Diary Journal vs Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Diary Journal
This app provides a secure and private digital space for recording thoughts, memories, and dreams. It encourages self-reflection and personal growth through daily journaling, ensuring all entries are kept confidential.
- Secret diary entries
- Log life events and progress
- Record emotions and feelings
- Password protection for privacy
- Encourages self-reflection
- Modern journal interface
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Diary, a secret diary which is a new special place for your thoughts, memories, dreams! Mark down all special events, write about your moments and rest assured all your secrets are safe here in the cutest personal journal. It's a modern journal that will encourage you to open up and motivate you to become the best version of yourself. Log life events & progress with our journal diary with password app. A convenient, safe, reliable and simple to use mobile diary app to log your daily life activities, emotions and feelings. You can keep it securely from others eyes, no one will see your diary book. Privacy Policy: https://www.bytecrazy.com/common_privacy_en.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Diary
Record your thoughts, memories, and emotional states in a secure and private journal. This app allows you to write entries, add photos, and easily browse or search your past records. It offers PIN and biometric protection to keep your personal reflections safe.
- Write diary entries
- Record memories and journeys
- Track moods
- Add photos to entries
- PIN and biometric security
- Browse and search diary timeline
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Write your diaries, note your memories, track your moods... all in one: My Diary - Mood Tracker. With a simple, most convenient, and easy-to-use diary app, you can: - Write diaries, record journeys, or track moods anytime, anywhere including photos. - Protects your memories by setting an app PIN code, also with TouchID / FaceID. - Browse your diary timeline/search. Let's download it!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Diary Journal at 4.7 against Diary's 4.0. Diary Journal also leads on ratings volume (368 vs 1). Diary's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Diary Journal sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year. Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.
Diary Journal holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Diary Journal has 368 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Diary Journal's written reviews are positive against 100% of Diary's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Diary Journal ships an update every 6 weeks, Diary fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Diary Journal | Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (368 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 368 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Heyou Co., Ltd. | Tien Dat Nguyen |
Customer experience
Diary Journal
Diary
Bugs and requests
Diary Journal
Reported bugs
9 issues- Video uploads fail and crash repeatedly
- Long video entries don't save properly
- Data doesn't transfer to new phone despite cloud backup
- Import from ZIP file causes app to close
- App crashes when importing exported data
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- Audio playback volume extremely faint
- Audio doesn't work with headphones or speakerphone
- Slow performance when reviewing weekly entries
- No customer support response to data loss issues
Requested features
10 requests- Timestamp for each journal entry
- Password reset or recovery option
- Multiple entries per day in free version
- Font customization (size, bold, italics, underline)
- Location tagging for entries
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- Longer video duration allowance
- Better fake diary with generic text and pictures
- Login system for cloud data sync
- Cross-device data transfer
- Improved audio volume and headphone support
Diary
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Diary Journal
- Diary Pro 1 Year$19.991 Year
Diary
No in-app purchases
