Diary Journal vs My Diary With Lock
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/
My Diary With Lock
This app provides a secure and private space to record daily thoughts, moods, and memories. It offers password protection, mood tracking with emotion icons, and a calendar view to revisit past entries. Customize your journal with various artistic styles.
- Password and Face ID protection
- Mood tracking with emotion icons
- Quick notes with photos and emojis
- Calendar view for browsing entries
- Customizable fonts, backgrounds, and covers
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The cute diary app specially designed for you, with mood tracking and password protection features. Whether it’s daily moods, memorable moments, or deep reflections, everything is safely stored here. Private & Secure Your diary is protected with a password lock and Face ID. Everything you write stays private and visible only to you. Mood Diary Record your moods using adorable emotion icons inspired by Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions, allowing you to record moods in a soothing and easy way. Quick Notes Capture your feelings anytime with photos, text, and emojis. Calendar View Browse your diary by day or month and easily revisit memories from any specific date. Personalized Journal Customize artistic fonts, font size, background letter styles, and diary covers to create your own exclusive journal. If you have suggestions or feedback, please contact us in the app!
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Verdict
Diary Journal and My Diary With Lock both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 91% of My Diary With Lock's written reviews are positive against 67% of Diary Journal's. My Diary With Lock also leads on ratings volume (2K vs 369). Diary Journal's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, rating, 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. Diary Journal sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year and My Diary With Lock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Diary Journal against 4.7 for My Diary With Lock. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Diary With Lock has 2K ratings behind it against 369, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Diary Journal's written reviews are positive against 91% of My Diary With Lock's.
Diary Journal ships an update every 6 weeks, My Diary With Lock every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Diary Journal | My Diary With Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (369 ratings) | 4.7 (2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 91.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 369 | 2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Heyou Co., Ltd. | MEETFIRE LIMITED |
Customer experience
Diary Journal
My Diary With Lock
User reviews
Diary Journal
From 369 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🔒 Password protection and privacy features
- 📹 Video diary functionality highly valued
- 👍 Easy to use and intuitive interface
- 📸 Ability to add photos and videos to entries
- 🎙️ Audio recording capability
Room to improve
- 🚫 Limited free version (one entry per day)
- 💰 Premium features behind paywall
- 🔐 Password recovery impossible if forgotten
- 📱 Data transfer issues between devices
- ☁️ Backup to cloud not working reliably
My Diary With Lock
From 2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Cute and aesthetically pleasing design
- 🔒 Secure with password protection
- 💡 Ability to customize fonts and backgrounds
- 🚀 Fast and easy to use
- 👍 Helpful for journaling and note-taking
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
- 💡 Limited selection of journal cover options
- 🐛 Font settings not always retained
- 💡 Lack of backup and restore functionality
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
My Diary With Lock
Reported bugs
2 issues- Submitted diary entries sometimes reset font settings
- Occasional data loss when switching devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add more journal cover options
- Implement backup and restore functionality
- Improve font customization options
- Introduce a dark mode theme
In-app purchases
Diary Journal
- Diary Pro 1 Year$19.991 Year
My Diary With Lock
- Monthly VIP$1.991 Month
- Yearly VIP$7.991 Year
- Lifetime VIP$9.99
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