Daily calendar diary vs Text Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daily calendar diary
Easily record your daily emotions and events with a simple tap-based interface. Reflect the feeling of each day on a visual calendar. This app offers a straightforward way to maintain a continuous diary.
- Tap-based diary entry
- Emoji emotion reflection
- Visual calendar display
- Simple and continuous use
- Daily event logging
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A calendar diary app that can be used simply with a small number of taps! [How to use] - Just tap and enter the date you want to write in your diary! - Tap an emoji that is close to the emotion of the day and it will be reflected on the calendar screen. Please use the simple and continuous daily calendar diary! For inquiries, please contact the review section or this DM. https://twitter.com/corasck
Text Diary
A free and simple text-based journaling app that allows unlimited entries. Organize your thoughts with folders, colors, and tags, and easily search or filter your past entries. Enjoy a comfortable user experience with quick startup and dark mode.
- Unlimited daily diary entries
- Organize by folder, color, tag
- Searchable diary entries
- Filter by date or tag
- Quick startup and comfortable operation
- Dark mode support
- Completely free to use
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It's a simple text diary app. All features are completely free to use. Features: - Unlimited daily diary - Classified by folder, color, tag - Search diary - Filter by date or tag - Quick start-up, comfortable operability - Dark mode - All free URL scheme: textdiary://
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Text Diary at every 2 months against Daily calendar diary's every 48 months. Daily calendar diary's advantage is ratings volume (25 vs 7) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Daily calendar diary holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 7 respectively.
Daily calendar diary ships an update every 48 months, Text Diary every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Daily calendar diary | Text Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (25 ratings) — better | 4.6 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 48 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kazuya Fujita | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
Daily calendar diary
Text Diary
In-app purchases
Daily calendar diary
No in-app purchases
Text Diary
No in-app purchases
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