Comparison

Lemon Diary vs Diary Book

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

Head to head
About

Lemon Diary

This app allows you to record your daily life through a digital journal. It offers a variety of decorative materials like stickers and fonts to personalize entries. Secure your private thoughts with password protection and easily share your journal entries.

Highlights
  • Exquisite material library (stickers, backgrounds, fonts)
  • Text and picture entries
  • Calendar browsing
  • Password protection for privacy
  • Multiple font selections
  • One-click diary sharing
Features
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Lemon Diary is a portable App for recording handbooks and diaries. Use exquisite stickers at will to record your daily life. The design is simple and easy to use. "Material Library" Exquisite and lovely material library, stickers, backgrounds, cute fonts and other materials to help you record your daily life "Graphic" Text + pictures, record daily life "calendar" Calendar browsing, don’t miss important days, easy to view "password protection" Password function to protect privacy "Font Selection" Use multiple fonts at will "Share Diary" Share diary pictures with one click Quickly use Lemon Diaryn to record your life. This subscription will be automatically renewed through your iTunes account, and the renewal fee will be deducted from your package within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or cancel the automatic renewal at the account settings. Cancellation of the automatic renewal must be at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. If your trial has not ended, the remaining days will automatically expire after you start the subscription. To open the subscription, you need to agree to the following terms: Terms of Service: https://zatlinkq.github.io/posts/moly/fuwu Privacy Policy: https://zatlinkq.github.io/posts/moly/privacy

About

Diary Book

This app allows users to privately record their daily life, moods, and memories. It offers tools for creative journaling with customizable covers, stickers, and dynamic themes. Users can track their feelings over time and revisit past entries.

Highlights
  • Mood tracking with calendar expressions
  • Customizable handbook covers
  • Graphic stickers and collage materials
  • Daily diary entries with pictures
  • Dynamic home page themes
  • Calendar date querying
Features
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Diary Book is a lovely diary app that can record mood and keep a diary. Accumulate your feelings day by day, record your daily life, and keep good memories in Mood Diary. [Our Features] Mood Calendar: super cute little expression to record your daily mood; Hand Book Cover: create your own lovely hand book and collect your own life's hand book. Graphic Stickers: rich and lovely stickers, graphic collage materials, make your hand account more fresh and beautiful anytime and anywhere. Calendar: convenient for querying calendar dates. Graphic Diary: write a diary for the next day and add pictures. Dynamic theme: multiple home page dynamic theme styles to decorate your page. [Our Expectations] Writing morning records every morning, summarizing and reflecting every night can bring a sense of ritual to our daily life. When we open the hand account records in emotions, this whole record is "our own history". I hope you can look back on the past and record everything beautiful through Emotion. If you like Emotion and have any questions or comments in use, please leave your feedback. This subscription will be automatically renewed through your iTunes account, with the renewal fee deducted from your plan within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or cancel automatic renewal at the Account Settings office at least 24 hours before the current subscription period ends. If your trial does not end, the remaining days will automatically expire after you start your subscription. To open a subscription, you agree to the following terms: The terms of service: https://junkeyd.github.io/posts/junke//fuwu Privacy policy: https://junkeyd.github.io/posts/junke/privacy

Screenshots

Lemon Diary4 screens
Diary Book4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Lemon Diary at fortnightly against Diary Book's every 3 months. Lemon Diary also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 314). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Lemon Diary sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Diary Book sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Lemon Diary against 4.6 for Diary Book. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.2K and 314 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 80% and 80% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lemon Diary ships an update fortnightly, Diary Book every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Lemon Diary versus Diary Book: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLemon DiaryDiary Book
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.2K ratings)4.6 (314 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.2K — better314
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer晓庆 韩俊柯 吴

Customer experience

Lemon Diary

All ratings912 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral6.0%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative12.0%

Diary Book

All ratings214 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%

User reviews

Lemon Diary

From 1.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💖 Love it
  • 🤩 Amazing
  • 👍 Good
  • 🎨 Calming and fun
  • 📝 Allows expression of feelings

Room to improve

  • 🙄 Wants free sticker
  • 🤔 Needs work
  • 🙃 Can't see stickers and stuff
  • 🤯 Can't place pictures

Diary Book

From 314 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Very cute and adorable app
  • ✍️ Good for drawing and writing
  • 💖 Useful for messy or non-existent diaries
  • ✨ Helpful in life
  • 🤩 Obsessively cute design

Room to improve

  • 💸 VIP is expensive
  • 💰 High cost for frames
  • 🚫 VIP is a no-no
  • 🤔 VIP is really expensive, please make it cheaper
  • ⚠️ App glitches and deletes unsaved writing

Bugs and requests

Lemon Diary

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Logged out when trying to place picture
  • Ads disrupt journaling

Requested features

2 requests
  • Password protection
  • Font customization

Diary Book

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes when accessing music notes
  • App glitches and deletes unsaved writing

Requested features

2 requests
  • Make VIP cheaper
  • Add a password option

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Lemon Diary

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Plus Version3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Plus Version3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Quarterly Plus Version3 Days trial$7.993 Months
One-time1
  • Pro Version$8.99
3 purchases

Diary Book

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Subscription quarter3 Days trial$7.993 Months
One-time1
  • Pro version$7.99

Questions

Is Lemon Diary free?
Lemon Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Diary Book free?
Diary Book is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lemon Diary or Diary Book?
Diary Book is rated higher. Lemon Diary averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Diary Book averages 4.6 from 314 ratings.
Do Lemon Diary or Diary Book have ads?
Both Lemon Diary and Diary Book show ads.
Which is updated more often, Lemon Diary or Diary Book?
Lemon Diary ships an update fortnightly, and Diary Book every 3 months. Most recently, Lemon Diary was updated on November 7, 2026 and Diary Book on November 7, 2026.

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