Comparison

Simple Diary vs Note, Voice Notes, Todo Widget

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

Head to head
About

Simple Diary

This app provides a simple and convenient way to journal your thoughts and experiences. It allows you to add images, secure your entries with a passcode, and customize the app's appearance. Data backup and search functions ensure your memories are safe and easily accessible.

Highlights
  • Insert images into entries
  • Secure passcode lock (Face ID/Touch ID)
  • Customizable theme colors and app icon
  • Data backup to iTunes/PC and cloud services
  • Tag-based search for entries
  • Adjustable text font size and color
  • Daily reminder notifications
Features
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Simple Diary is a simple, easy-to-use free diary app where you can save photos along with your entries. Use it for daily journaling, baby milestones, travel memories, a record of your pet's growth, or a secret diary just for you. Clean, simple screens help you keep going, even if diaries never stuck before. No account registration. Download it and start writing. Your diary stays on your device, and the app works offline. [Features] ■ Add Photos to Entries (Up to 10 per Entry) Like a blog, insert images between paragraphs. Attach photos from your camera roll. ■ Secure Passcode Lock Protect your diary with a passcode. Supports Face ID and Touch ID for quick, secure access. ■ 22 Font Styles Change the look of your diary with 22 font styles, from cute to classic serif. (Some fonts are premium.) ■ Theme Colors and App Icons Choose from 19 theme colors, from cute to cool. You can also change the app icon. (Requires the latest iOS version.) ■ Data Export Export your diary as PDF, HTML, RTFD, or TXT files (premium service). Open them on a computer to reread your diary on a bigger screen, or print entries on paper. ■ Turn an Entry into an Image or PDF Save an entry as one image or a PDF to post to social media, send to family, or print. ■ Data Backup Back up your data to iCloud or your computer. RTFD export (premium service) lets you move your entries to your notes app or cloud storage. ■ iCloud Backup Back up your diary to iCloud and restore it on another device (premium service). It is a manual backup, not automatic sync: back up on your iPhone, then restore on your iPad. ■ Calendar and List Views Look back at your diary on a calendar or as a list. Tap a date to reread that day. ■ Tag Search Use the built-in search to find entries quickly. Write a tag such as "#travel" in the text, and searching for it brings up just those entries. ■ Font Settings Adjust text size, contrast, and line spacing. Great if you prefer larger text. ■ Reminders Set a reminder time and get a push notification, so you don't forget to write. ■ Multiple Entries Per Day Write one entry per day, or add several for memos, work records, or passing thoughts. Change an entry's date and time to write about past days. There is no limit on entry length. [Pricing] The core diary features are all free: entries, photos, passcode lock, search, and reminders. The free version shows ads. The premium service removes all ads and unlocks iCloud backup, data export, all theme colors, and all font styles. Premium is available as a monthly plan, a yearly plan, or a one-time purchase, all with the same features, and covers both your iPhone and iPad under the same Apple Account. [Your Data] Your diary is stored on your device and is not synced to the cloud automatically. To protect your data, use the premium iCloud backup or Apple's iPhone backup. There is no feature to publish your diary or share it with other users. To show someone an entry, turn it into an image and send it. A backup moves your data to a new iPhone. Data transfer to or from other operating systems is not supported. [Perfect For] ■ Students A secret diary for your day, your feelings, and your crushes. Writing out what you can't post online helps you feel lighter. ■ Parents Record your pregnancy and your baby's growth as a photo diary. Write several entries a day, and share special pages with family as images. ■ Anyone Who Wants to Keep a Record Travel journals, reading and movie notes, food diaries, dream journals, daily work logs, or your pet's growth. Simple Diary fits whatever you want to remember, one day at a time. [Help, Feedback] For help, go to "Help / FAQ" in the app settings. Still have questions? Tap "Feedback" on the settings screen to contact us for faster support. Terms of Use: https://komorebi-studio.com/tos_en.html Privacy Policy: https://komorebi-studio.com/policyredirect.html

About

Note, Voice Notes, Todo Widget

This app helps you quickly capture thoughts, to-do lists, and shopping lists with text, voice, photos, or videos. It offers features like color-coded notes, reminders, and password protection for privacy. Sync your notes across devices with cloud backup.

