Diary! SmartDiary vs AI Note before forgetting
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Diary! SmartDiary
Record daily life with photos and track your mood and schedule on a calendar. Secure your entries with a passcode and easily access past memories. Customize your diary with various settings for a personalized experience.
- Record memories with photos
- Track daily mood and schedule
- Passcode lock with biometric support
- iCloud backup and data migration
- Customizable calendar and diary settings
- Input forgetting notifications
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Simple and easy operation private diary application. ・Leave memories of daily life with photos easily. ・You can enter in the calendar the mood and schedule of the day. ・You can easily display past memories. ・Passcode lock (Touch ID, Face ID support) ・iCloud backup (iPhone, data migration between the iPad is also possible) [Other functions] ・Cover photo setting ・Calendar display setting (Start Week On, Calendar Position, Cover Photo Size, Transparency) ・Diary text setting (Font Size, Font Depth, Line Spacing) ・Theme color setting ・Notification of forgetting input ・Support for landscape orientation (iPad only) [Credit] ・Designed by Freepik and distributed by Flaticon (https://www.flaticon.com) ・Icons8 (https://icons8.com) ・This software includes the work that is distributed in the Apache License 2.0.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AI Note before forgetting at none against Diary! SmartDiary's 1. Diary! SmartDiary's advantage is ratings volume (44 vs 10). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Diary! SmartDiary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AI Note before forgetting asks for nothing beyond the download.
Diary! SmartDiary holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 44 and 10 respectively.
Diary! SmartDiary ships an update every 3 months, AI Note before forgetting every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Diary! SmartDiary | AI Note before forgetting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (44 ratings) — better | 4.4 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 44 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hideki Okuno | Hideshi Otsuru |
Customer experience
Diary! SmartDiary
AI Note before forgetting
In-app purchases
Diary! SmartDiary
- Remove Ads$2.99
AI Note before forgetting
No in-app purchases
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