Goodbye Lily vs Lily Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Goodbye Lily
Experience a poignant text-based narrative with 3D graphics and interactive touch controls. Relive memories of a loved one who has passed away through this emotional story.
- Text-based narrative
- 3D graphics
- Touch interactions
- Emotional story
- Interactive gameplay
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Lying awake in the middle of the night, my mind drifts back to memories of a girl I loved who recently passed away. A text-based story featuring 3D graphics and touch interactions. -------------------------------- Cursor icon made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com Undo/redo/delete/confirm/back icons made by Google from www.flaticon.com Textures from textures.com
Lily Diary
Design unique avatars and backgrounds with a wide array of outfits and items. Save your creations and arrange them freely to craft your own stories. Share your adorable designs with friends on social media.
- Avatar and background decoration
- Drag & Drop functionality
- Mirror & Layer Switch
- Create unique stories
- Social media sharing
- Plenty of storage
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1. Lily Diary is a dress-up game where you can decorate avatars and backgrounds. 2. You are free to put your saved avatars anywhere you want! 3. There are varied functions such as Mirror & Layer Switch, Drag & Drop, pretty animations, and plenty of storage. Please see Menu → Tutorial before you play. 4. Create your own unique story with many outfits, items, animals, speech bubbles and text. 5. Share your adorable avatars and background images with your friends on Social Media. ※ As the data is saved to your device, if you delete the game, all saved data will also be deleted. ※ In-app purchase data is saved to the server, so you can restore purchase data when you re-install the game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Goodbye Lily at none against Lily Diary's 10. Goodbye Lily also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). Lily Diary's advantage is review sentiment (90% vs 56%) and ratings volume (3.7K vs 9). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Lily Diary sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Goodbye Lily asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Goodbye Lily against 4.5 for Lily Diary. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lily Diary has 3.7K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of Goodbye Lily's written reviews are positive against 90% of Lily Diary's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Goodbye Lily | Lily Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (9 ratings) | 4.5 (3.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | 90.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 3.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 506 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alex Hannigan | SeyeonSoft Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Goodbye Lily
Lily Diary
Bugs and requests
Goodbye Lily
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Lily Diary
Reported bugs
2 issues- Occasional crashes or glitches
- Text and background not saving properly
Requested features
6 requests- Add ability to change clothing colors
- Introduce more body types and hairstyles
- Allow removal of clothing items
- Implement custom pose options
- Add story mode or character backgrounds
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- Increase character limit on screen
In-app purchases
Goodbye Lily
No in-app purchases
Lily Diary
- Vampire : Face$1.99
- Vampire : Theme$1.99
- Wedding : Event$1.99
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- Black Cat : Event$1.99
- Black Chain : Casual$1.99
- Black Checks : Casual$1.99
- Gorgeous Dresses : Theme$1.99
- Fairy A : Face$2.99
- Detective : Theme$2.99
- Snow Rabbit : Event$2.99
Questions
Is Goodbye Lily free?
Is Lily Diary free?
Which has better reviews, Goodbye Lily or Lily Diary?
Do Goodbye Lily or Lily Diary have ads?
Which is updated more often, Goodbye Lily or Lily Diary?
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