Simple Diary, Journal, Notes vs Simple Kanban Board
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Diary, Journal, Notes
This app offers a straightforward and aesthetically pleasing way to maintain a daily journal. Designed for users seeking simplicity, it avoids complex settings for an intuitive and stress-free journaling experience.
- Simple daily diary keeping
- Easy-to-use interface
- Beautiful and clean design
- Intuitive management
- Stress-free journaling
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○ For people like this ・People who just want to keep a daily diary in a simple way. ・People who want to use a simple but easy to use diary. ・People who are tired of using diary with complicated settings. ○ Simple and beautiful design It is designed to be a simple and easy-to-use diary. It has become such a sophisticated design that "pull" rather than "add" the function. It is an application that embodies "simple is best". ○ Easy to use Thanks to its simple design and no extra features, you can use the app intuitively. You can manage your diary in a fun and stress-free manner.
Simple Kanban Board
Organize your workflow and manage tasks efficiently with this user-friendly kanban app. It features time tracking, priority levels, and seamless task management to enhance productivity. Streamline your todo list and project collaboration with its simple interface.
- Create, edit, move, and delete tasks/columns
- Share and import tasks via CSV
- Built-in time tracking
- Notification bar task tracking
- Color-coded priority levels
- Project collaboration
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Manage tasks efficiently with Kanban Board, the user-friendly kanban app and task manager with timetracking. Organize your workflow, track time with the built-in timetracker, and stay on top of your todo list and project management. This free Kanbanflow tool offers a simple user-friendly interface to streamline task management, todo lists, notes, and project collaboration. Enhance productivity and become an effective project manager with Kanban Board. Download now and experience the power of seamless kanban board management! Key Kanban Board features: - Quickly create, edit, move and delete tasks and columns - Share and import tasks via CSV - Track time with timer or edit spent time - Keep track of running tasks in the notification bar and on the app icon - Change color-coded priority levels
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Simple Kanban Board at none against Simple Diary, Journal, Notes's shown. Simple Kanban Board also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Simple Diary, Journal, Notes's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (172 vs 22). On price, rating, review sentiment 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Simple Diary, Journal, Notes against 4.7 for Simple Kanban Board. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Diary, Journal, Notes has 172 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Simple Diary, Journal, Notes's written reviews are positive against 91% of Simple Kanban Board's.
Simple Diary, Journal, Notes ships an update fortnightly, Simple Kanban Board every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.
| Parameter | Simple Diary, Journal, Notes | Simple Kanban Board |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (172 ratings) — better | 4.7 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.3% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 172 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Futoshi Niiho | Rinat Galiev |
Customer experience
Simple Diary, Journal, Notes
Simple Kanban Board
Bugs and requests
Simple Diary, Journal, Notes
Reported bugs
3 issues- Entries disappearing without explanation
- Crashes or freezes after recent update
- Issues with photo attachment and display
Requested features
6 requests- Allow editing of existing entries
- Display time of each entry
- Ability to change font style
- Option to print or export diary entries
- Calendar view with ability to navigate between months
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- Ability to add tags or categories to entries
Simple Kanban Board
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Simple Diary, Journal, Notes
No in-app purchases
Simple Kanban Board
No in-app purchases
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