Comparison

My Daily Diary ‎ vs Flashback Journaling

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

Flashback Journaling

This app allows users to create multimedia journals with text, photos, and audio. Organize your thoughts using a unique keyword system to create searchable documents. Discover past entries through curated selections or random picks.

Highlights
  • Multimedia journaling (text, photo, audio)
  • Keyword-based document organization
  • View favorite, past, and random journals
  • Customizable user profile
  • Fast and easy post creation
Features
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Flashback is a multimedia journal where you automatically/creatively display store text, photo, and audio (Video coming soon). Take a picture in your iphone camera and it will be displayed instantly and artistically in your daily journal! Through Flashback’s sleek design, users are able to organize their ideas faster than ever with our keyword → document feature! In any daily journal the user may use any keyword that they choose followed by a colon (:), the paragraph following that colon will be copy and pasted into a document titled their keyword. From that document the users can view all the ideas that were added in date format from earliest to latest. Users can rinse and repeat with any keyword they choose!.. From the home screen users are able to view favorite journals (bookmarked journals), a journal that you created from a week ago, a month ago, and a random journal that was made since you started using Flashback!.. Users also have a fully customizable and stylistic profile where in future updates you will be able to share to your close friends! You will be able to create post fast and easily from your journal by simply selecting what you’d like to post!

Screenshots

My Daily Diary ‎4 screens
Flashback Journaling4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flashback Journaling at none against My Daily Diary ‎'s 7. Flashback Journaling also leads on update cadence (daily vs monthly) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). My Daily Diary ‎'s advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 3). On price, 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 Daily Diary ‎ sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Flashback Journaling asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flashback Journaling holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Daily Diary ‎ has 1.1K ratings behind it against 3, 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 100% of Flashback Journaling's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Daily Diary ‎ ships an update monthly, Flashback Journaling daily. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
My Daily Diary ‎ versus Flashback Journaling: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Daily Diary ‎Flashback Journaling
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.1K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K — better3
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlain caltieriVance Khacey Smith

Customer experience

My Daily Diary ‎

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

Flashback Journaling

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Flashback Journaling

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
None

Flashback Journaling

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Daily Diary ‎ free?
My Daily Diary ‎ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flashback Journaling free?
Flashback Journaling is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, My Daily Diary ‎ or Flashback Journaling?
Flashback Journaling is rated higher. My Daily Diary ‎ averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Flashback Journaling averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do My Daily Diary ‎ or Flashback Journaling have ads?
Neither My Daily Diary ‎ nor Flashback Journaling shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Daily Diary ‎ or Flashback Journaling?
My Daily Diary ‎ ships an update monthly, and Flashback Journaling daily. Most recently, My Daily Diary ‎ was updated on October 21, 2026 and Flashback Journaling on October 24, 2026.

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