Comparison

Lifely vs Your Smart Note

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

Head to head
About

Lifely

This app helps you record life's important moments, achievements, and memories in a chronological timeline. It offers secure data encryption and synchronization, allowing you to easily navigate and revisit past events.

Highlights
  • Chronological timeline of memories
  • Secure data encryption
  • Server synchronization
  • Event tracking by category
  • Zoom and scroll navigation
  • Password protection
Features
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Your whole life on one timeline. Lifely is a personal diary and journal for everyday memories and the moments that change your story. Keep the same diary on your phone and in your browser. Write about today, add a memory from years ago, or record a milestone you want to look back on. Give each event a date and keep your thoughts, the people involved and the details together. SEE YOUR LIFE AT EVERY SCALE Zoom out to see years and decades, then zoom in to a single day. Follow the connections between everyday entries, important events and the different chapters of your life. The life calendar gives you another view of your years and weeks. On your phone, swipe to scroll through your timeline and pinch to change its scale. GIVE MEMORIES THEIR CONTEXT Add photos, a place, a mood or a song to an event. Keep a travel memory, a family celebration or an ordinary afternoon with someone you love. A short note can hold the details you would otherwise forget. FIND THE MOMENTS THAT MATTER Organize your diary with tags, people, life periods and importance levels. Revisit your time at school, the years in a particular city or the memories you share with one person. Search your entries when you want to find a specific moment. RETURN TO YOUR STORY Rediscover past events through memories, look back at how your life has unfolded and share selected moments as designed cards. Write as much or as little as you want, whenever you have something to remember. YOUR DIARY ON YOUR PHONE AND IN YOUR BROWSER Open your online diary in a browser with the same account you use on your phone. Your entries sync when you are connected. On your phone, write entries offline and sync when you reconnect. Protect access to the app with a passcode or biometric unlock on a supported device. Lifely includes ads and in-app purchases. Photo attachments and some organization features are part of Premium. Start with one moment that matters to you. Let the next entries become part of your life story. Terms of Use: https://sheep-apps.com/lifely/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://sheep-apps.com/lifely/privacy-policy

About

Your Smart Note

Capture your thoughts, organize tasks, and set daily goals with this intuitive note-taking application. Its user-friendly interface makes it easy to prioritize your to-do list and manage your time effectively.

Highlights
  • Note taking
  • Task prioritization
  • Daily goal setting
  • Time management
  • Easy to use interface
Features
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YourSmartNote is a beautiful, intelligent note-taking app that keeps your thoughts, tasks, and ideas in one place. FEATURES • Rich notes with title, text, due date, and custom accent color • Checklists with live progress tracking • Smart reminders with custom time • Pin important notes to the top • Tags with instant filtering • Search across titles and note content • At-a-glance stats — notes, reminders, and tasks in one view

Screenshots

Lifely4 screens
Your Smart Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Your Smart Note at 5.0 against Lifely's 3.8. Your Smart Note also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Lifely's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Lifely sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Your Smart Note asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Your Smart Note holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lifely ships an update fortnightly, Your Smart Note every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Lifely versus Your Smart Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLifelyYour Smart Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (6 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSheep Apps IncHarut Gharibyan

Customer experience

Lifely

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

Your Smart Note

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Lifely

Subscriptions2
  • Full access for 1 month$4.991 Month
  • Full access for 1 year3 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

Your Smart Note

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lifely free?
Lifely is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Your Smart Note free?
Your Smart Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lifely or Your Smart Note?
Your Smart Note is rated higher. Lifely averages 3.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Your Smart Note averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Lifely or Your Smart Note have ads?
Neither Lifely nor Your Smart Note shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lifely or Your Smart Note?
Lifely ships an update fortnightly, and Your Smart Note every 5 weeks. Most recently, Lifely was updated on October 15, 2026 and Your Smart Note on October 9, 2026.

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