Comparison

Secret Diary vs Notata

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

Notata

Features
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TIMELINE Scroll back through everything you’ve marked, organized by day. Expand any moment for the full picture — where you were, what it looked like, who was there. TRIPS Group your moments into trips. Planning a vacation? Create the trip ahead of time and Notata fills it in as you go. Import photos from your camera roll and let Notata place them on the right day. LIFELINE Zoom out and see your whole story — residences, careers, milestones, and moments woven together on a single timeline. Decade, year, or month — you choose how close to look. APPLE WATCH Mark a moment right from your wrist. No phone needed. No account required. No ads. No tracking. Your data stays on your device unless you choose to share it. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.getnotata.com/privacy

Screenshots

Secret Diary4 screens
Notata4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Notata at none against Secret Diary's 2. Notata also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.4 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. Notata asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Secret Diary ships an update every 2 weeks, Notata every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Secret Diary versus Notata: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecret DiaryNotata
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (112 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings112 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size263 MB47 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperNawal AmallouRufus Howe

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

Notata

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

Notata

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Secret Diary free?
Secret Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notata free?
Notata is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Secret Diary or Notata have ads?
Neither Secret Diary nor Notata shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Secret Diary or Notata?
Secret Diary ships an update every 2 weeks, and Notata every 4 days. Most recently, Secret Diary was updated on November 3, 2026 and Notata on October 31, 2026.

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