Comparison

My Diary vs iDailyDiary

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

Head to head
About

My Diary

Safeguard your personal thoughts, memories, and life events with a secure digital journal. Add photos, mood emojis, and organize entries with tags and powerful search. Protect your privacy with PIN and fingerprint locks.

Highlights
  • Secure PIN and fingerprint lock
  • Add photos and mood emojis
  • Powerful search and filtering
  • Daily writing reminders
  • Customizable UI colors and fonts
  • Backup and restore functionality
Features
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Preserve your special memories, store personal moments & memories or keep track of your memories and life with help of this app. Secret ideas, thoughts and moments should always remain secret and a private diary should always be intimate, beautiful and safe. My Personal Diary - Journal gives powerful search functions is available to help you find diary entries by any keyword in the title or text/notes and filter results by date, tags. My Diary - Notes, Journal App Feature: - Keep your all moments, notes and ideas saved with you - Daily reminder to write your diary or journal - Add photos from your gallery or add a mood emoji to each entry and express your emotions easily! - Lock & protect your personal/private diary entries with a PIN code - Finger lock for app also supported - Attach & store unlimited amount of photos memories in your my diary app - Personalize UI with different UI colors & Themes and various font styles - Powerful search and filter functions (Dates, Tags & title/notes) - Easy to save & share your moments, life events - Use this diary app to make your own personal journal of daily events, appointments, secrets and feelings. - Select your journey images to keep all-time with you - Settings - Backup & Restore and make colorful memories with appearance Disclaimer: My Diary - Notes, Journal app allows to take backup into local device and iCloud. Local Backups are stored in your device only we don’t use it or upload into server. And iCloud backups are uploaded into your drive only

About

iDailyDiary

Record thoughts, activities, and to-do lists with this versatile journaling app. Create multiple diaries, add media, and set reminders for important events. Securely store your entries locally or via cloud backup.

Highlights
  • Multiple diary creation
  • Dated and non-dated entries
  • Event reminders
  • Attach pictures and files
  • Fast search functionality
  • Automatic saving
  • Cloud backup and sync
Features
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iDailyDiary from Splinterware is a simple but powerful diary, journal, notes and events app designed to record your thoughts, activities, to-do lists, and any information you can think of, and remind you about upcoming important events and anniversaries. FEATURES - Create Multiple Diaries. You could have one diary for work, or home, a diary to capture everything that happened on holiday, or a diary to keep specific project info. - Create Diary/Journal dated entries, for today or sometime in the past or future. - Create non-dated Notes entries, to capture to-do lists or any other information. - Create Event entries for birthdays and anniversaries, set to run just once or every day, week, month or year. Never forget an important event again. - Attach Pictures, Files and Photos to each diary entry - with the tap of a button. - Fast Search of entire diary, find those important entries quickly. - Automatic save - your entries are saved as you type, no need to remember to press a save button. - And much more... ALL FEATURES FOR 30 DAYS When you install iDailyDiary you can access and use ALL features for a full 30 days, including sync between devices, unlimited diaries and attachments. After 30 days you can still use iDailyDiary to record and update your diary entries, but some of the features will be limited (e.g. Sync between devices, how many diaries you can create or how many attachments per entry). Simply press the Buy button to continue to get Unlimited Access to all Features for a year, see the subscription section below for more info. SECURE & PRIVATE Splinterware has no access to your private diary entries stored by the App. Your diary entries are stored on your device (e.g iPhone, iPad), and if you decide to turn on the Cloud Backup/Sync option they are copied your own Dropbox Cloud account. Your diary entries are encrypted on your local device and are also encrypted in transit and at rest on the Dropbox Cloud servers. PERSONALIZE Choose from a range of diary covers for each of your diaries - more covers and theme colors to be added later. BACKUP AND SYNC Connect iDailyDiary to your own Dropbox Cloud Account to enable automatic cloud backups, and automatic sync with other iOS devices. HELP & SUPPORT There is a Contact Us section in the App Settings, send us an email or bug report, or a suggestion. Or email us direct at support@splinterware.com. We are here to support you. COMING SOON This is just the start... We have a long list of features coming soon to iDailyDiary, so stay tuned to pick up those regular updates. SUBSCRIPTION & PURCHASE INFO When you click the Buy button you can purchase Unlimited Access to all iDailyDiary features either for a whole year subscription price, or a one-off lifetime price. You do not need to purchase to continue using iDailyDiary, however some features will be limited after the first 30 days. The price for your locale is shown in the app. For subscriptions, these will be charged through your iTunes Account. Your annual subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel at any time. Privacy Policy: https://www.splinterware.com/api/ios/contact/privacy_idailydiary.php Terms of Service: https://www.splinterware.com/api/ios/contact/terms_idailydiary.php

Screenshots

My Diary4 screens
iDailyDiary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: iDailyDiary at 4.5 against My Diary's 3.0. iDailyDiary also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 50%) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). My Diary's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. My Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and iDailyDiary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.49 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iDailyDiary holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of My Diary's written reviews are positive against 60% of iDailyDiary's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Diary ships an update every 9 days, iDailyDiary every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
My Diary versus iDailyDiary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy DiaryiDailyDiary
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.5 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings26 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developersandip paghadarSplinterware Ltd

Customer experience

My Diary

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

iDailyDiary

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

My Diary

One-time1
  • Ads Free version$6.99
2 purchases

iDailyDiary

Subscriptions1
  • iDailyDiary$11.491 Year
One-time1
  • iDailyDiary Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is My Diary free?
My Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is iDailyDiary free?
iDailyDiary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, My Diary or iDailyDiary?
iDailyDiary is rated higher. My Diary averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while iDailyDiary averages 4.5 from 6 ratings.
Do My Diary or iDailyDiary have ads?
Neither My Diary nor iDailyDiary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Diary or iDailyDiary?
My Diary ships an update every 9 days, and iDailyDiary every 2 months. Most recently, My Diary was updated on November 6, 2026 and iDailyDiary on November 3, 2026.

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