JotJournal vs Text Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JotJournal
This app offers a simple and intuitive journaling experience with an SNS-style interface. Create a private timeline to record your thoughts and emotions without complicated settings. It's designed for users seeking an easy-to-use, visually appealing daily diary.
- SNS style diary
- Simple and beautiful design
- Easy to use interface
- Private timeline creation
- Stress-free diary management
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○ Recommend for people like this ・Want to use a SNS style diary. ・Want to keep a daily diary in a simple way. ・Want to use a simple but easy to use diary. ・Tired of using diary with complicated settings. ○ Simple and beautiful design App is designed to be a simple and easy to use diary. This is an application that embodies "simple is best". ○ SNS style diary If you are tired of using a SNS, then this app is for you. You can create your own private timeline and write your emotions in a diary. ○ 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. Terms of Use: https://diary-notes-app-studio.notion.site/JotJournal-Private-Diary-Terms-of-Use-English-3d895afb722d8103b441e092e31cd129
Text Diary
A free and simple text-based journaling app that allows unlimited entries. Organize your thoughts with folders, colors, and tags, and easily search or filter your past entries. Enjoy a comfortable user experience with quick startup and dark mode.
- Unlimited daily diary entries
- Organize by folder, color, tag
- Searchable diary entries
- Filter by date or tag
- Quick startup and comfortable operation
- Dark mode support
- Completely free to use
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It's a simple text diary app. All features are completely free to use. Features: - Unlimited daily diary - Classified by folder, color, tag - Search diary - Filter by date or tag - Quick start-up, comfortable operability - Dark mode - All free URL scheme: textdiary://
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Text Diary at none against JotJournal's 4. Text Diary also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.4). JotJournal's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. JotJournal sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Text Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.
Text Diary holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 7 respectively.
JotJournal ships an update weekly, Text Diary every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | JotJournal | Text Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (14 ratings) | 4.6 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Naohito Muraoka | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
JotJournal
Text Diary
In-app purchases
JotJournal
- Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
- Premium Annual$5.991 Year
- Premium outright purchase$19.99
- Premium outright purchase$24.99
Text Diary
No in-app purchases
