Comparison

EMMO vs ColorDiaryApp

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

Head to head
About

EMMO

This app allows users to create a personal journal by selecting or drawing emojis, adding photos, videos, and voice recordings. It offers tools to track moods over time, customize entries with various styles, and secure access with a passcode or biometric authentication. Users can also sync their data to the cloud and export entries.

Highlights
  • Customizable emoji creation and selection
  • Add photos, videos, and voice recordings
  • Mood calendar and charts for tracking
  • App passcode and biometric security
  • Cloud sync and PDF export
  • To-do lists and map view
Features
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Start with an emoji. Save a moment from your day. EMMO is a mood journal where you can draw your own emojis. Pick a face, write a line, or add a photo to capture something you want to remember. A happy moment, a hard afternoon, or an ordinary day: there's room for all of it. • Make your diary feel like you Choose an emoji you love or draw your own. Mix fonts, backgrounds, and stickers to make each page your own. Write a whole story or leave just a few words about how you feel. It's up to you. • Keep the pictures and the sounds Add photos, videos, and voice recordings to your entries: a favorite meal, a view from a trip, or a few words worth keeping. Browse your diary's photos, videos, and audio together to revisit those moments. • See your days come together Use the mood calendar and charts to look back on how you've been feeling. Open an entry to remember what happened that day. Little by little, your notes become a record of your life that you can return to. • Find a starting point with Pal Once you have your own Pal companion, tap it while writing for a gentle prompt, such as "Was there anything today that made you stop and look a little longer?" Start with one small moment and write as much or as little as you like. • Choose what stays just for you Set entries so only you can view them. Add an app passcode and use Face ID or Touch ID on supported devices to help protect access to your personal journal. • More ways to keep your memories Sync your diary and attachments with EMMO Cloud. You can also export the text of your entries as a PDF to save separately or print as your own paper journal. There are handy little tools, too: add to-dos to your entries and check them off, view your records in widgets, and revisit the places you've written about on a map. Pick an emoji for today. Start with one line. Pal and cloud sync require you to sign in. Some features and cloud service options require payment. See the app for details. Contact us: helloemmo@163.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ColorDiaryApp

A simple mood journal that uses color to track your feelings each day. Visualize your emotional patterns over time with a colorful mosaic and optional text memos. Your data stays private and on your device.

Highlights
  • One color per day mood tracking
  • Calendar mosaic for visual pattern analysis
  • Optional memos up to 800 characters
  • On-device color review and pattern counting
  • Home screen widget for quick checks
  • Data export and import for backups
  • Daily reminder notifications
Features
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Not every day needs words. A color is enough. ColorDiary is a simple mood journal where you record your day with one color. Pick the color that matches how you feel, and save. Add an optional memo whenever you want—up to 800 characters. Over time, your calendar turns into a colorful mosaic, making patterns easy to spot at a glance. Try recording a color from your outfit each day and looking back on the colors you wear. Your mood, your outfit, your own way to use ColorDiary—the choice is yours! Features ・ One color per day with a calendar overview ・ Choose the quick simplicity of Basic 24 or the nuance of Expanded 55, arranged as 11 families with 5 levels each ・ A color mosaic to reflect on past moods visually ・ An on-device Color Review counting both exact colors and 11 color families, with weekday and month-phase patterns grouped by family ・ A How Colors Work page explaining color families, review counts, and 4x4 comparison ・ Home screen widget (4x4) for quick recent-color checks ・ Share your 4x4 color image to social apps ・ Send a 4x4 image you found in social apps or Photos via the share sheet and compare it with your recent colors ・ Optional memos up to 800 characters, with a growing input area and one-tap full-text copy while editing ・ Copy or share memo text from its detail screen, or save a txt file named from the first non-empty line ・ Choose a text color for all memos in Settings: Default, Cocoa, Mocha, Purple, or Blue ・ A Memo List in Settings for reviewing memo days and their colors, newest first ・ Edit or delete entries anytime ・ Export and import entries with a manual backup file ・ Daily reminder notifications (time adjustable, can be turned off) ・ In-app support option to help ongoing development Notification permission required. Privacy ・ No account required ・ Your data stays locally on your device (no cloud sync or automatic uploads) ・ Backups are created only when you manually export a file to a location you choose ・ Exported JSON backups are not encrypted and include memos as plain text Version History ・ (1.8) Added iPhone Duo support and adaptive layouts ・ (1.7) Added memo copy, sharing, txt export, a growing input area, and memo text color settings ・ (1.6) Added Expanded 55, color-family review, How Colors Work, and Memo List ・ (1.5) Added Color Review, 800-character memos, and clearer Mosaic display settings ・ (1.4) Added entry export and import for manual backups ・ (1.3) You can delete a mistaken day from the edit screen and return it to unrecorded ・ (1.2) Added Simplified Chinese localization for the app, widget, and share extension ・ (1.1) Added 4x4 color image sharing and comparison with shared images

Screenshots

EMMO4 screens
ColorDiaryApp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ColorDiaryApp at none against EMMO's shown. ColorDiaryApp also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 78%). EMMO's advantage is ratings volume (29K vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. EMMO sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and ColorDiaryApp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ColorDiaryApp holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EMMO has 29K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of EMMO's written reviews are positive against 100% of ColorDiaryApp's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EMMO ships an update every 3 weeks, ColorDiaryApp every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
EMMO versus ColorDiaryApp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEMMOColorDiaryApp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (29K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings29K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size233 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEMMO Corp.Daishin Ueyama

Customer experience

EMMO

All ratings29,483 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews1,523 reviews
Positive78.1%
Neutral10.0%
Negative11.9%

ColorDiaryApp

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

EMMO

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Entries not saving properly when app is closed
  • Inability to see other users' artwork
  • Typing issues causing app crashes

Requested features

6 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Improved English translations
  • Ability to edit and delete custom emojis
  • Option to change location of entries
  • Private/hidden journal entries
Show 1 more
  • Messaging/sharing functionality

ColorDiaryApp

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

EMMO

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Membership$4.991 Month
  • Plus Annual Membership$39.991 Year
One-time8
  • Emmo Mood - Little clouds$0.99
  • Emmo Mood - Bear Pudding$0.99
  • Emmo Mood - Hamster Bobo$0.99
Show 5 more
  • Emmo Mood - Rabbit Rabbit$0.99
  • 红宝石60$2.99
  • 红宝石200$7.99
  • 红宝石400$14.99
  • EMMO PRO$149.99
1 purchases

ColorDiaryApp

One-time1
  • Donate a cup of coffee.$0.99

Questions

Is EMMO free?
EMMO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ColorDiaryApp free?
ColorDiaryApp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, EMMO or ColorDiaryApp?
ColorDiaryApp is rated higher. EMMO averages 4.8 out of 5 from 29K ratings, while ColorDiaryApp averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do EMMO or ColorDiaryApp have ads?
EMMO shows ads; ColorDiaryApp does not.
Which is updated more often, EMMO or ColorDiaryApp?
EMMO ships an update every 3 weeks, and ColorDiaryApp every 9 days. Most recently, EMMO was updated on November 11, 2026 and ColorDiaryApp on November 5, 2026.

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