Quill Journal vs Text Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quill Journal
A straightforward and user-friendly journaling application designed for all users. Secure your entries by signing out or switching accounts. Personalize your experience by changing the app's theme to reflect your current mood.
- Intuitive journaling interface
- Secure account sign-in/out
- Mood-based theme customization
- Cross-device support (iPhone, iPad, iPod)
- Easy account switching
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Quill Journal is a simple, intuitive journaling app, built for everyone! Log in with Apple, or with your Google account and start journaling today! Sign out or change accounts to keep entries secure, and tap your account photo to change the app theme based on your mood!
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 rating: Text Diary at 4.5 against Quill Journal's 4.0. Quill Journal's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
Text Diary holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively.
Quill Journal ships an update every 5 weeks, Text Diary every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quill Journal | Text Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 4.5 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jordan Gamache | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
Quill Journal
Text Diary
In-app purchases
Quill Journal
No in-app purchases
Text Diary
No in-app purchases
Questions
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