Private diary vs My thoughts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Private diary
A private digital journal to securely record your thoughts and memories. Track your daily mood with a variety of emojis and access your entries offline. Protect your personal reflections with a password.
- Password protection
- Mood tracking with emojis
- Offline note editing
- Secure memory keeping
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Diary - keep the moments and thoughts dear to your heart - Password Protect your diary with a password - Mood Track your mood with our large selection of emojis - Offline Edit notes without internet connection
My thoughts
Securely record your daily thoughts and memories with a simple, intuitive interface. Add photos and moods to entries, and benefit from automatic emotion recognition. Your diary syncs across devices via iCloud, ensuring your thoughts are always safe and accessible.
- Pincode and biometric security
- Add photos to entries
- Add moods to entries
- Location-based suggestions
- iCloud sync
- Automatic emotion recognition
- Ad-free experience
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“People who keep journals have life twice.” - Jessamine West ”My Thoughts” makes it easy and safe to keep your diary. Features: * Pincode and FaceID/TouchID for protecting your diary * Simple and intuitive interface * Add photos to your diary entries * Add a mood to your diary entries * Suggestions to note depends on your visit places * Sync via iCloud between all your devices. Your entries won't get lost even if you change your device. * Automatic emotion recognition based on the entered text (for languages: English, Spanish, German, French) * No ads. Not at all. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Private diary at 100% against My thoughts's 67%. Private diary also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). My thoughts's advantage is ratings volume (137 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Private diary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and My thoughts sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Private diary holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My thoughts has 137 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Private diary's written reviews are positive against 67% of My thoughts's.
| Parameter | Private diary | My thoughts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.7 (137 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 137 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MAKSIM VOLOSHINSKII | Aleksey Konshin |
Customer experience
Private diary
My thoughts
Bugs and requests
Private diary
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
My thoughts
Reported bugs
7 issues- Forgot password/PIN
- App crashes when changing date
- Text not saving
- Sync not working
- App crashes while writing
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- Data loss on iPhone 11
- Folders lost with information
Requested features
8 requests- Export to Word or print
- Unlimited photo space
- Auto-save feature
- Search by text
- Export entries
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- Add video attachments
- Dark mode
- Sync between devices
In-app purchases
Private diary
- Diary premium — 1 month7 Days trial$1.491 Month
- Diary premium — 3 months7 Days trial$3.493 Months
- Diary premium — 1 year7 Days trial$5.991 Year
My thoughts
- My boundless thoughts (Month)3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- My boundless thoughts (Year)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
Questions
Is Private diary free?
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