Comparison

Piary vs GoodDiary

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

Head to head
About

Piary

Combine photos and journal entries to create a visual diary of your daily life. See your memories fill a calendar with personalized backgrounds. A simple way to document your experiences.

Highlights
  • Photo and diary entries
  • Calendar view of memories
  • Customizable calendar background
  • Daily recording
  • Personalized memory calendar
Features
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Picture × Diary = Piary! Piary is an application like a picture diary that can record events of the day in photos and diaries. Since registered pictures are displayed in the list in the calendar, if you record every day, the calendar will be filled with more and more photos. You can change the background of the calendar to your favorite picture. Record every day and make your own my calendar!

About

GoodDiary

This app provides a simple and smooth way to record daily thoughts, memories, and events. Easily write, view, and edit entries, add photos, and set reminders to ensure you never miss a day. Secure your entries with a passcode lock for privacy.

Highlights
  • One-screen writing, viewing, and editing
  • Add photos to entries
  • Calendar view with entry markers
  • Customizable reminder notifications
  • Passcode and Touch ID lock
  • Theme color customization
Features
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The diary app where good things add up, one line at a time. Pick a mood, jot down a line, and let your good days pile up. Look back on your records with the calendar and monthly summaries, or let Memory Draw surprise you with a diary entry from a past good day. • Write and read your diary on one screen, so it stays effortless • Pick a mood icon to record how you're feeling today • Write as many entries in a day as you like • No character limit • Add multiple photos • Find entries by keyword, date range, mood, photo status, and more • Star the entries you want to keep close and find them again easily • Make the app your own with theme colors and fonts Whether you want to jot down a quick line about your day or reflect on it in detail, this app has you covered. [Features] - Today's mood Pick a mood icon to easily record how you're feeling today. - Calendar Days you wrote a diary are marked on the calendar, making it easy to look back. Tap a date to view, write, or edit that day's entry. You can also switch the calendar between weekly and monthly views. Weekly view gives you more room to read your entries. - Records tab See your days journaled and mood breakdown by month at a glance. Tap a month to jump to that month's calendar, handy for reviewing your entries together. - Monthly summary card Get your month wrapped up as a shareable card: days journaled, entry count, and your top mood, shown as a colorful mood bar. - Photos Attach photos to your diary. You can also change the saved image quality in Settings: choose Max if you care about photo detail, or Saver to save storage space. - Search Find entries by keyword, date range, mood, whether they include photos, favorites, and more. With Premium, you can use more detailed filters, browse photos in a grid, and export the entries in your search results. - Favorites Tap the star on an entry to save it as a favorite. Filter to favorites in Search to find the memories you want to revisit. - Memory Draw Tap the button to get a random diary entry from a past “good day.” A little pick-me-up from your past self on a rough day. - On This Day If you wrote a diary entry on this date in a past year, you'll get a gentle notification in the morning to look back on it. You can turn it on or off in Settings. - Insights (Premium) Look back on your recorded days, entries, photos, and moods with charts for different time periods. Discover changes in your mood, patterns by weekday, and this year's mood calendar. - Premium Enjoy your diary without ads and use settings such as themes and fonts without watching video ads. You can also back up and restore your diary, photos, and moods; export a selected period as a PDF or HTML file; and print your diary. - Custom fonts Choose your favorite font and text size for your diary. Choose from over 10 styles, including handwritten and retro fonts. - Theme colors Change the app's color theme. We offer over 20 eye-friendly colors in pastel and muted tones, including dark themes. - Reminders Get a notification at a set time so you never forget to write. You can choose the time freely. - Passcode lock Use a passcode, Face ID, or Touch ID to keep your diary private and write with peace of mind. - Edit and delete entries Tap the “...” button at the top right of an entry to edit or delete it. [Contact us] If you run into a bug or have a question about how to use the app, please reach out via “Settings > Feedback” in the app, or the support URL listed on this store page. We would also love to hear your feature requests. Terms of Use (Standard Apple EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Piary4 screens
GoodDiary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GoodDiary at none against Piary's 1. GoodDiary also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Piary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GoodDiary asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Piary against 4.9 for GoodDiary. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 10 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 75% and 75% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Piary ships an update every 3 weeks, GoodDiary every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Piary versus GoodDiary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiaryGoodDiary
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better4.9 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings610 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHaruki SaburiYuya Hiramatsu

Customer experience

Piary

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

GoodDiary

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Piary

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

GoodDiary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Piary free?
Piary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GoodDiary free?
GoodDiary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Piary or GoodDiary?
Piary is rated higher. Piary averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while GoodDiary averages 4.9 from 10 ratings.
Do Piary or GoodDiary have ads?
Both Piary and GoodDiary show ads.
Which is updated more often, Piary or GoodDiary?
Piary ships an update every 3 weeks, and GoodDiary every 6 days. Most recently, Piary was updated on June 1, 2026 and GoodDiary on September 17, 2026.

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