Comparison

Lugna vs Invisible Diary

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

Head to head
About

Lugna

This guided journaling app helps you express thoughts and feelings through typing, speaking, or writing with a stylus. It provides insights into your well-being over time and offers daily reminders to encourage consistent journaling. Enhanced privacy is available with PIN and biometric app lock.

Highlights
  • Guided journaling with prompts
  • Speech-to-text and stylus input
  • Mood tracking and statistics
  • Customizable journaling reminders
  • PIN and biometric app lock
Features
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Lugna is a quiet, private place to write. It's for the days when your mind is full and you need somewhere to put it all down. Lugna helps you begin with gentle, guided questions, or simply lets you write freely. Over time it shows you how you've been feeling, so you can notice patterns, be kinder to yourself, and see how far you've come. And because your journal is yours, Lugna keeps it that way. Your entries are end-to-end encrypted. They're locked with a key that only you hold, not us and not anyone else. You can write honestly, knowing that what you put down stays with you. WHAT YOU CAN DO • WRITE THE WAY THAT FEELS RIGHT Follow guided CBT-inspired prompts when you'd like some direction, or open a blank page and let it pour out. Prefer to talk? Use dictation and speak your mind. • NEVER LOSE A THOUGHT Your draft is saved as you write, even if you switch apps, get interrupted, or your phone rings. Come back and your words are still there. • SEE HOW YOU'VE BEEN Weekly and monthly views show your mood over time, along with your journaling streak, so you can notice what lifts you and what weighs on you. • KEEP IT PRIVATE Protect Lugna with Face ID, Touch ID, or a PIN, and let it lock itself when you look away. Your journal stays behind that lock. • A GENTLE REMINDER Choose a time that suits you, and let Lugna remind you to slow down, check in, and write. • TAKE IT WITH YOU Save your entries whenever you like. Keep them somewhere safe, or share them with someone you trust, like your therapist or caregiver. You also hold a 12-word recovery phrase, like a spare key to your own journal, that only you have. Your mind deserves a safe place to rest. Lugna is that place.

About

Invisible Diary

Features
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Not every thought has to stay. Some only need to be written down once. The invisible diary is a place for your thoughts - without pressure, without archive, without past. You write. The words appear. And then they slowly disappear again. Like ink that fades in the paper. Why this app is different: Most diary apps store everything. This app helps you let go of thoughts instead of holding on. Write what's on your mind. Watch how it dissolves. And feel your head calm down again. For more mindfulness in everyday life Your invisible diary can help you: • To sort thoughts • Reduce stress • to clear the head • Consciously perceive moments • build a small daily writing routine There is only one thing left: The number of days you wrote. No entries. No past. Just the moment. Write it down. Make it disappear. And move on more easily.

Screenshots

Lugna4 screens
Invisible Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lugna at none against Invisible Diary's 1. Lugna also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.2). 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. Invisible Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lugna asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Lugna versus Invisible Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLugnaInvisible Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRayhan FaludaMarcel Hecker

In-app purchases

None

Lugna

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Invisible Diary

One-time1
  • Invisible Diary Full Version$8.99

Questions

Is Lugna free?
Lugna is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Invisible Diary free?
Invisible Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lugna or Invisible Diary have ads?
Neither Lugna nor Invisible Diary shows ads.

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