Comparison

My Diary vs DoddleDiary

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

DoddleDiary

Features
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DoddleDiary is a simple drawing journal for saving ideas, sketches, and daily notes. Create lightweight entries, organize your thoughts, and keep a visual record of your day.

Screenshots

My Diary4 screens
DoddleDiary1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DoddleDiary at none against My Diary's 1. My Diary's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. My Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DoddleDiary asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Diary ships an update every 9 days, DoddleDiary weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
My Diary versus DoddleDiary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy DiaryDoddleDiary
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developersandip paghadarGoBuildFast, LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

My Diary

One-time1
  • Ads Free version$6.99
None

DoddleDiary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Diary free?
My Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DoddleDiary free?
DoddleDiary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do My Diary or DoddleDiary have ads?
Neither My Diary nor DoddleDiary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Diary or DoddleDiary?
My Diary ships an update every 9 days, and DoddleDiary weekly. Most recently, My Diary was updated on November 6, 2026 and DoddleDiary on November 5, 2026.

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