Comparison

My Daily Diary ‎ vs GitJournal

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

Head to head
About

My Daily Diary ‎

This app offers a private and flexible journaling experience. Track your mood, dreams, or experiences with customizable entries. Secure your thoughts with a built-in lock system for ultimate privacy.

Highlights
  • Private journaling
  • Mood tracking
  • Customizable entries
  • Picture import
  • Calendar navigation
  • App lock
Features
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A simple, flexible and private diary. Keeping a journal helps in many ways. You can be more aware of your feelings and thoughts, keep track of your mood, dreams or experiences. Many influencing people love keeping a diary since it helps in so many ways! -- “People who keep journals have life twice.” -- Jessamyn West We've made this app as simple to use as possible. Everything is easy to discover and we'll guide you through the most advanced features. Our users love a simple and polished experience and that's what we give them. -- “In the journal I am at ease.” -- Anais Nin We give you all the flexibility you need. We won't tie you to any strict structure or force you to track anything you don't care about. You can add entries to the diary, like a mindfulness session or an area to list reasons for gratitude. You may even configure the diary as a travel journal or a dreams journal! That's easy to setup too: the only limit is your imagination. -- “I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.” -- Anne Frank Your diary should be as private as you want. We do not upload your data anywhere, we don't track you and we value your privacy. And you get even more: we included a system to lock the app, so that no intruder can see your diary without your consent. Your diary is yours, private and secure. -- “Whether you’re keeping a journal or writing as a meditation, it’s the same thing. What’s important is you’re having a relationship with your mind.” -- Natalie Goldberg You are using an advanced device, so we're providing advanced and easy to use features. Like a cute mood tracking system. Or a way to import pictures in your journal. But also a calendar to navigate your memories... You can feel at ease, with a simple and familiar diary in your hands but also feel the power of the new tech you are using. We hope you will enjoy the balance. -- “I don’t journal to ‘be productive.’ I don’t do it to find great ideas or to put down prose I can later publish. The pages aren’t intended for anyone but me. It’s the most cost-effective therapy I’ve ever found.” -- Tim Ferriss Download and try it, you will not regret it! --- Terms Of Service for the subscription: To unlock the app you may need to subscribe to the service. This helps us pay development costs and provide a better experience. Please consider supporting us if you like the app. You can check if you like the app and the premium content before making any commitment by using the free trial. It's free and easy to manage from within the app. We're always here to help anyway. Here are a few more details: - Free trial: You can use the app for free for a trial period. After that period you can subscribe to have full access to the app. You can cancel the subscription before the free trial period expires and you won’t be charged. - Subscription is auto-renewable. It will renew automatically 24h before expiration and it will be billed to your iTunes Account - You can cancel from the subscription anytime from settings > Your Name > iTunes & App Store > Apple Id > Subscriptions. Instructions and a link to the management page are also included inside the app (settings > support) - When cancelling, the subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled but the current subscription period can't be refunded. WARNING: uninstalling the app will NOT cancel the subscription! Please make sure to follow the instructions above, check the support section inside the app or follow this link: https://crazyhorseapps.com/support. Privacy Policy: https://crazyhorseapps.com/apps-privacy-policy Terms Of Service: https://crazyhorseapps.com/apps/my-journal/my-journal-terms Support Page: https://crazyhorseapps.com/support

About

GitJournal

This app offers a private and portable note-taking experience, storing your entries in a Git repository of your choice. It supports offline access, folder categorization, and integration with static site generators. The app prioritizes user data control and is open-source.

Highlights
  • Offline note access
  • Stores notes in Git repositories
  • Supports GitHub, GitLab, and custom providers
  • Markdown and plaintext note formats
  • Categorize notes with folders
  • Open source and free software
  • Integrates with static site generators
Features
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GitJournal is an open source note taking / journaling app built with privacy and data portability in mind. It stores all its notes in a standardised Markdown + YAML header format or plaintext. The notes are stored in a hosted Git Repo of your choice - GitHub / GitLab / Gitea / Gogs / Any Custom-provider. Features - - Offline First - All yours notes are available offline - No Account Required - Categorize your Notes with Folders - Open source / Free Software / FOSS - Can easily be extended and integrated with other Git tools - Can also be used to manage Hugo / Jekyll / Gatsby websites - No Ads Never need to import / export your notes, as you always have control of the data. Apps may come and go, but your notes will always be with you. Git has been chosen as a backend as self-hosting a Git server is much simpler than almost any other software, additionally there are already many commercial providers of Git. So you can choose who you want to trust with your notes. We currently don't support encrypting the notes, but it's something we're actively working on.

Screenshots

My Daily Diary ‎4 screens
GitJournal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: My Daily Diary ‎ at Free against GitJournal's $3.99. My Daily Diary ‎ also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.1) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 18). GitJournal's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On 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

My Daily Diary ‎ is free to download; GitJournal costs $3.99 up front. My Daily Diary ‎ sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and GitJournal sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

My Daily Diary ‎ holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Daily Diary ‎ has 1.1K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of My Daily Diary ‎'s written reviews are positive against 57% of GitJournal's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Daily Diary ‎ ships an update monthly, GitJournal weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
My Daily Diary ‎ versus GitJournal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Daily Diary ‎GitJournal
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better3.1 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews75.5% of reviews — better56.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1.1K — better18
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlain caltieriVishesh Handa

Customer experience

My Daily Diary ‎

All ratings1,126 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral2.8%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews326 reviews
Positive75.5%
Neutral4.9%
Negative19.6%

GitJournal

All ratings18 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive56.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative36.7%

Bugs and requests

My Daily Diary ‎

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Entries randomly disappearing
  • App crashing or freezing

Requested features

4 requests
  • Search functionality for past entries
  • Ability to print or export journal entries
  • More customization options for layout and appearance
  • Sync entries across multiple devices

GitJournal

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

My Daily Diary ‎

Subscriptions6
  • Journal - Weekly Subscription7 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Diary weekly$0.997 Days
  • Journal - Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$3.991 Month
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  • Journal - Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Diary yearly NT$19.991 Year
  • Diary yearly 2WT14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • My personal daily diary 4life$29.99
11 purchases

GitJournal

Subscriptions7
  • Monthly Pay What You Want$1.991 Month
  • Monthly, Pay What You Want$2.491 Month
  • Monthly, Pay What You Want$3.491 Month
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  • Monthly, Pay What You Want$4.491 Month
  • Monthly, Pay What You Want$5.491 Month
  • Monthly, Pay What You Want$6.491 Month
  • Monthly, Pay What You Want$9.991 Month
One-time4
  • One Time Purchase$31.99
  • One Time Purchase$35.99
  • One Time Purchase$40.99
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  • One Time Purchase$54.99

Questions

Is My Daily Diary ‎ free?
My Daily Diary ‎ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GitJournal free?
GitJournal costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, My Daily Diary ‎ or GitJournal?
My Daily Diary ‎ is rated higher. My Daily Diary ‎ averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while GitJournal averages 3.1 from 18 ratings.
Do My Daily Diary ‎ or GitJournal have ads?
Neither My Daily Diary ‎ nor GitJournal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Daily Diary ‎ or GitJournal?
My Daily Diary ‎ ships an update monthly, and GitJournal weekly. Most recently, My Daily Diary ‎ was updated on October 15, 2026 and GitJournal on October 14, 2026.

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