Comparison

Dr Diary vs OwnLife

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

Head to head
About

Dr Diary

This work diary helps UK doctors track job plan activities, understand work patterns, and manage professional development. It allows for detailed activity logging, personalized entries, and report generation to inform negotiations and appraisals.

Highlights
  • Offline activity logging
  • Personalized activity tracking
  • 15 or 30-minute time slots
  • Track multiple employers
  • Copy/paste daily/weekly activities
  • Summary and detailed reports
  • Share reports with employers
Features
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Dr Diary is designed for BMA members who are consultants or SAS (staff, associate specialist and specialty) doctors in the UK, on the latest versions of their contracts. It’s a work diary that enables you to track activities that are part of your job plan, on the go. It’s for doctors who want to understand their working patterns and take control of their professional development. Use the app to accurately reflect the reality of your work. View the reports to see what your workload looks like in terms of sessions or programmed activities (PAs) and how this compares to your job plan. Identify patterns to help plan future work and demonstrate areas for negotiation at your next appraisal or job plan review meeting. Key features include: β€’ Add activities to your diary while offline β€’ Personalise activities to fit the nature of your work, including DCC (Direct Clinical Care), SPA (Supporting Professional Activities), Academic Work and more β€’ Choose to use either 15 or 30-minute time slots β€’ Track your work for more than one employer β€’ Copy a whole day or week of activities to another date β€’ View summary reports on the app β€’ See more detailed reports and share these with your employer at https://doctordiary.bma.org.uk

About

OwnLife

Understand your daily performance and how your lifestyle choices like sleep, diet, and exercise impact your productivity. This app helps you track these correlations to improve your personal performance.

Highlights
  • Track daily performance
  • Monitor sleep impact
  • Analyze diet influence
  • Assess exercise correlation
  • Understand lifestyle impact
Features
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To manage your personal performance better, firstly you need to understand exactly how you are performing day to day, and second, you need to know exactly how your lifestyle impacts your performance. The OwnLife app will help you understand how you are performing, and how your core productivity is influenced by how you sleep, eat, drink & exercise.

Screenshots

Dr Diary4 screens
OwnLife4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: OwnLife at 100% against Dr Diary's 21%. OwnLife also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dr Diary ships an update every 3 months, OwnLife every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 6 level
Dr Diary versus OwnLife: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDr DiaryOwnLife
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews21.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews β€” better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0.0 β€” better13.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size125 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBritish Medical Association (BMA)Ownlife Analytics Ltd

Customer experience

Dr Diary

Written reviews19 reviews
Positive21.1%
Neutral26.3%
Negative52.6%

OwnLife

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dr Diary

No in-app purchases

None

OwnLife

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dr Diary free?
Dr Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OwnLife free?
OwnLife is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dr Diary or OwnLife have ads?
Neither Dr Diary nor OwnLife shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dr Diary or OwnLife?
Dr Diary ships an update every 3 months, and OwnLife every 2 weeks. Most recently, Dr Diary was updated on October 22, 2026 and OwnLife on October 23, 2026.

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