Comparison

UpNote vs My Diary

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

Head to head
About

UpNote

This app provides a clean and beautiful interface for writing and organizing notes, journals, and to-do lists. It offers rich formatting options, an intuitive organization system, and instant syncing across devices, with offline capabilities. Premium features include enhanced security and export options.

Highlights
  • Rich text editor with formatting tools
  • Intuitive organizing system (notebooks, pins, links)
  • Secure note locking with Touch/Face ID
  • Instant cross-device syncing and offline access
  • Markdown support and export
  • Task management and to-do lists
Features
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UpNote is a clean and beautiful app for writing and organizing. It's easy to use with rich features and delightful experience. UpNote is designed to help you take notes easily and stay focused on what matters most. UpNote has beautiful fonts and elegant themes that you can adjust to make your writing experience most comfortable and pleasant. UpNote is an ideal place to keep your diary and journal. It has a powerful lock feature so that you can rest assured that your notes stay private and secure. You can also use Touch ID or Face ID to securely unlock your notes. UpNote’s intuitive organizing system will keep your note space neat and light. There are many ways to organize your notes: putting them into notebooks, pinning your notes to the top of the note list, bookmarking them for quick reference or linking to other notes. You can also close any notebooks to focus on only most important one. UpNote’s rich editor makes it perfect for planning and managing your tasks. Simply write down your to-do list and have them synced to all your devices. UpNote offers highlight, text colors, table, nested list, code and many other important formatting tools so that you could easily format your notes. UpNote syncs notes instantly on all devices. It also works reliably offline, so you could take note anytime, anywhere. If you are a markdown user, UpNote is great for you too. It has intuitive shortcuts based on markdown, which makes it more fun to write notes. You can also export your notes to Markdown or PDF. Try UpNote now and you will fall in love with it! ---- Upgrade to Premium to get full power of UpNote: - Lock your notes and notebooks - Insert table and attachments - Write unlimited number of notes - Elegant themes and notebook covers - Export to text PDF, HTML and Markdown ---- Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. Manage your subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial peri​od will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. ---- If you have any question or feedback, we would love to hear it. Send an email to support@getupnote.com, and we would love to get in touch with you! ---- Privacy policy: https://getupnote.com/privacy.html Terms of use: https://getupnote.com/terms.html

About

My Diary

This app serves as a digital notebook for recording daily life and creative thoughts. It offers powerful editing tools, customizable backgrounds, and a decision-making turntable to help with everyday choices. Enhance your entries with unique fonts and special effects.

Highlights
  • Journal editing with cute maps and pattern fonts
  • Decision turntable for daily choices
  • Brush function with Apple Pencil support
  • Theme special effects for vivid entries
  • Customizable stationery backgrounds
Features
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My diary is a necessary creative manual accounting software for manual accounting control. Take an electronic notebook with you to record your daily life. Small decision turntable, choose a good helper for difficulties, press it gently, and solve it easily! 【Journal Editing】 -Powerful diary editing function, carefully record every day; -Cute map, healing cute style; -Pattern font, personalize your diary; -The selected stationery background makes it easier and more convenient to edit the manual account. 【More Functions】 -Brush function, support Apple pencil, stimulate your creative potential; -Small decision turntable, easy to help solve daily tangled little things; -Theme special effects make your diary more vivid and special. More functions are improving. Thank you for your support and encouragement! This subscription will be automatically renewed through your iTunes account, and the renewal fee will be deducted according to your package within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or cancel automatic renewal at the account setting office. Cancellation of automatic renewal should be made at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. If your trial has not ended, the remaining days will automatically expire after you start your subscription. To open the subscription, you need to agree to the following Terms of service : https://linwenlong001.github.io/posts/linwenlong/fuwu Privacy terms : https://linwenlong001.github.io/posts/linwenlong/privacy

Screenshots

UpNote4 screens
My Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: UpNote at none against My Diary's shown. UpNote also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 134). My Diary's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 86%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. UpNote sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and My Diary sells 4 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for UpNote against 4.7 for My Diary. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UpNote has 1.1K ratings behind it against 134, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of UpNote's written reviews are positive against 100% of My Diary's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UpNote ships an update weekly, My Diary every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
UpNote versus My Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUpNoteMy Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better4.7 (134 ratings)
Positive reviews85.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K — better134
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUpNote Company Limited晋荣 梁

Customer experience

UpNote

All ratings1,059 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral2.8%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews752 reviews
Positive85.9%
Neutral6.1%
Negative8.0%

My Diary

All ratings133 ratings
Positive91.0%
Neutral4.5%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

UpNote

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Black screen issues
  • Lost notes and data
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
  • Google sign-in not working

Requested features

8 requests
  • Reminders and calendar integration
  • More customization options (fonts, colors, etc.)
  • Improved drawing/handwriting support
  • PDF annotation and embedding
  • Optical character recognition (OCR)
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  • Ability to reorder bullets and lists
  • Improved table editing and formatting
  • Apple Watch app

My Diary

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

UpNote

Subscriptions1
  • Premium monthly subscription$1.991 Month
One-time7
  • Life-time Upgrade$19.99
  • Life-time Upgrade to Premium$19.99
  • Life-time Upgrade$24.99
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  • Life-time Upgrade to Premium$24.99
  • Life-time Upgrade$29.99
  • Life-time upgrade to Premium$34.99
  • Life-time upgrade to Premium$39.99
4 purchases

My Diary

Subscriptions3
  • 月度订阅3 Days trial$3.491 Month
  • 季度订阅3 Days trial$7.493 Months
  • Year Version3 Days trial$13.491 Year
One-time1
  • 永久会员$7.99

Questions

Is UpNote free?
UpNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My Diary free?
My Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, UpNote or My Diary?
UpNote is rated higher. UpNote averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while My Diary averages 4.7 from 134 ratings.
Do UpNote or My Diary have ads?
My Diary shows ads; UpNote does not.
Which is updated more often, UpNote or My Diary?
UpNote ships an update weekly, and My Diary every 8 days. Most recently, UpNote was updated on September 22, 2026 and My Diary on September 15, 2026.

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