your journal. #5 iCloud SYNC Get your journals synced across all your macOS and iOS easily via iCloud. TOP FEATURES AT A GLANCE: - Easy to add new journals. - Write a detailed journals hassle free. - Add Journal Topics and save multiple Journal Entries under them. - Add location. - Add Tag - Quickly search through out the texts. - 6 Emoji's - iCloud Sync. DateBook is a very easy to use app for everyone. So, download DateBook today and start journaling.

About

AI Note before forgetting

Capture your thoughts and ideas with this app. It allows you to save notes, add location details like address and weather, and even attach photos and videos. AI features can help generate ideas, summarize, and proofread your entries.

Highlights
  • AI-powered idea generation
  • Note summarization and proofreading
  • Automatic location data (date, time, address, weather)
  • Add photos and videos to notes
  • Folder organization
  • Search functionality
  • Note sharing
Features
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You may forget what you have come up with over time. In such a case, let's save what you came up with with this app. Copy your current location information If you tap the menu button while entering a note You can copy the following current location information and paste it into a memo. Date, time, address, weather, temperature, humidity, barometric pressure With AI, you can generate ideas, summarize, and proofread based on your notes. Added a function that can reproduce the display position of the note Add photos and videos How to use -Add note Tap the \"+\" button to enter a new memo. -See note Tap the desired memo from the memo list to display the memo. You can also modify or update your notes on this page. -Current location information If you tap the menu button while entering a memo, you can copy the following current location information and paste it into the memo. date, time, address, weather, temperature, humidity, pressure. -Add folder Create a folder to save the memo by tapping the \"Add folder\" button. -Search You can search for memos by character string from all saved memos by tapping the \"Search\" button. -Edit When you tap the \"Edit\" button, the \"Delete\" button will appear in the folder list and memo list, and you can delete the desired memo or folder. -Memo list sort Tap the \"Sort\" button to change the sort of memo list in the order of creation date/time, update date/time, and character string. -Share notes You can share the contents of the memo by e-mail etc. by tapping the action button on the page where the memo is opened.

Screenshots

DateBook4 screens
AI Note before forgetting3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AI Note before forgetting at Free against DateBook's $1.99. AI Note before forgetting also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 26 months). DateBook's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

AI Note before forgetting is free to download; DateBook costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AI Note before forgetting holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AI Note before forgetting has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DateBook ships an update every 26 months, AI Note before forgetting every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
DateBook versus AI Note before forgetting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDateBookAI Note before forgetting
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.4 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings110 — better
Update frequencyEvery 26 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSudip BagHideshi Otsuru

Customer experience

DateBook

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

AI Note before forgetting

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

None

DateBook

No in-app purchases

None

AI Note before forgetting

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DateBook free?
DateBook costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AI Note before forgetting free?
AI Note before forgetting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DateBook or AI Note before forgetting?
AI Note before forgetting is rated higher. DateBook averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while AI Note before forgetting averages 4.4 from 10 ratings.
Do DateBook or AI Note before forgetting have ads?
AI Note before forgetting shows ads; DateBook does not.
Which is updated more often, DateBook or AI Note before forgetting?
DateBook ships an update every 26 months, and AI Note before forgetting every 2 months. Most recently, DateBook was updated on October 24, 2026 and AI Note before forgetting on October 8, 2026.

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