Comparison

Monotter vs Today.

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

Today.

This app allows for quick, on-the-go journaling with options for voice memos, photos, and rich text editing. It offers AI-powered reflection features that run entirely on-device for privacy. Organize entries, customize themes, and export your data.

Highlights
  • Quick capture via widgets and Siri
  • Voice memo transcription
  • Rich text editor
  • On-device AI for reflection
  • Private by design, no ads or tracking
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • Export as Markdown or JSON
Features
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Today. is a journal for the moments between moments. Most journaling apps wait for you to sit down and write a page. Today. is built for the quick, interstitial captures you make all day — a thought on a walk, a line after a meeting, a photo, a voice memo, a single sentence. A sentence is enough. But when you do want to sit and write at length, the full editor is right there. Jot a line or compose a considered entry — the same calm place fits both. Then, when you want to look back, Today. helps you make sense of it — with AI that runs entirely on your device. CAPTURE, FAST • Write in a tap — from the app, a Home Screen widget, the share sheet, or Siri • Voice memos, transcribed on-device so they're searchable and readable • Photos and links, right inline • Tags and moods when you want them, never required WRITE AT ANY DEPTH A real editor for the days you want one: • Headings, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, and highlights • Bulleted and numbered lists, block quotes, and code blocks • Alignment, indentation, links, and inline photos The same entry can be a single line today and a full page tomorrow. REFLECT, PRIVATELY • Reflection: a gentle observation about your recent days • Ask Your Journal: ask a question, get an answer grounded in your own entries • Weekly Review: themes, what shifted, small wins, and a question for tomorrow • Open Loops: resurface the things you said you'd do It all runs on-device with Apple Intelligence. Your entries are never sent to a server for AI. Ever. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No accounts, no tracking, no ads, no analytics • Your journal syncs across your Apple devices through your own iCloud • Export everything as Markdown or JSON, any time — it's your writing YOURS TO SHAPE • Organize entries into Volumes • Themes and journal fonts to make it feel like yours FAIR BY DEFAULT The AI features are free for everyone. If Today. becomes part of your day, an optional tip or supporter tier keeps it independent and unlocks the theme and font wardrobe. No paywalls on the things that matter. AI features require a device with Apple Intelligence. Privacy Policy: https://today.veritasdevs.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Monotter4 screens
Today.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Today. at Free against Monotter's $1.99. Today. also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.3). 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

Today. is free to download; Monotter costs $1.99 up front. Monotter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Today. sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Today. holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Monotter versus Today.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonotterToday.
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.3 (3 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.1
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmallmakeTough Drafts LLC

Customer experience

Monotter

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

Today.

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Monotter

One-time1
  • Monotter Unlock$1.99
3 purchases

Today.

One-time3
  • Leave a Tip$1.99
  • Generous Tip$4.99
  • Big Tip$9.99

Questions

Is Monotter free?
Monotter costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Today. free?
Today. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Monotter or Today.?
Today. is rated higher. Monotter averages 3.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Today. averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Monotter or Today. have ads?
Neither Monotter nor Today. shows ads.

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