Comparison

Diary vs AI Note before forgetting

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

Head to head
About

Diary

Record your thoughts and memories with a straightforward journaling app. It supports mixed media, including photos and videos, and allows you to add location tags. Easily share your entries as PDFs or pictures.

Highlights
  • Mixed graphic arrangement
  • Video support
  • Geographical location tagging
  • Shareable entries (PDF, Picture)
  • Simple interface
Features
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An app for diary writing, without cool interface and complicated operation, functions of view、writing、 sharing. Support: 1. Mixed graphic arrangement 2. Video 3. Geographical location 4. Share (PDF, Picture)

About

AI Note before forgetting

Capture your thoughts and ideas with this app. It allows you to save notes, add location details like address and weather, and even attach photos and videos. AI features can help generate ideas, summarize, and proofread your entries.

Highlights
  • AI-powered idea generation
  • Note summarization and proofreading
  • Automatic location data (date, time, address, weather)
  • Add photos and videos to notes
  • Folder organization
  • Search functionality
  • Note sharing
Features
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You may forget what you have come up with over time. In such a case, let's save what you came up with with this app. Copy your current location information If you tap the menu button while entering a note You can copy the following current location information and paste it into a memo. Date, time, address, weather, temperature, humidity, barometric pressure With AI, you can generate ideas, summarize, and proofread based on your notes. Added a function that can reproduce the display position of the note Add photos and videos How to use -Add note Tap the \"+\" button to enter a new memo. -See note Tap the desired memo from the memo list to display the memo. You can also modify or update your notes on this page. -Current location information If you tap the menu button while entering a memo, you can copy the following current location information and paste it into the memo. date, time, address, weather, temperature, humidity, pressure. -Add folder Create a folder to save the memo by tapping the \"Add folder\" button. -Search You can search for memos by character string from all saved memos by tapping the \"Search\" button. -Edit When you tap the \"Edit\" button, the \"Delete\" button will appear in the folder list and memo list, and you can delete the desired memo or folder. -Memo list sort Tap the \"Sort\" button to change the sort of memo list in the order of creation date/time, update date/time, and character string. -Share notes You can share the contents of the memo by e-mail etc. by tapping the action button on the page where the memo is opened.

Screenshots

Diary4 screens
AI Note before forgetting3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Diary at 5.0 against AI Note before forgetting's 4.4. Diary also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). AI Note before forgetting's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Diary holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AI Note before forgetting has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diary ships an update every 6 months, AI Note before forgetting every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and June 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Diary versus AI Note before forgetting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiaryAI Note before forgetting
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.4 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings110 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerdaican tuHideshi Otsuru

Customer experience

Diary

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

AI Note before forgetting

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

None

Diary

No in-app purchases

None

AI Note before forgetting

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Diary free?
Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AI Note before forgetting free?
AI Note before forgetting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Diary or AI Note before forgetting?
Diary is rated higher. Diary averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while AI Note before forgetting averages 4.4 from 10 ratings.
Do Diary or AI Note before forgetting have ads?
AI Note before forgetting shows ads; Diary does not.
Which is updated more often, Diary or AI Note before forgetting?
Diary ships an update every 6 months, and AI Note before forgetting every 2 months. Most recently, Diary was updated on June 10, 2026 and AI Note before forgetting on June 22, 2026.

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