State vs Mediary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
State
Monitor your Mac's vital statistics remotely from your iPhone or iPad. View real-time CPU, memory, disk, temperature, fan speed, network, and uptime information.
- Real-time Mac system monitoring
- CPU usage display
- Memory usage display
- Hard drive status
- Temperature monitoring
- Fan speed monitoring
- Network information
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State 是一款功能强大、实用的Mac电脑运行状态管理应用,它能够安装在您的iPhone或者iPad上,与Mac端State连接,实时上显示Mac电脑的CPU、内存、硬盘、温度、风扇、网络信息以及开机时间等重要信息。
Mediary
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Mediary — Your Personal Media Diary Keep every movie and TV show you've watched in one beautiful, private journal. Mediary helps you log what you've seen, what you're watching, and what's on your watchlist — with ratings, watch dates, and a stunning poster wall. LOG MOVIES & TV SHOWS • Track watched, watching, and want-to-watch titles • Add ratings and watch dates (or mark "don't remember") • Customize posters, titles, and runtime EPISODE-BY-EPISODE FOR SERIES • Log TV series, anime, documentaries, and variety shows • Record each season and episode with its own watch date and rating • Set per-episode runtime and season posters POSTER WALL • Browse your collection as a visual grid of posters • Filter by status; sort by date added, release date, watch date, or rating • Show a series as one poster or per-season artwork SEARCH WITH TMDB • Find titles on The Movie Database (TMDB) and pre-fill details automatically • Less typing, more watching YOUR STATS • Last month at a glance: movies and series finished, total watch time, and your top-rated title • All-time totals: movies, completed and currently-watching series, watch time, and your watchlist YOUR DATA, YOUR DEVICE • Export and import your library (database + posters) as a compressed archive • Merge imports without duplicates • Optional TMDB API key for search — stored on your device Mediary is built for viewers who want a simple, elegant record of their screen time — no account required, and full control over your data. This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: State at every 5 days against Mediary's every 2 months. State also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
State ships an update every 5 days, Mediary every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | State | Mediary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 68.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ningbo Shangguan Technology Co.,Ltd. | 昕炜 徐 |
In-app purchases
State
No in-app purchases
Mediary
No in-app purchases









