Simple Short Diary vs Still Monk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Short Diary
A straightforward journaling app that encourages brief daily entries using single words and icons. It aims to make recording your day easy and sustainable, serving as a companion to enrich your experiences.
- Single-word daily entries
- Icon-based recording
- Easy and quick to use
- Enriches daily life
- Sustainable journaling habit
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This is a simple diary app. Just look back at the day and write in one word. It's easy and lasts a long time. The diary app is the best partner to enrich your days. Look for lots of fun to write fun. This app will surely be useful. ・Terms of Use https://eeggs.jp/terms-of-use-en
Still Monk
This app offers guided meditations and breathing exercises to help users find calm, focus, and relaxation. Explore sessions for sleep, stress relief, and kindness in a serene, nature-inspired environment.
- Guided meditation sessions
- Breathing exercises
- Categories for Calm, Sleep, Focus, Stress, Kindness
- Nature sounds
- Counting Sheep breathing exercise
- Designed for daily use
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Still Monk is a peaceful meditation app designed to help you slow down, find stillness, and reconnect with the present moment. Step into a serene temple surrounded by the calming sounds of nature, where a gentle monk guides you through meditation practices created for different moments in your day. Choose from five categories — Calm, Sleep, Focus, Stress, and Kindness — and find a meditation that matches what you need. Beyond guided meditation, Still Monk also includes simple breathing exercises to help you relax and reset. Follow calming breathing patterns at your own pace, or try the Counting Sheep breathing exercise, a peaceful practice designed to help quiet your mind and ease you toward sleep. Whether you want to start your morning with focus, find calm during a busy day, release stress, practice kindness, or unwind before bed, Still Monk gives you a quiet space to return to whenever you need it. Find your stillness. One breath at a time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Still Monk at none against Simple Short Diary's shown. Still Monk also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Simple Short Diary's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Simple Short Diary sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month and Still Monk sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Still Monk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Short Diary has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Simple Short Diary | Still Monk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 504 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EasterEggs | Henrique Bersani |
Customer experience
Simple Short Diary
Still Monk
In-app purchases
Simple Short Diary
- Premium Plan$0.991 Month
Still Monk
- Subscription$4.991 Month
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