Comparison

DrawerJournal vs Count Fill

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

Head to head
About

DrawerJournal

This app allows you to easily record daily events and thoughts in a timeline format. You can add text, photos, and audio recordings, and organize entries with tags. It offers a secure, offline space for your private memories.

Highlights
  • Chronological notes with photos and audio
  • Organize entries with labels/tags
  • Voice recording for immersive memories
  • Secure app lock with biometric authentication
  • Keyword search functionality
  • Offline data storage
Features
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A private journal that feels like texting yourself. Jot down a thought, add a photo, or record a voice memo in seconds. Every entry is time-stamped, so your day reads like a timeline. Lock your journal with Face ID, Touch ID, or a passcode. Stored on this device. Never sent to us. We can't read it. No account needed. No blank page to fill. Write one line when something happens: on the bus, at lunch, at 2 a.m. Then scroll back and find the small moments you'd otherwise forget. QUICK POSTS ON A TIMELINE • Write as many entries a day as you like • Time stamps are added for you, and you can change the date and time anytime PHOTOS, VOICE, AND VIDEO • Up to 6 photos per entry • Record a voice memo with any entry • The Media tab shows the photos, videos, and voice memos from all your entries in one grid • Short video clips with Premium FIND ANYTHING AGAIN • Tags group entries across dates • Calendar view to jump to any day • Search every entry, with matches highlighted • Memories brings back entries from the past LOCK AND PRIVACY • Lock the app with a 4-digit passcode, Face ID, or Touch ID • Your entries are stored on this device. They're never sent to us, and we can't read them • No account, no sign-up • Back up and restore your journal as a ZIP file • Want your journal on more than one device? Turn on iCloud sync (Premium) and your entries are kept in your own iCloud APPLE WATCH AND WIDGETS • Post from your wrist with voice dictation on Apple Watch, plus complications • Home Screen widgets for today and today's entries • Available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac with Apple silicon MAKE IT YOURS • A selection of free themes and fonts • Entry text gets larger when you increase your device's text size • Share a day as an image PREMIUM (OPTIONAL) Everything above is free unless it's marked Premium. The free version shows ads. Premium is an optional paid upgrade, available as a subscription or a one-time purchase. It adds: • Video clips up to 15 seconds each, up to 3 a day: record or choose from your library, then trim (photos and videos share the 6 slots per entry) • iCloud sync between iPhone, iPad, and Mac (iOS 17 or later) • Print your journal or save it as a PDF • Export entries as text (TXT) • Detailed statistics • All 31 themes, handpicked fonts, and premium app icons • More widgets: photo, one-line, and tag widgets • Drawer mode on iPad and Mac, with your tags side by side as columns • Choose the quality of attached photos, videos, and voice memos • All Memories cards (the free version shows 2), a filter for untagged entries, and the option to hide entries in shared images • No ads WHY "DRAWER"? In Japanese, the app is called 引き出し日記, "drawer diary": a drawer to keep your thoughts in. It's popular in Japan and Korea. Open the drawer, drop in a line, close it. Privacy Policy: https://toastplanet.com/drawerjournal/privacy Terms of Use: https://toastplanet.com/drawerjournal/terms

About

Count Fill

Features
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Count Fill turns something you already do every night — charging your phone — into a bedtime ritual. Instead of counting sheep, you count something real: the percentage left until your phone reaches 100%. A calm, soothing voice counts it down for you — sixty-three, sixty-two, sixty-one — while a gentle ambient soundtrack plays underneath. As your phone quietly fills up, so do you. When the battery reaches 100%, the voice says "zero," just once. Then nothing more, until you wake up and tap the screen for a short "good morning." HOW IT WORKS WITH YOUR IPHONE Count Fill is designed to work together with iOS's Optimized Battery Charging. Turn that feature on, and your iPhone already knows roughly when you wake up — finishing the last stretch of charging right before then. Count Fill's "zero" rides along with it, so you don't need to set a wake-up time yourself. (It may not line up perfectly in your first few days of use, or on nights your schedule is unusual — that's expected. Also, due to how iOS works, the battery level is only reported in 5% increments, so the percentage shown in the app may differ slightly from what's displayed in your iPhone's own battery indicator.) A QUIET CLOCK, TOO Lay your phone flat on the nightstand while it charges, and Count Fill doubles as a soft, dim clock — a big number, an analog face, and a digital time, in tones designed not to startle you if you wake in the night. FOUR VOICES Choose the narrator you like best from four calm voices — two male, two female — each with their own goodnight and good morning lines. MUSIC THAT SHIFTS THROUGH THE NIGHT An ambient soundtrack plays right after you plug in, grows quieter as you settle into deep sleep, and shifts to a brighter, morning-appropriate track just before you wake. With Wi-Fi connected, the tracks rotate day to day. FREE, WITH ONE OPTIONAL PURCHASE Count Fill is free to use, supported by a small banner ad. If a quiet, uninterrupted screen matters to you at bedtime, a single one-time purchase removes ads for good — there's no subscription. Privacy Policy: https://lifebot.jp/countfill/en/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://lifebot.jp/countfill/en/terms/ Contact: support@lifebot.jp

Screenshots

DrawerJournal4 screens
Count Fill4 screens

Verdict

The call

DrawerJournal and Count Fill are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. DrawerJournal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Count Fill sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
DrawerJournal versus Count Fill: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrawerJournalCount Fill
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (74 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings74 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperToastPlanet Inc.Keiji Hirose

Bugs and requests

DrawerJournal

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional crashes or data loss when editing entries
  • Background music playback issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to add videos or audio recordings
  • Cloud sync and backup across devices
  • More customization options for fonts, colors, and layouts
  • Thread-like functionality to connect related entries
  • Improved image handling and editing tools

Count Fill

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

DrawerJournal

Subscriptions2
  • DrawerJournal Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • DrawerJournal Premium Annual7 Days trial$20.991 Year
One-time1
  • DrawerJournal One-Time$59.99
1 purchases

Count Fill

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is DrawerJournal free?
DrawerJournal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Count Fill free?
Count Fill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DrawerJournal or Count Fill have ads?
Both DrawerJournal and Count Fill show ads.

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