Comparison

Monotter vs iglu ∙ micro

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

Head to head
About

Monotter

This private life-logging app allows you to record brief, diary-like texts that are never shared online. Your entries form a personal timeline, with features like search, location tracking, and status prefixes to organize your thoughts and activities.

Highlights
  • Private life-logging
  • Timeline view of entries
  • Powerful search by hashtag, place, rating
  • Automatic location tracking
  • Status prefixes for tasks
  • Calendar export for events
  • Todo management with checkboxes
Features
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Monotter is a private life-logging app that lets you jot down and store brief, diary-like texts—never shared online. Your accumulated notes form a Timeline, and each individual note is called an Entry. Keep your thoughts and activities securely recorded for personal reflection. • Powerful Search: Filter entries by hashtag, place, or rating • Location Tracking: Automatically record where you make an entry and name places to auto-label future entries at the same location • Status Prefixes: Prepend /start, /end, /todo, or /done to mark “start”, “end”, “todo”, or “done” states • Calendar Export: Export paired /start–end entries as events to iOS Calendar • Todo Management: Display a checkbox on to-do entries—tap to mark as done • Rating System: Tap to rate entries and sort your timeline by date or rating Features: • Apple Watch Support: Add entries from your watch and launch via a complication • Siri Shortcuts: Automate entries with voice, NFC tags, or time-based triggers • Widget: Show your latest or highest-rated entry on the home screen Unlock the 1,000-entry limit with an in-app purchase.

About

iglu ∙ micro

This app offers a modern approach to journaling by allowing users to create short, frequent entries. It features AI-powered recommendations and semantic search to help you rediscover past thoughts, all while prioritizing your privacy with on-device processing and iCloud backups.

Highlights
  • Micro-journaling for quick entries
  • AI-powered recommendations
  • Semantic search for past entries
  • Threaded entries for complex thoughts
  • On-device AI processing for privacy
  • iCloud backup
  • Journaling reminders
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iglu is the new and better way to journal: micro-journaling. Record your life as it happens and come back to revisit with our AI-powered feed and semantic search. And most importantly, without sacrificing your privacy. Building a journaling habit has never been this easy! MICRO-JOURNALING Forget sitting down and writing everything at once — that’s boring. Instead, write short entries (like tweets) on the go, as you move through your day. Micro-journaling makes both writing and exploring a breeze! THREADS Fully express your most intricate chain of thought by making threads with your entries. You can write as many nested entries as you want, and they will always be linked together. RECOMMENDATIONS Rediscover your older entries with iglu’s recommendations, selected by our AI based on what you’ve been writing recently. It’s a fun way to explore and get insights into yourself. SEMANTIC SEARCH Looking for an entry but don’t remember the exact words you wrote? Don’t worry, iglu’s semantic search engine gets the general idea of what you’re looking for and shows you the most relevant entries. WRITE SHORTCUT A new entry is always one tap away with iglu’s shortcut. Use it from the Action button, Lock Screen (as a control and as a widget), and Control Center. Say goodbye to friction! ACTIVITY WIDGET Keep track of your writing activity with the activity widget. It shows how much you’ve written in the past few weeks using a beautiful ‘heat map’ design, right on your Home Screen. FACE ID Lock iglu with Face ID to make sure no one snoops around your personal space. JOURNALING REMINDERS Get reminded to take a few seconds to journal every now and then. You can get reminders randomly throughout the day or choose specific times you prefer. PRIVACY Your journal is stored on your device. Entries and photos can sync with your private iCloud storage; videos remain on your device. Search and recommendations run on your device, and your journal content and search terms are not sent to Aptabase or RevenueCat. We use Aptabase for usage analytics without persistent user or device identifiers, and RevenueCat to manage purchases and subscriptions. Referrals use app-specific iCloud identifiers to award credits. Learn more: https://iglu.website/privacy ACCESS AND PURCHASES Access to all features requires a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Eligible new subscribers receive a free trial, which can be extended through a referral. After a trial, subscriptions renew automatically at the price shown before purchase unless canceled. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple account settings. Use Restore to recover eligible purchases or previous access. Lifetime access is a one-time purchase with no subscription or free trial. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Monotter4 screens
iglu ∙ micro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iglu ∙ micro at Free against Monotter's $1.99. iglu ∙ micro also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.3) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

iglu ∙ micro is free to download; Monotter costs $1.99 up front. Monotter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and iglu ∙ micro sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iglu ∙ micro holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Monotter's written reviews are positive against 100% of iglu ∙ micro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Monotter ships an update every 2 months, iglu ∙ micro every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Monotter versus iglu ∙ micro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonotteriglu ∙ micro
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.3 (3 ratings)4.6 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings35 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB281 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmallmakeRafael Guimaraes

Customer experience

Monotter

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

iglu ∙ micro

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Monotter

One-time1
  • Monotter Unlock$1.99
6 purchases

iglu ∙ micro

Subscriptions5
  • iglu weekly14 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • iglu monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • iglu monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
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  • iglu yearly14 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • iglu yearly1 Month trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • iglu lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is Monotter free?
Monotter costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is iglu ∙ micro free?
iglu ∙ micro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Monotter or iglu ∙ micro?
iglu ∙ micro is rated higher. Monotter averages 3.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while iglu ∙ micro averages 4.6 from 5 ratings.
Do Monotter or iglu ∙ micro have ads?
Neither Monotter nor iglu ∙ micro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Monotter or iglu ∙ micro?
Monotter ships an update every 2 months, and iglu ∙ micro every 6 days. Most recently, Monotter was updated on October 24, 2026 and iglu ∙ micro on October 24, 2026.

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