Comparison

Diarium Journal vs EmoteX

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

Head to head
About

Diarium Journal

Capture your memories, thoughts, and experiences in a private digital journal. Enrich entries with photos, audio, and location data, and secure your personal timeline with password protection. Organize your life and revisit moments with flexible viewing options.

Highlights
  • Private diary and daily journal
  • Add photos, drawings, audio, files
  • Track mood with star ratings
  • Calendar, timeline, and travel map views
  • Import from other diary apps
  • Cross-platform sync
  • Password, PIN, Face ID, Touch ID protection
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Keep a private diary and daily journal for memories, photos, mood, travel, gratitude, and everyday notes—with no ads or subscriptions. Diarium helps you capture what happened today and build a personal timeline you can return to for years. Write a quick reflection or a detailed entry, enrich it with the moments that matter, and protect everything with a password, PIN, Face ID, or Touch ID. Make each entry your own • Keep a personal diary, gratitude journal, bullet journal, photo diary, or travel journal • Add photos, drawings, audio recordings, files, tags, people, ratings, and locations • Track your mood with star ratings and tracker tags • Revisit memories through calendar, timeline, and travel map views • Organize thoughts with lists and text formatting • Set daily reminders to support your writing routine Bring the details of your day together. Diarium can add useful context from your camera roll, calendar events, weather, completed tasks, Apple Health and other fitness activity, social activity, and entertainment activity. Moving from another journal? Import from Apple Journal and supported diary apps including Day One, Diaro, Journey, Daylio, Diarly, Daybook, and Evernote. You can also back up your diary database and export entries as Word, HTML, JSON, or plain text. Continue your journal across supported phone, tablet, laptop, and desktop versions. Optional sync uses your own iCloud, OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, or WebDAV storage, so you do not need a separate Diarium account. Diarium is made for the story of everyday life: reflections, family memories, trips, photos, gratitude, feelings, and small moments worth remembering. It remains personal, flexible, and secure whether you write daily or only when inspiration strikes. Diarium is free to use, with optional Diarium Pro for advanced features such as sync, unlimited attachments per entry, Word export for printing, connected feeds, custom fonts, widgets, and weather in entries. You can evaluate Pro features for 7 days after installing. Diarium Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. It is linked to your Apple ID and unlocks Pro for iOS and iPadOS; a separate Pro purchase may be required on other platforms.

About

EmoteX

Features
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EmoteX: Emotional self-expression through wallpapers. Diverse HD & dynamic designs. Easy to use, quick customization.​

Screenshots

Diarium Journal4 screens
EmoteX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EmoteX at none against Diarium Journal's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Diarium Journal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. EmoteX asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Diarium Journal versus EmoteX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiarium JournalEmoteX
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews95.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.1K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTimo PartlGapSlice Inc.

Bugs and requests

Diarium Journal

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Sync issues between devices
  • Crashes when adjusting settings
  • Photos not displaying correctly in some cases

Requested features

7 requests
  • Ability to embed photos within entries
  • More font and color options
  • Checklist/task functionality
  • Multiple journal/diary support
  • Export to PDF or other formats
Show 2 more
  • Improved search with highlighting
  • Focus mode for distraction-free writing

EmoteX

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Diarium Journal

One-time1
  • Pro version (iOS)$14.99
None

EmoteX

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Diarium Journal free?
Diarium Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EmoteX free?
EmoteX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Diarium Journal or EmoteX have ads?
Neither Diarium Journal nor EmoteX shows ads.

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