MiniJournal private diary vs Text Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MiniJournal private diary
A private digital journal for capturing thoughts, memories, and daily events. It offers a secure and simple writing experience with no account required, and allows for rich entries with time, location, weather, and photos. Unlock all features permanently with a one-time purchase.
- Simple text journaling
- No account creation required
- One-time purchase for full features
- iCloud private storage
- Export entries as JSON
- Add time, location, weather, and photos
- Customizable icons and themes
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- Simple text journaling. - No signing up or account creation. - The price of a cup of coffee to unlock everything forever - no subscriptions. - All journal content is saved to your iCloud account privately. Secure and private just like the Notes app. - All entries can be exported as JSON - a format which can be read by humans, but also imported into other software in the future. Your journal should live as long as you do, and outlive any app or platform. - Entries are saved with time, location, and weather. Entries are displayed with photos taken on the same day from your device photo album. - Dozens of custom icons to keep your Home Screen just the way you want it. - Loads of Themes with different colors to choose from.
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 in-app purchases: Text Diary at none against MiniJournal private diary's 1. Text Diary also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3). MiniJournal private diary's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. MiniJournal private diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Text Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.
Text Diary holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 7 respectively.
MiniJournal private diary ships an update monthly, Text Diary every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MiniJournal private diary | Text Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (10 ratings) | 4.6 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jamie Kelly | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
MiniJournal private diary
Text Diary
In-app purchases
MiniJournal private diary
- Trial Unlock$1.99
Text Diary
No in-app purchases
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