Comparison

Secret Diary vs Code&Note

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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Your cute diary, with a lock. Memories turns every day into a scrapbook page. Write in a handwriting you love, add your photos, washi tape and stickers, and keep it all behind a lock only you can open. A LITTLE FRIEND FOR EVERY MOOD Choose your friend: Mochi the kitten, Bun the bunny, Peanut the hamster and more. They ask how your day went, cheer you on and hop for joy when you check in. EVERY DAY, A SCRAPBOOK PAGE • Write in 36 handwritings and fonts • Add photos and videos in cute frames • Decorate with 170+ stickers, washi tape and pretty papers • Snap a photo and turn it into a die-cut sticker • Draw and doodle with your finger or Apple Pencil YOUR YEAR IN COLOR • Log your mood in one tap: Bright, Good, Steady, Low or Heavy • See your whole year as a mood calendar • Find out what lifts you up HABITS AND PLANS, RIGHT NEXT TO YOUR DIARY • Build habits with gentle streaks • See today's tasks as a little timeline • Count down to the days you can't wait for PRIVATE AND SAFE • Lock your diary with Face ID, Touch ID or a passcode • Your entries stay yours. No ads, nothing shared MAKE IT YOURS • Pretty themes, friends and handwritings • Home screen widgets • Turn your year into a book to keep MEMORIES+ Writing, moods, the lock, reminders and export are always free. Memories+ adds every friend, theme, handwriting, sticker pack, frame and paper, unlimited photos and videos, unlimited habits, tasks and countdowns, your diary on iPhone and iPad with iCloud sync, and your full mood history. Memories+ is a subscription that renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://nwlamll.github.io/apps/termsofuse.html Privacy Policy: https://nwlamll.github.io/apps/pp.html

About

Code&Note

Features
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A tool for recording anything you like, either passcode with encryption or, simply visible, and also note on event you don't want to forget. A master password needs to be set initially and this cannot be modified afterward. If you need to edit the codes which are saved before then you will need to enter the initial password (twice) correctly. Else you have to delete the App and restart everything.

Screenshots

Secret Diary4 screens
Code&Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Code&Note at none against Secret Diary's 2. Code&Note also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Secret Diary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Code&Note asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Secret Diary ships an update every 2 weeks, Code&Note every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Secret Diary versus Code&Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecret DiaryCode&Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (112 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings112 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size263 MB7 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperNawal AmallouWai Cheung Friendship Choy

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

Code&Note

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Secret Diary

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan$2.991 Month
  • Annual Plan$17.991 Year
None

Code&Note

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Secret Diary free?
Secret Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Code&Note free?
Code&Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Secret Diary or Code&Note have ads?
Neither Secret Diary nor Code&Note shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Secret Diary or Code&Note?
Secret Diary ships an update every 2 weeks, and Code&Note every 5 days. Most recently, Secret Diary was updated on November 7, 2026 and Code&Note on November 8, 2026.

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