Comparison

Journal vs 心记

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

Head to head
About

Journal

This app offers a simple yet beautiful interface for creating personal diaries and notes. Customize your entries with dynamic themes, background colors, and various fonts. Add photos and expressions to make your memories more vivid and secure them with a password.

Highlights
  • Dynamic themes
  • Classified management
  • Background color options
  • Add photos and text
  • Multiple font choices
  • Password protection
Features
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Simple and exquisite interface notebook, hand-written account, diary, "Secret NoteBook" is the intimate life assistant, warm spiritual corner. Vivid diaries with dynamic effects, switch the interface and animation effects according to the selected theme. Make life's memories colorful. [Introduction to Functions] --Dynamic Theme-- Various dynamic themes are selected to make the diary more vivid. --Classified management-- Custom categorization for easy access to Diaries --Background color-- Rich background color selection ---Editorial diversity-- Diary can add photos, text, dynamic effects, expressions --Font-- Multiple font selection --Password settings-- Privacy password guarantees the security of your diary

About

心记

Features
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心情和日记密不可分,当心情遇上日记,会是怎样的体验? 心情想记就记,我们的一天都会经历多种心情的变化,从早上的开心到中午的烦躁,再到晚上的幸福,这几种心情都应该认真记录下来。 日记想写就写,日记不再局限为一日一记,而升级为随时想写就写,一天写多篇日记也是可以的。 心记为你提供了心情和日记的记录、管理、统计,让自己时刻了解和回顾自己的心情历程,回顾自己的过去历史日记。 功能列表: 1、心情记录、心情管理、心情统计,心情日历 2、你的日记本,写日记,管理日记,日记日历 3、心情提醒和日记提醒 4、安全密码 5、心情句子 6、心情古诗 7、心情测试题 8、心情管理 9、心情标签 10、日记分类 11、iCloud云同步 如果在使用过程中,如果你有更好的建议或想法,随时评论留言或发邮件(im@zhaoxiangguang.cn)反馈。

Screenshots

Journal4 screens
心记4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Journal at Free against 心记's $0.99. 心记's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

Journal is free to download; 心记 costs $0.99 up front. Journal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and 心记 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Journal ships an update every 6 weeks, 心记 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Journal versus 心记: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJournal心记
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.1 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer楚婷 柯向广 赵

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Journal

One-time1
  • Advanced Version$1.99
1 purchases

心记

One-time1
  • 高级会员$0.99

Questions

Is Journal free?
Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 心记 free?
心记 costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Journal or 心记 have ads?
Neither Journal nor 心记 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Journal or 心记?
Journal ships an update every 6 weeks, and 心记 every 3 weeks. Most recently, Journal was updated on October 18, 2026 and 心记 on October 27, 2026.

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