Comparison

State vs Mediary

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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。

About

Mediary

Features
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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.

Screenshots

State1 screens
Mediary4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
State versus Mediary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStateMediary
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB67 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperNingbo Shangguan Technology Co.,Ltd.昕炜 徐

In-app purchases

None

State

No in-app purchases

None

Mediary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is State free?
State is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mediary free?
Mediary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do State or Mediary have ads?
Neither State nor Mediary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, State or Mediary?
State ships an update every 5 days, and Mediary every 2 months. Most recently, State was updated on October 29, 2026 and Mediary on October 28, 2026.

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