Chikuwa Diary vs お弁当Master
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chikuwa Diary
This app allows you to journal, track books and movies, and organize ideas using multiple notebooks. It offers automatic iCloud syncing for seamless access across devices and supports image attachments. Organize your life's moments and information effortlessly.
- Multiple notebooks for different themes
- Book tracking with information retrieval
- Movie recording and search
- Collection feature for organizing information
- Automatic iCloud notebook sync
- Image attachment support
- Widget support
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Chikuwa Diary can be writed to keep a diary as well as record books, movies, and ideas. -- Feature List -- ・ Use of Multiple Notebooks For themes of different genres, you can switch the notebook. ・ Books Management Feature Created to make it easier to record your reading. You can get the information from the code number of the book you read. This application can also record the number of pages and words (use for extensive reading) ・ Movies Management Feature Created to make it easier to record movies. You can search by title. ・ Collection Feature Added to organize various information saved in the app freely. ・ Automatic Notebook Sync Feature You can automatically sync your notebook using iCloud. Once synced, you can access your notebook from other devices. ・ Image Feature This is a general image addition function. Save to iCloud. ・ Widget support
お弁当Master
This app helps solve daily bento box challenges by automatically generating weekly meal plans based on your favorite recipes. It also allows you to create a personalized recipe list with photos and links, and generates shopping lists from your chosen recipes to prevent forgotten ingredients.
- Automatic weekly meal plan generation
- Customizable recipe list with photos
- Automated shopping list creation
- Daily bento photo album
- Recipe site linking
- Add custom recipes
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日々の献立に苦労していませんか? 朝忙しい時、あのレシピのサイトはどこだっけと探すことはありませんか? 買い物で何かうんだっけと思うことはありませんか? そんなよくあるお弁当に関する悩みや苦労を全て解決します! 本アプリ「お弁当マスター」は実際に子供のお弁当を毎日作っているエンジニアが自分の実体験に基づいて、日々の「あったらいいのに」を一つにまとめたアプリです。 献立を自動で生成 ・自分のお気に入りのレシピから一週間の献立を自動で作成してくれます ・献立はカテゴライズされており、副菜2品、主菜1品といったように細かく設定できます ・自動生成したレシピを編集して細かい献立の調整もできます ・献立から自分のお気に入りのレシピサイトをすぐに表示できます 自分のレシピリストを作れる ・最初から入っているレシピをベースに自分のお気に入りのレシピを登録できます ・レシピにはレシピサイトを登録したり、料理写真を登録したり自分だけのレシピリストにカスタマイズできます ・新たにレシピを登録することもできます 買い物リストで買い忘れを防ぐ ・レシピに登録した食材に従って買い物リストを自動で生成できます ・買い物リストはクリップボードにコピーして他のアプリへリストをペーストできます ・食材以外にも好きなものをリストに追加できます 毎日の写真を残す ・作った弁当は日々のアルバムに保存できます ・写真にはその日のレシピをワンタッチでメモとして残せます ・撮った写真はスマホの写真ライブラリにも保存できます
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: お弁当Master at none against Chikuwa Diary's 2. お弁当Master also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). Chikuwa Diary's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 50%). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Chikuwa Diary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. お弁当Master asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chikuwa Diary ships an update fortnightly, お弁当Master every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chikuwa Diary | お弁当Master |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tenta Shinojima | Hirokazu Komatsu |
Customer experience
Chikuwa Diary
お弁当Master
In-app purchases
Chikuwa Diary
- Chikuwa+ Plan for 1 months$3.991 Month
- Chikuwa+ Plan for 6 months$14.996 Months
お弁当Master
No in-app purchases