Highlights
  • Voice-to-text note creation
  • Checklist and to-do list maker
  • Attach photos, videos, and audio
  • Password-protected notes
  • Cloud backup and sync
  • Color-coded notes
  • Reminder notifications
Features
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Note Master is a simple and awesome notepad app. It gives you a quick and extremely convenient notepad editing experience when you write notes, memos, e-mails, messages, checklist, shopping lists and to-do lists. Taking notes with Note Master Notepad is easier than any other notepad or memo pad app. * PRODUCT DESCRIPTION * This Note Application is the leading Notes, Notepad Application with a lot of outstanding features such as easily taking notes with photos, videos or audio to save memorable moments, events or thoughts in just a few seconds, support writing out the to-do list, shopping list and remind users with notifications. Especially with the feature of locking notes and tasks so that other people can't see the content. - Taking a Note - Creating notes is very easy even with text, photos and videos, audio with simple operations that anyone can do in just a few seconds. - Use Voice - Voice Note is a convenient widget. Instead of typing on the keyboard to enter text, you can use your voice to convert it to text accurately. - Making To-do List - Make all tasks and tick them off when you're done, including reminding. - Checklist or Shopping List - Write down items and check when you have them, very convenient when going to the shopping, ingredients of a dish or things to prepare when going on a picnic... - Note Lock - Lock Widget is one of the smart features. Private note, checklist or secret task in the to-do list can be locked to be hidden from others. * FEATURE * - Organize notes by color (color notebook) - Sticky note memo widget - Checklist notes for To do list & Shopping list. (Quick and simple list maker) - Use voice to taking notes easy instead of boring typing - Todo List to get things done - Organize your schedule by note in calendar - Write a diary and journal in calendar - Password Lock note : Protect your notes with passcode - Secured backup notes forever to Cloud storage - PRO - Supports online back up and sync. You can sync notes between phone and tablet. - Reminder notes on status bar - List/Grid View - Search notes - Powerful task reminder : Time Alarm, All day, Repetition.( calendar) - Quick memo / notes * AUTO SYNC & BACKUP * - Notes will be encrypted before uploading notes, which is the same encryption standard used by banks to secure customer data. - It does not send any of your notes to the server without you signing in, completely secure. * CONTACT * Support Email: AmazinproService@gmail.com Terms of use: https://amazinpro.com/ultility-terms-of-use Privacy policy: https://www.amazinpro.com/ultility-privacy-policy For complete access to this Widget , you will need to allow access to the following: *Camera, Microphone & Photo Gallery – help to save photos & Videos into Notes more easily, voice to text, record sounds, voice *Notifications – Coming Tasks will be notified to User

Screenshots

Simple Diary4 screens
Note, Voice Notes, Todo Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Note, Voice Notes, Todo Widget at none against Simple Diary's shown. Note, Voice Notes, Todo Widget also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 78%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Simple Diary's advantage is ratings volume (908 vs 7). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Simple Diary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Note, Voice Notes, Todo Widget sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Note, Voice Notes, Todo Widget holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Diary has 908 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Simple Diary's written reviews are positive against 100% of Note, Voice Notes, Todo Widget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Diary ships an update every 2 months, Note, Voice Notes, Todo Widget fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Simple Diary versus Note, Voice Notes, Todo Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple DiaryNote, Voice Notes, Todo Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (908 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings908 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size206 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKomorebi Inc.AmazinPro

Customer experience

Simple Diary

All ratings908 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.8%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews415 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral9.9%
Negative11.8%

Note, Voice Notes, Todo Widget

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Simple Diary

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Some characters not displaying properly
  • Calendar dates not always accurate
  • Deleted entries not recoverable

Requested features

5 requests
  • Automatic iCloud/Google Drive sync
  • More font and theme customization options
  • Video recording and embedding
  • Ability to add tags or categories to entries
  • One-tap access to previous day's entry

Note, Voice Notes, Todo Widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Simple Diary

Subscriptions2
  • Premium (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Service (Lifetime)$69.99
6 purchases

Note, Voice Notes, Todo Widget

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro Subscription$3.491 Month
  • Yearly Pro$22.991 Year
One-time4
  • One Month Pro$9.99
  • Two Months Pro$14.99
  • Six Months Pro$19.99
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  • One Year Pro$24.99

Questions

Is Simple Diary free?
Simple Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Note, Voice Notes, Todo Widget free?
Note, Voice Notes, Todo Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Simple Diary or Note, Voice Notes, Todo Widget?
Note, Voice Notes, Todo Widget is rated higher. Simple Diary averages 4.8 out of 5 from 908 ratings, while Note, Voice Notes, Todo Widget averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Simple Diary or Note, Voice Notes, Todo Widget have ads?
Simple Diary shows ads; Note, Voice Notes, Todo Widget does not.
Which is updated more often, Simple Diary or Note, Voice Notes, Todo Widget?
Simple Diary ships an update every 2 months, and Note, Voice Notes, Todo Widget fortnightly. Most recently, Simple Diary was updated on September 29, 2026 and Note, Voice Notes, Todo Widget on September 18, 2026.

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