Comparison

jihye MEMO vs Waddle Diary

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

Head to head
About

jihye MEMO

Capture and organize your daily life using photos, albums, and simple scribbles. This app helps you create visual memories and record your experiences.

Highlights
  • Daily photo recording
  • Album creation
  • Simple scribbles
  • Visual life journal
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In Korea, the name ji-hye means wise. This is a memo that leaves your daily life as a picture. You can record your life with photos, albums, and simple scribbles.

About

Waddle Diary

Features
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Like a turtle — slow but steady, gathering your days one by one. Videos, dramas, movies, books, even papers — capture everything you watch and read with star ratings, notes, and photos. Daily diaries, and exchange diaries to share with friends, all in one app. ■ Record anything · YouTube, dramas, movies, books, papers, and more · Just paste a link and the preview image and title fill in automatically · Star ratings, notes, photo attachments ■ Daily diary · Record each day by date, with photos too ■ Smart search · Search the way you talk: "movies I watched last week", "5-star dramas" · All your entries spread out as tiles, narrowing as you type ■ Secret exchange diary · Tap the message below 3 times to unlock Shared Diary. (Tap it 3 times again to hide it.) · Swap diaries with friends over AirDrop · Organized by nickname, so you know who sent what ■ Make it yours · 5 pastel themes · Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese supported ■ Privacy first · No servers, no accounts. All data stays only on your phone · Works offline, and you can export a backup anytime Thank you for today. Let's keep gathering, one by one.

Screenshots

jihye MEMO4 screens
Waddle Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

jihye MEMO and Waddle Diary are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
jihye MEMO versus Waddle Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterjihye MEMOWaddle Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.014.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJI HYE KWONJUNSUNG KIM

In-app purchases

None

jihye MEMO

No in-app purchases

None

Waddle Diary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is jihye MEMO free?
jihye MEMO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Waddle Diary free?
Waddle Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do jihye MEMO or Waddle Diary have ads?
Neither jihye MEMO nor Waddle Diary shows ads.

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