Comparison

TipMine vs Daynote

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

Head to head
About

TipMine

Features
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At TipMine, we believe that everyone has useful tips and amazing stories and advice they can share – to help others. When you submit a text or video tip, you’re giving someone just like yourself helpful advice in a category that’s important to them. You can also help others by collecting tips and organizing them in your own customized, topic-specific TipFile – and then sharing them. From humorous, cautionary life tales, to thoughtful insight on health care – and everything in between – we know you have some awesome advice to share. We can’t wait to see what you come up with! Are you involved with a charity? We’re allocating free advertising space for non-profits, so they can promote their worthy causes. We’d love to hear from you.

About

Daynote

This app allows you to create a multi-year diary, viewing past entries for the same date side-by-side. Decorate your entries with stamps and stickers, and track your writing habits over time. It offers secure storage and backup options, with an optional paid theme for enhanced customization.

Highlights
  • 3-year and 5-year diary views
  • Month index calendar view
  • Pre-printed rows for date, weather, and mood
  • Handwriting font for entries
  • Stamps and stickers for decoration
  • Weekly writing habit overview
  • Passcode and Face ID lock
Features
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One date, several years, one page. Daynote is a 3-year and 5-year diary. Open today's page and you'll see what you wrote on this same date last year, and the year before, right there with today. Every time you write a few lines, you also get to read who you were a year ago. ■ 3 years · 5 years · one day · Switch between the 3-year, 5-year and one-page-a-day views at the top of the home screen. Your entries stay the same; only the view changes · On first launch, pick your book: 3 years or 5 years · The month index lays out a whole month as dots, one row per year. A dot is a day you wrote; a circle is today · Bottom tabs: Home, Calendar, Search, Look back, Settings ■ Circle it and start writing · Each page has printed rows for the weekday, the weather (8 kinds) and your mood (5 steps). Just circle today's with the pen · Your words appear in a handwriting font · Under the page, one line from "1 year ago today" · An empty page starts with a question for the day. There's one fixed question for each date, so every year you answer the same question on the same day · No save button. Everything saves as you type ■ Stamps and stickers · 12 free type stamps plus free sticker packs to decorate your lines · Stickers stick to the sentence, not the screen, so they move with it when you edit ■ Two themes · Typeset (free, default): blue-gray cover with printed pages · Deco Pink (paid, one-time): spiral binding, pastel month tabs, handwritten fonts throughout and 41 stickers in 6 sets. Try it on your own diary before you buy ■ Look back Your last 12 weeks at a glance, when and in what weather you tend to write, and the words you use most. No streaks, no scores. Tap any square to open that day's entry. ■ Storage and backup · Everything works without an account. Your diary is saved on this device · If you like, sign in with Apple, Kakao and more to keep the same diary across devices · A backup file is made automatically once a day in iCloud; the latest 7 are kept · Lock the app with a passcode or Face ID · Export your whole diary as a JSON file, or share today's page as an image ■ iPad On a wide screen the diary opens into a two-page spread: the same date across the years on the left, today's page to write on the right. ■ Only two purchases, both one-time · Remove ads · Deco Pink theme No subscriptions. The free version shows ads. A text-only diary: no photos, just your words. App languages: English, 한국어, 日本語

Screenshots

TipMine1 screens
Daynote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TipMine at none against Daynote's 2. TipMine also leads on ads (none vs shown). Daynote's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 12 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Daynote sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. TipMine asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TipMine ships an update every 12 months, Daynote fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
TipMine versus Daynote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTipMineDaynote
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB55 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCarlos JeurissenJunhyuk Lee

In-app purchases

None

TipMine

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Daynote

One-time2
  • Deco Pink theme$9.99
  • Remove ads$9.99

Questions

Is TipMine free?
TipMine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Daynote free?
Daynote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TipMine or Daynote have ads?
Daynote shows ads; TipMine does not.
Which is updated more often, TipMine or Daynote?
TipMine ships an update every 12 months, and Daynote fortnightly. Most recently, TipMine was updated on November 10, 2026 and Daynote on November 10, 2026.

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