Diary vs AI Note before forgetting
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Mixed graphic arrangement
- Video support
- Geographical location tagging
- Shareable entries (PDF, Picture)
- Simple interface
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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)
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Diary | AI Note before forgetting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.4 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | daican tu | Hideshi Otsuru |
Customer experience
Diary
AI Note before forgetting
In-app purchases
Diary
No in-app purchases
AI Note before forgetting
No in-app purchases







