Comparison

Bon Journal vs Travel Diary

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

Head to head
About

Bon Journal

This app helps you document your life's story through daily photos and descriptions. Capture moments, track your mood, and organize memories into custom journals. View your memories on a map and keep them secure with a passcode.

Highlights
  • Daily photo journaling
  • Mood tracking with custom emojis
  • Journal creation and PDF export
  • Location-based memory mapping
  • PIN-code security
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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Bon Journal is a great and free to download Diary which will help you write and track the story of your own life by keeping your memories via daily photos! DIARY OF YOUR MEMORIES Take a picture of the most exciting moment of the day, add best description, specify your daily mood and even add the location of the place where photo were taken. ONE DAY. ONE MEMORY. ONE SHOT. You have only one photo shot for a day. Be wise, capture the most important moment of your life today. The written word remains and you can’t replace it later like on real paper diary. The memory can’t be even deleted, but destroyed only. No mercy, no regrets. MOODS As you already know, while making a memory, you can set a Mood of the day via the your beloved Emojis. You can define your own set of Emojis in the Settings. MOODS HISTORY Track your Mood history and view detailed statistics between different periods of time. Annual and monthly statistics are available. Rate best and worst moments, think what you can change in your life. AMI (average mood index) will help you with that. JOURNALS Make your own Journal of the picked Memories. * Create Journals for different types of papers, like A3, A4, Tabloid etc. * Widely customize the content and pick one of the pages styles*. * View the result and export Journal as PDF, so you can share it with your family and friends or even print it! MAP View all the Memories with locations on the Map, so you will always know where any of them are made. PIN-CODE* Do you wan’t to view your memories in secret? Set a PIN-code for the app. SYNC Sync your Memories and Journals so you can view all the data on your favourite iPhone and iPad devices which are linked to the same iCloud account! WIDGETS Use beautiful and useful widgets to track your moods during the current week, current month or just today. In addition, you can always track your current month AMI with any widget you will use. Widgets are available for iOS 14 or later, or iPadOS 14 or later. - * - some feature are only available for PRO version of the app.

About

Travel Diary

Record travel memories with a map-based diary. Organize experiences using image cards and location markers for an intuitive journey log. Share your adventures easily with friends.

Highlights
  • Map-based travel logging
  • Swipeable image cards
  • Location markers
  • Diary sharing
  • Import functionality
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Travel Diary is a map-based App used to record the beautiful moments of your travels. Using swipeable Image Cards combined with the Location Markers on the map to provide you with an intuitive experience. The function of diary sharing and import, which is convenient for you and your friends to share wonderful moments.

Screenshots

Bon Journal4 screens
Travel Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Travel Diary at 100% against Bon Journal's 33%. Travel Diary also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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. Bon Journal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Travel Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Travel Diary holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Bon Journal's written reviews are positive against 100% of Travel Diary's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bon Journal versus Travel Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBon JournalTravel Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (6 ratings)5.0 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings614 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.3
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVladislav KovalyovYu Qi

Customer experience

Bon Journal

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%

Travel Diary

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bon Journal

One-time1
  • Pro Version$4.99
None

Travel Diary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bon Journal free?
Bon Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Travel Diary free?
Travel Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bon Journal or Travel Diary?
Travel Diary is rated higher. Bon Journal averages 2.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Travel Diary averages 5.0 from 14 ratings.
Do Bon Journal or Travel Diary have ads?
Bon Journal shows ads; Travel Diary does not.

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