GoodDiary vs Keepsule
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GoodDiary
This app provides a simple and smooth way to record daily thoughts, memories, and events. Easily write, view, and edit entries, add photos, and set reminders to ensure you never miss a day. Secure your entries with a passcode lock for privacy.
- One-screen writing, viewing, and editing
- Add photos to entries
- Calendar view with entry markers
- Customizable reminder notifications
- Passcode and Touch ID lock
- Theme color customization
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The diary app where good things add up, one line at a time. Pick a mood, jot down a line, and let your good days pile up. Look back on your records with the calendar and monthly summaries, or let Memory Draw surprise you with a diary entry from a past good day. • Write and read your diary on one screen, so it stays effortless • Pick a mood icon to record how you're feeling today • Write as many entries in a day as you like • No character limit • Add multiple photos • Find entries by keyword, date range, mood, photo status, and more • Star the entries you want to keep close and find them again easily • Make the app your own with theme colors and fonts Whether you want to jot down a quick line about your day or reflect on it in detail, this app has you covered. [Features] - Today's mood Pick a mood icon to easily record how you're feeling today. - Calendar Days you wrote a diary are marked on the calendar, making it easy to look back. Tap a date to view, write, or edit that day's entry. You can also switch the calendar between weekly and monthly views. Weekly view gives you more room to read your entries. - Records tab See your days journaled and mood breakdown by month at a glance. Tap a month to jump to that month's calendar, handy for reviewing your entries together. - Monthly summary card Get your month wrapped up as a shareable card: days journaled, entry count, and your top mood, shown as a colorful mood bar. - Photos Attach photos to your diary. You can also change the saved image quality in Settings: choose Max if you care about photo detail, or Saver to save storage space. - Search Find entries by keyword, date range, mood, whether they include photos, favorites, and more. With Premium, you can use more detailed filters, browse photos in a grid, and export the entries in your search results. - Favorites Tap the star on an entry to save it as a favorite. Filter to favorites in Search to find the memories you want to revisit. - Memory Draw Tap the button to get a random diary entry from a past “good day.” A little pick-me-up from your past self on a rough day. - On This Day If you wrote a diary entry on this date in a past year, you'll get a gentle notification in the morning to look back on it. You can turn it on or off in Settings. - Insights (Premium) Look back on your recorded days, entries, photos, and moods with charts for different time periods. Discover changes in your mood, patterns by weekday, and this year's mood calendar. - Premium Enjoy your diary without ads and use settings such as themes and fonts without watching video ads. You can also back up and restore your diary, photos, and moods; export a selected period as a PDF or HTML file; and print your diary. - Custom fonts Choose your favorite font and text size for your diary. Choose from over 10 styles, including handwritten and retro fonts. - Theme colors Change the app's color theme. We offer over 20 eye-friendly colors in pastel and muted tones, including dark themes. - Reminders Get a notification at a set time so you never forget to write. You can choose the time freely. - Passcode lock Use a passcode, Face ID, or Touch ID to keep your diary private and write with peace of mind. - Edit and delete entries Tap the “...” button at the top right of an entry to edit or delete it. [Contact us] If you run into a bug or have a question about how to use the app, please reach out via “Settings > Feedback” in the app, or the support URL listed on this store page. We would also love to hear your feature requests. Terms of Use (Standard Apple EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Keepsule
This app allows you to create digital time capsules containing messages, photos, and memories. Set an unlock date to revisit your sealed moments in the future, or share them privately with others. It encourages journaling and reflection through guided prompts and goal setting.
- Create digital time capsules
- Lock capsules with future unlock dates
- Attach photos and media
- Share capsules privately
- Discover public capsules
- Join Spaces for shared capsules
- Set reminders for unlocks
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Seal a memory. Open it later. Keepsule is a digital time capsule app that lets you send messages, moments, and memories forward in time. Write to your future self, capture life as it happens, and lock it away until the perfect moment to rediscover it. Create a capsule. Set an unlock date. Let time do the rest. When it opens, everything is exactly as you left it. — CAPSULE TYPES • Letter — Write messages to your future self • Diary — Capture your day with text, photos, and mood • Goals — Set goals and track progress over time • Reflection — Guided prompts for deeper thinking • Event — Create capsules tied to milestones and countdowns — KEY FEATURES • Lock capsules with a future unlock date — no early access • Attach photos and media to preserve the full moment • Share capsules privately with secure, expiring links • Discover public capsules from people around the world • Join Spaces to create and experience capsules together • Set reminders and get notified when capsules unlock • Build streaks and develop a meaningful journaling habit — WHY KEEPSULE Keepsule isn’t just about writing things down — it’s about experiencing them again. Every capsule becomes something to look forward to. — KEEPSULE PLUS Unlock more creative freedom with Keepsule Plus: • Create more capsules each week • Gallery capsules with expanded media • Custom event-based unlocks • Plus badge and premium features Keepsule Plus is available for $4.99/month or $39.99/year. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions in Settings. — Free to download. Optional subscription available. Terms of Service: https://keepsule.co/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://keepsule.co/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GoodDiary at none against Keepsule's 2. GoodDiary also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 months). Keepsule's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Keepsule sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. GoodDiary asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for GoodDiary against 5.0 for Keepsule. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 5 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of GoodDiary's written reviews are positive against 100% of Keepsule's.
GoodDiary ships an update every 6 days, Keepsule every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GoodDiary | Keepsule |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 120 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuya Hiramatsu | ABDOUL AZIZ PAYE |
Customer experience
GoodDiary
Keepsule
In-app purchases
GoodDiary
No in-app purchases
Keepsule
- Keepsule Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
- Keepsule Plus Yearly$39.991 Year









