Journal vs 心记
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Dynamic themes
- Classified management
- Background color options
- Add photos and text
- Multiple font choices
- Password protection
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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
心记
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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。
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Journal | 心记 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.1 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 楚婷 柯 | 向广 赵 |
In-app purchases
Journal
- Advanced Version$1.99
心记
- 高级会员$0.99









