Comparison

My Diary vs Diary, Private Journal

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

My Diary

This app offers a secure and personalized digital journal for recording daily thoughts, memories, and emotions. Enhance entries with photos, themes, and mood tracking. It's designed to support mental well-being by providing a private space for self-reflection and emotional processing.

Highlights
  • Password-protected diary
  • Add photos and drawings
  • Customizable themes and backgrounds
  • Mood tracking and analysis
  • Rich text editing
  • Journaling guides
Features
Read full description

My Diary provides a friendly, professional, and personalized diary-journal experience. With its beautiful and thoughtful design, it lets you enjoy every memorable moment. WHAT IS MY DIARY? My Diary is a free online diary with lock. You can use it to record daily journals, secret thoughts, journeys, mood trackers, and any private moments. It is a diary that supports adding photos, themes, diary background, mood, font effects, etc., making your private diary more vivid and safe. Committed to providing the most intimate diary-journal writing experience for users who want to keep a diary and care about their mental health. With the My Diary app, you can: Write diaries or record journeys anytime, anywhere Write photo diaries. Add pictures or drawings to make your personal diary more vivid Customize your journals with themes, moods, font effects, stickers Use it as a mood-tracker and get mood analysis Set a password to lock your diary and protect your memories JOURNALING FOR MENTAL HEALTH Journaling is a simple way to write down your thoughts and feelings to manage your mental health and control your emotions. Journaling has many benefits, including: Clear fear and concerns Manage anxiety and reduce stress Expressing your emotions. Journaling is really a good mental health tracker and mood tracker Learn from your experiences and make you happier Gain control of your emotions etc REASONS FOR CHOOSING THIS JOURNALING APP 1. Easy-to-use & Beautiful interface * It provides beautiful diary themes. Add enjoyment to every moment of daily journaling * Night dark theme. Makes it more comfortable when you keep a journal at night * Well-designed pages, let you start a journal or take notes easily * Providing journaling guides, Follow it step by step to complete the first diary. * Powerful rich text effect. It gives you the best experience whether you take journeys notes or write diaries. 2. Safe and Private * My Diary, as a private diary app, protects your memories by setting an app passcode. You can turn on the diary lock to make your diary safe. * We recommend that you set a security question to avoid forgetting your password and being unable to visit your journal. 3. Photo Diary, More Than Words * My Diary is a Photo diary. Add photos to make your private journals more memorable. * Check all journal photos in the Media View Mode * Add drawings to reflect your ideas and thoughts 4. Decorate Your Diary * Enjoy the Diary illustrated themes. Whether it’s a travel journal, health journal, girl diary, or mood tracker diary, there will always be a theme you like (Some of them are Premium) * Choose backgrounds when writing journal entries, see how lovely private journals can be (Some of them are Premium) * Writing about your feelings helps the brain overcome upsets, clear fears and leaves you happier 5. Mood Tracker * Some moods cannot be expressed in words, so you can choose mood diary symbols. Add your mood when you start writing diaries or take day notes * Track mood in the mood calendar * Check your mood trends in statistics * Be your free metal health tracker 6. Categorize Your Daily Notes with Tags * Adding tags for your daily journals * The suggested categories include Travel notes, work notes, love diary, baby diary, daily motivations, pregnancy diary, etc * Easily check your entries by tags In summary, It is really a good photo journaling app free for you, a lovely secret diary with lock and a great mood tracker & mental health tracker, which deserves to be installed. My Diary is a free journaling app, most of the features are FREE. Additional features, including some backgrounds, themes, etc. are available with a My Diary Premium Membership. If you have any questions or want feedback. Contact us: Email: mydiary@betterapptech.com Privacy Policy: http://www.betterapptech.com/about-us/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: http://www.betterapptech.com/about-us/terms-of-service/ ------------------------------

About

Diary, Private Journal

Securely record your thoughts and memories in a private digital journal. Create personalized entries and protect them with a passcode for peace of mind. Start your daily journaling habit with this easy-to-use application.

Highlights
  • Personalized diaries
  • Add notes
  • Passcode protection
  • Daily journaling
  • Secure entries
Features
Read full description

Capture your thoughts and memories with ease using our Diary app. Create personalized diaries, add notes, and secure your entries with a passcode. Start journaling today! You may purchase an auto-renewing subscription through an In-App Purchase. • Auto-renewable subscription • 1 year, with 7 days trial ($29.99) duration Terms of Use: https://majestica-dev.github.io/public/diary/terms Privacy Policy: https://majestica-dev.github.io/public/diary/privacy

Screenshots

My Diary4 screens
Diary, Private Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Diary, Private Journal at none against My Diary's shown. Diary, Private Journal also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). My Diary's advantage is ratings volume (28K vs 41). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. My Diary sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Diary, Private Journal sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $29.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Diary, Private Journal holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Diary has 28K ratings behind it against 41, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of My Diary's written reviews are positive against 100% of Diary, Private Journal's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
My Diary versus Diary, Private Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy DiaryDiary, Private Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (28K ratings)4.9 (41 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings28K — better41
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size188 MB106 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBetterApp Tech Co., LimitedMajestica Lab LLC

Customer experience

My Diary

All ratings28,004 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral3.5%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews1,941 reviews
Positive71.0%
Neutral12.1%
Negative16.9%

Diary, Private Journal

All ratings41 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

My Diary

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashing or freezing
  • Entries not saving properly
  • Inconsistent behavior with password/lock features

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to sync across devices
  • More free customization options
  • Landscape mode support for tablets
  • Better organization tools like folders or tags

Diary, Private Journal

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

My Diary

Subscriptions6
  • Diary VIP ( Month )$2.991 Month
  • Diary VIP ( Month )1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Diary Subscription Yearly$16.991 Year
Show 3 more
  • My Diary Premium Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • My Diary Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
  • My Diary Yearly VIP$23.991 Year
One-time3
  • Diary Permanent VIP$29.99
  • Permanent VIP$39.99
  • My Diary Permanent VIP$49.99
1 purchases

Diary, Private Journal

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Annual, 3 days free3 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is My Diary free?
My Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Diary, Private Journal free?
Diary, Private Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, My Diary or Diary, Private Journal?
Diary, Private Journal is rated higher. My Diary averages 4.7 out of 5 from 28K ratings, while Diary, Private Journal averages 4.9 from 41 ratings.
Do My Diary or Diary, Private Journal have ads?
My Diary shows ads; Diary, Private Journal does not.
Which is updated more often, My Diary or Diary, Private Journal?
My Diary ships an update fortnightly, and Diary, Private Journal fortnightly. Most recently, My Diary was updated on September 24, 2026 and Diary, Private Journal on September 18, 2026.

Other comparisons