Comparison

My Diary vs Prayed

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
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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

Prayed

This app helps you track your prayers and see their outcomes. It matches scripture to your prayer requests and reminds you to revisit them over time. Your prayers are private and stay on your device.

Highlights
  • Private prayer journaling
  • Scripture matching
  • Customizable prayer reminders
  • Prayer status tracking (open, ongoing, answered)
  • Personalized timelines
  • Data export (PDF, Markdown)
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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Prayed is a private prayer journal that remembers. Write what you're praying for. Prayed matches scripture to your words right on your phone, then brings the prayer back to you at three days, a week, a month, a year, so you see what you asked for and what came of it. Mark each one open, ongoing, answered, or released. The answered ones build into a timeline you'll want to scroll through on a hard day. YOUR PRAYERS NEVER LEAVE YOUR PHONE There is no Prayed server and no account. Everything you write stays on your device and, if you choose, in your own iCloud. Nothing you write is ever collected, and there is no tracking. Face ID lock is on by default. SCRIPTURE, MATCHED ON YOUR PHONE After you save a prayer, Prayed finds three verses that speak to what you wrote, using the full text of the World English Bible or the King James Version. It runs entirely on the device and works in airplane mode. A MEMORY WITH A LADDER Prayed brings prayers back at 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years. A daily Remember card and a weekly review of everything still open keep you from losing track of what you've carried. EVERYONE YOU PRAY FOR, ON ONE TIMELINE Tag a person or a thing, and every prayer for them gathers in one place, from the first ask to the answer. Choose how often each one comes back: every day, every week, every month, or Prayed's own rhythm. BRING IT BACK ON THE DAY THAT MATTERS Pin a prayer to a surgery day or an anniversary, once or every month or year. It leads Today that morning, with a quiet notification that names only who it's for. YOUR MONTH AND YOUR YEAR, ON PAPER What you wrote, who it was for, and what was answered. A card on Today when a month or a year closes, and a share image that holds only the numbers and first names, never the words. ALSO • Backdate any prayer, so history you already have starts coming back right away • Import plain text or Day One journals; export everything as PDF or Markdown • Deeper reflection: a short written reflection on any prayer, written on your phone by Apple Intelligence (iPhone 15 Pro and later) • Widgets for a daily verse, a prayer to revisit, your streak with one tap to mark it prayed, and your open-prayer count (the count is free) • Prayed on Apple Watch: today's prayer on your wrist, mark it prayed or answered, dictate a new one • Siri and Shortcuts: "Add a prayer in Prayed." Siri never reads a prayer aloud, and stays quiet while the journal is locked • Four paper stocks: Cream, Linen, Parchment, and true-black Night • Quiet streaks with no shaming, ever • Full Dynamic Type and VoiceOver support FREE AND PRAYED PLUS Writing is free forever, with no cap on prayers. The free plan brings back the last 30 days, includes three scripture matches, and follows three subjects. Prayed Plus remembers your whole history, matches every prayer, follows unlimited subjects, reviews every month and year in full, writes reflections on a prayer or on your year, lets you choose your paper, and adds widgets, import, and export. Prayed Plus is $34.99 per year or $5.99 per month, each with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://cooperindustries.cc/prayed/

Screenshots

My Diary4 screens
Prayed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Prayed at none against My Diary's shown. Prayed also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). My Diary's advantage is ratings volume (28K vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

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 Prayed sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Prayed holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Diary has 28K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Diary ships an update every 2 weeks, Prayed every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
My Diary versus Prayed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy DiaryPrayed
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (28K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings28K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size119 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBetterApp Tech Co., LimitedCAMERON WILLIAM COOPER

Customer experience

My Diary

All ratings28,310 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral3.6%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews1,962 reviews
Positive71.0%
Neutral12.1%
Negative16.8%

Prayed

All ratings1 ratings
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

Prayed

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
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  • 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
2 purchases

Prayed

Subscriptions2
  • Prayed Plus Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Prayed Plus Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is My Diary free?
My Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Prayed free?
Prayed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, My Diary or Prayed?
Prayed is rated higher. My Diary averages 4.7 out of 5 from 28K ratings, while Prayed averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do My Diary or Prayed have ads?
My Diary shows ads; Prayed does not.
Which is updated more often, My Diary or Prayed?
My Diary ships an update every 2 weeks, and Prayed every 3 days. Most recently, My Diary was updated on October 31, 2026 and Prayed on October 24, 2026.

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