Comparison

Diarium Journal vs TinyYears

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

TinyYears

Features
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TinyYears is the memory app built for parents who want to capture, celebrate and cherish every moment of their child's early years. From the first ultrasound to first words, first steps to first days at nursery — TinyYears helps you hold onto every precious moment before it slips away. + CAPTURE MEMORIES Take photos, record voice notes, and write heartfelt letters to your little one. Every memory is beautifully organised by age, milestone and mood. + AI STORYBOOKS Turn your captured moments into a personalised illustrated storybook — unique to your child. Choose a theme and illustration style, and let AI weave your memories into a story they'll treasure forever. + PREGNANCY MODE Track your pregnancy week by week. See your baby's size compared to a fruit, log bump photos and voice notes, and create a beautiful pregnancy storybook to share with family. + MILESTONES Never miss a first. Track rolling, crawling, first words and hundreds of other milestones — or create your own that matter most to your family. + DAILY TRACKING Log feeds, sleep, nappies, medicine and temperature. Weekly reports give you a clear picture of your baby's routines — all in one place. + FAMILY SHARING Invite grandparents, partners and carers to share in the journey. End-to-end encrypted — your memories are yours alone. Not even us. + PRINT YOUR MEMORIES Turn memories into beautifully printed storybooks, photobooks and wall art. Delivered to your door — a keepsake that lasts a lifetime. + PRIVATE BY DESIGN Photos and voice notes are stored on your device. Family sharing uses end-to-end encryption — your family's story belongs only to you. Download TinyYears and start capturing the moments that matter, before they're gone.

Screenshots

Diarium Journal4 screens
TinyYears4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TinyYears at every 6 days against Diarium Journal's fortnightly. TinyYears also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Diarium Journal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and TinyYears sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diarium Journal ships an update fortnightly, TinyYears every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Diarium Journal versus TinyYears: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiarium JournalTinyYears
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews95.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.1K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTimo PartlByteNero LTD

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
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  • Improved search with highlighting
  • Focus mode for distraction-free writing

TinyYears

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Diarium Journal

One-time1
  • Pro version (iOS)$14.99
4 purchases

TinyYears

One-time4
  • 50 Transcription Credits$2.99
  • 100 Transcription Credits$4.99
  • 5 Storybook Credits$7.99
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  • 10 Storybook Credits$14.99

Questions

Is Diarium Journal free?
Diarium Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TinyYears free?
TinyYears is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Diarium Journal or TinyYears have ads?
Neither Diarium Journal nor TinyYears shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Diarium Journal or TinyYears?
Diarium Journal ships an update fortnightly, and TinyYears every 6 days. Most recently, Diarium Journal was updated on October 30, 2026 and TinyYears on October 25, 2026.

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