Diary Journal vs Mind Mapped
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/
Mind Mapped
This app helps you stay organized and improve productivity with a straightforward list and task management system. Easily create, monitor, and finish tasks to ensure your daily objectives stay on track.
- Create tasks
- Track progress
- Complete tasks
- Stay organized
- Boost productivity
- Intuitive interface
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Stay organized and boost productivity with our simple and intuitive list and task manager. Easily create, track, and complete tasks to keep your daily goals on schedule.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Mind Mapped at every 5 days against Diary Journal's every 6 weeks. Mind Mapped also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Diary Journal's advantage is ratings volume (369 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Mind Mapped sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mind Mapped holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Diary Journal has 369 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Diary Journal ships an update every 6 weeks, Mind Mapped every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Diary Journal | Mind Mapped |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (369 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 369 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Heyou Co., Ltd. | FS Blocks |
Customer experience
Diary Journal
Mind Mapped
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
Mind Mapped
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Diary Journal
- Diary Pro 1 Year$19.991 Year
Mind Mapped
- Mind Map Premium$0.99
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