Comparison

Bon Journal vs Outsida

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

Outsida

Discover local events happening in your city, from popular gatherings to those nearby. Create your own events, set reminders, and favorite happenings. Explore venues and filter events by category or time.

Highlights
  • Find local events
  • Create custom events
  • Set event reminders
  • Favorite events
  • View events by proximity
  • Filter events by category/time
  • Explore venue details
Features
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Outsida is an events app to find events happening in and around your city. You can now view events, favourite events, view events happening close to you current location. All these happening for free. You can also set reminders and the app will remind you a week and an hour before event dates. Users can also create their own events in the app and add all relevant information and anyone on the app can view and attend your events. Home Screen: 1. View top/popular events happening in and around the city 2. View events close to you. You can limit to closest or farthest from you. Currently 5km, 10km and 20km away from your current location. Events Screen: View and filter all events happening by category or timeframe. Tapping on an event opens the event details and you can view all information about the particular event ie. location on map, ticket purchase points, featuring artistes/performers/speakers, favourite events and set a reminder. Favourites Screen: All events you have ever favourited can be found here Venues Screen: 1. View venues in alphabetical order 2. Tap on a venue to view details about that venue 3. View all events happening at the venue Push notifications on your favourited events and new events that are available in the app

Screenshots

Bon Journal4 screens
Outsida4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Outsida at 100% against Bon Journal's 33%. Outsida also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Bon Journal's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.4). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Bon Journal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Outsida asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Outsida holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Bon Journal's written reviews are positive against 100% of Outsida's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bon Journal versus Outsida: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBon JournalOutsida
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (6 ratings)4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings66
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.4
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB62 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperVladislav KovalyovCastro Agbo

Customer experience

Bon Journal

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

Outsida

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bon Journal

One-time1
  • Pro Version$4.99
None

Outsida

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bon Journal free?
Bon Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Outsida free?
Outsida is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bon Journal or Outsida?
Outsida is rated higher. Bon Journal averages 2.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Outsida averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Bon Journal or Outsida have ads?
Both Bon Journal and Outsida show ads.

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