Journalio vs Pink Trace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Journalio
This app helps you monitor your daily emotions and mental well-being over time with detailed statistics and customizable mood tracking. Securely sync your entries across Apple devices and protect your journal with biometric authentication.
- Daily mood and journal entries
- Customizable mood colors and tags
- Daily reminders
- Apple Watch integration
- iCloud sync across devices
- Monthly and yearly overviews
- Home screen widgets
- Biometric journal security
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Journalio lets you track your daily feelings which can give you a great overview about your mental health over time. The app provides neat statistics so you can see everything at a glance. It will be available on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch & Mac! ##Key Features • Every day you can add as many entries as you feel like • Let Journalio remind you at a specific time each day to add your entries • Add tags, location or text to your entries to remember why you felt a specific way • Create as many moods with associated colors as you want • Don't have your iPhone nearby? Quickly add an entry with your Apple Watch • Your entries are securely synced to your other devices via iCloud • View your data in a beautiful monthly and yearly overview • Add widgets to your Home Screen and see everything at a glance • Secure your Journal with Face ID, Touch ID or alternatively with your device's passcode ##Premium Some features may require a subscription at additional cost. Some functionality may not be available or limited without a subscription. More about subscriptions can be found at https://journalio.pistrol.com/index.php/terms-and-conditions/
Pink Trace
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One color a day. By December the year is a painting. Pink Trace turns each day into a single colored pixel. Tap a swatch in the morning, evening, whenever, and the day takes that color. Over a year the grid becomes a 365-pixel painting only you could have made. FEATURES - 12 by 31 grid for the full year - 25 hand-curated palettes (Vilnius Autumn, Neon, Sakura, Ash, Sienna and more) - A one-line note on any day - Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets that remind you to pick today's color - Fully on-device. No accounts, no analytics. WITHOUT PRO Everything is unlocked for your first 3 days. After that, you keep tracing with the Starter palette and see the current month. PRO All 25 palettes, the full year view and a note on any day. Subscription Details - Pro Monthly: $4 / month - Pro Annual: $25 / year - Lifetime: $59 one-time Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled in Settings at least 24 hours before the renewal date. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://danielius.studio/pink-trace/terms Privacy Policy: https://danielius.studio/pink-trace/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pink Trace at every 2 days against Journalio's weekly. Journalio's advantage is device support (5 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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. Journalio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Pink Trace sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Journalio ships an update weekly, Pink Trace every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Journalio | Pink Trace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lukas Pistrol | Danielius Chalikovas |
In-app purchases
Journalio
- 1 Month – 3 Day trial3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- 1 Year – 1 Month Free1 Month trial$5.991 Year
Pink Trace
- Pro Monthly$4.001 Month
- Pro Annual$25.001 Year
- Lifetime$59.00









