Comparison

Inkwell Journal vs DayDiary

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

Head to head
About

Inkwell Journal

This app allows users to create detailed journal entries with rich text formatting, media attachments, and drawings. It offers timeline, calendar, and map views for easy navigation and powerful search functionality. Entries can be backed up to iCloud and synchronized across devices.

Highlights
  • Rich text journal editor
  • Add photos, videos, audio, and PDFs
  • Drawing editor with guides
  • Document scanning to PDF
  • Timeline, calendar, and map views
  • Powerful search functionality
  • iCloud backup and sync
  • Multiple journal creation
Features
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WRITE YOUR LIFE Whether you want to put "pen to paper" to enhance your overall sense of wellbeing or you want to capture the memory of a good day, Inkwell helps you write your life in a journal/diary with delightful ease. WHY INKWELL? Your journal is the story of your life. Inkwell is designed to make your story a pleasure to read and write. With Inkwell, it is easier and more rewarding than ever before to write your story one thought, one event or one moment at a time. ● Use Inkwell's journal editor to create entries that capture the important moments of life. Format your entry with fonts for titles and headings, create bulleted and numbered lists, indent paragraphs, choose colors, and more. Take photos and record video with the camera and capture audio with the microphone. Import photos, video, audio recordings and PDFs from your photo library and other apps. Arrange them all together to write your story. ● Add drawings to your journal entries with Inkwell's drawing editor. Choose from a variety of stroke styles and attributes such as opacity, smoothness and color. Use the drawing guides to form perfect lines, circles and rectangles. With Inkwell's drawing feature, capture diagrams, formulate equations, or add a little sparkle to your journal entries with fun artwork. ● Scan documents with your camera and import them as PDF documents info your journal entries. ● Inkwell presents all your journal entries in one seamless timeline for you to remember and explore your life. You can sort the entries from oldest to newest or newest to oldest. As you read your journal, zoom in on photos, play videos and audio recordings, and share your entries with friends and family using email or text messaging. ● Inkwell's media gallery brings all the photos, videos, audio recordings and PDFs together. It is a great place to browse your photos, watch videos and listen to recordings. From the media view, you can jump to the corresponding entry in your journal. ● Inkwell remembers when and where you write your journal entries. With the calendar and map views it is easy to travel through space and time to find what you wrote and see where you have been. ● Inkwell's powerful search lets you find any of the words you wrote in your journal and presents them in the context of your entries. ● Safely and securely back up each entry to iCloud. ● Use iCloud to synchronize your journal on all your devices. Write in your journal from any of your iOS devices and Inkwell will synchronize your entries across all your iOS devices. ● Create multiple journals to organize your entries by subject such as personal, family, work, baby, vacation, etc. You can freely move entries between journals. ● Export your entire journal to PDF or plain text to save it, print it using Air Print, or share it with another app. SUPPORT If you need help, send an email to support@tolaru.com. Privacy Policy http://tolaru.com/inkwell/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use http://tolaru.com/inkwell/terms-of-use/

About

DayDiary

Features
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Day Diary is your shared space to capture everyday life — together. Whether it’s planning your day, saving memories, or just staying connected, Day Diary lets you and someone special organize your time and moments in a simple, creative way. Shared Calendar Plan your day hour by hour. Add events, track your routine, and see updates instantly across devices. Shared List Keep notes, tasks, or ideas in one place — updated in real time for both of you. Personal Touch Attach photos, add stickers, and turn your daily schedule into something meaningful and fun. Real-Time Sync Everything updates instantly between you and your partner, so you're always on the same page. Private & Secure Your data is shared only between you and the people you invite. Perfect for: • Best friends • Couples • Roommates • Anyone who wants to stay connected daily Start sharing your life — one day at a time.

Screenshots

Inkwell Journal4 screens
DayDiary3 screens

Verdict

The call

Inkwell Journal and DayDiary are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Inkwell Journal ships an update every 3 months, DayDiary every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Inkwell Journal versus DayDiary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInkwell JournalDayDiary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTolaru LLCArtem Rykov

In-app purchases

None

Inkwell Journal

No in-app purchases

None

DayDiary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Inkwell Journal free?
Inkwell Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DayDiary free?
DayDiary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Inkwell Journal or DayDiary have ads?
Neither Inkwell Journal nor DayDiary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Inkwell Journal or DayDiary?
Inkwell Journal ships an update every 3 months, and DayDiary every 2 months. Most recently, Inkwell Journal was updated on November 2, 2026 and DayDiary on October 25, 2026.

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