Secret Diary vs Diary with Lock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Secret Diary
Securely record your daily thoughts, memories, and secrets. This app allows you to add photos and track your moods, all protected by a passcode. Personalize your journal with themes and easily search past entries.
- Save memories, notes, and ideas
- Add photos and mood emojis
- Unlimited photo storage
- Personalize UI with themes
- Passcode protection and data encryption
- Powerful search and filter functions
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Memories Journal, Notes, and pocket Diary, designed to save your Memories, notes, daily events, secrets, thoughts, experiences, appointments, activities, moods and ideas. Store personal Memories with this personal diary, special moments and keep track of your life by using this powerful Journaling app. Easy & simple Diary that you can use for quick note taking, for writing a journal, a private notebook, or you can use it as a photo locker and video locker to keep your stuff safe. Secret ideas, thoughts and moments should always remain secret and a private diary should always be intimate, beautiful and safe. It can be used as a personal diary, scrapbook, diary of a wimpy kid, dear diary, science journal, diary book, school diary, student diary, daily dairy, girls diary, eDiary, pocket diary, customised diary, research journal, journal book, diary planner, store memories quotes, free journal, video locker or photo locker. My Diary app: Journal & Mood Tracker App Feature: • Keep your all moments, notes and ideas saved with you • Add photos from your gallery or add a mood emoji to each entry and express your emotions easily! • Attach & store unlimited amount of photos in your diary • Personalise UI with different UI Colors & Themes • Protect Privacy with data encryption & passcode - Powerful search and filter functions (Dates, Tags & title/notes) - Easy to save & share your moments - Use this diary app to make your own personal journal of daily events, appointments, secrets and feelings. Your feedback matters! Must share your feedback with us if you have any suggestions about our app , we always appreciate user feedback and must act on it!! SUBSCRIPTIONS : - Monthly Plan: 2.99$/month. - Yearly Plan: 17.99$/year. Pricing may vary depending on the country of residence. • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Privacy Policy: https://nwlamll.github.io/apps/pp.html Terms of Use : https://nwlamll.github.io/apps/termsofuse.html
Diary with Lock
Capture and cherish life's moments in a secure, beautifully designed digital journal. Add text, photos, and videos, track your mood and weather, and protect your entries with a passcode. Back up your memories to iCloud and export them as PDFs.
- Photo and text diary entries
- Lock screen passcode protection
- iCloud backup
- Mood and weather tracking
- Font customization
- Intruder snapshots
- PDF export
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Welcome to iDiary – the ultimate diary app that combines the classic art of journaling with modern technology! With iDiary, you can easily capture and cherish all your precious moments in a beautifully designed and secure platform. Here are some of the key features that make iDiary the perfect diary app for you: - Photo and Text Diary Entries: Create rich and engaging diary entries by mixing text and photos and videos together. iDiary lets you capture your life's moments in an expressive and immersive way. - Lock Screen Passcode: Keep your diary entries safe from prying eyes with a secure lock screen passcode. Your secrets are safe with iDiary! - iCloud Backup: Never lose a single moment of your life again. iDiary automatically backs up your diary entries to iCloud, ensuring that all your memories are safe and secure. - Mood and Weather: Capture your mood and the weather each day to add an even deeper level of detail to your diary entries. - Font Customization: Choose from a variety of fonts to make your diary entries even more unique and personal. - Intruder Snapshots: iDiary automatically captures a photo of anyone who tries to access your diary without your permission. Keep your diary safe and secure at all times. - PDF Export: Export your diary entries as PDFs for easy sharing, printing, or archiving. Download iDiary today and start capturing all your precious moments in a secure and beautiful diary app! Privacy Policy: https://www.bytecrazy.com/common_privacy_en.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Contact Us: trudutton@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Secret Diary at 91% against Diary with Lock's 0%. Secret Diary also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). Diary with Lock's advantage is monetization model (freemium vs subscription). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Secret Diary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Diary with Lock sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Secret Diary holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Secret Diary has 112 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Secret Diary's written reviews are positive against 0% of Diary with Lock's.
Secret Diary ships an update fortnightly, Diary with Lock every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Secret Diary | Diary with Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (112 ratings) — better | 4.3 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 112 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nawal Amallou | Heyou Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Secret Diary
Diary with Lock
Bugs and requests
Secret Diary
Reported bugs
5 issues- Forgot password not working
- Password glitch
- App shuts out sometimes
- App cuts out and needs restarting
- Password input issues (0-9 vs 1-4)
Requested features
4 requests- Make fingerprint ID free
- Make advanced features free
- More color options
- More features
Diary with Lock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Secret Diary
- Monthly Plan$2.991 Month
- Annual Plan$17.991 Year
Diary with Lock
- iDiary Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
Questions
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