Comparison

Photo Diary vs Write Memo

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

Head to head
About

Photo Diary

This app allows you to create a private journal with photos, thoughts, and daily moments. It offers a simple, offline experience with customizable themes, fonts, and a secure passcode lock. You can also sync your entries to Google Drive for backup and cross-device access.

Highlights
  • Photo diary with editor
  • Password lock for privacy
  • Offline journaling
  • Google Drive backup
  • Customizable themes and fonts
  • Multiple diary books
  • Timeline view
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【Rich features for photo diary】 ◆ Photo diary for your life ◆ Diary photo editor, photo frame features ◆ No ads to distract ◆ Backup and restoring ◆ Beautiful fonts, themes ◆ Offline diary, journal ◆ Private secret diary with lock ◆ Diary for boys and girls 【About this application】 Photo diary is a free offline diary and personal journal app with lock. You can use it to record daily personal journal with photos, thoughts, journey, emotions, and private daily moments in a chronological timeline. This is a diary app with support of adding photos, password lock, various themes and fonts, multiple diary books, photo editor features and so on. You can sync your diaries with Google Drive to forever keep your memories and share your data across multiple devices. 【Why you should choose Photo diary】 ■ Simple diary app It is a diary app for saving photos neatly. Design is simple and minimalistic so that you can use just like real diary book. ■ Offline diary It is a diary app you can use in offline. Diary will only be stored in your device so you can secure your personal secret diaries. ■ Diary for boys, girls Any generations of people including boys and girls can safely write diary with this app since there is no ads displays in the app and app completely works in offline. ■ Save high resolution photo You can choose the photo resolution from original resolution to minimum resolution so you can adjust depends on you device storage. ■ Timeline style Posts are arranged in chronological order like a timeline. You can write an unlimited number of times a day, such as events from waking up in the morning to before going to bed, lunch break, traveling by train, etc. ■ Multiple diaries When writing a diary, I sometimes want to divide it by theme. You can categorize your diary by category, such as study, travel records, music lyrics, and creative notes. ■ Secure passcode lock Since the data is stored in the terminal, there is no need to worry about it being seen by others. It is a simple diary application for recording your own space. You can use it as the best diary for soliloquy and tweets. The icons used in the app are referenced from the site below. Thank you for the wonderful icons and wallpapers. https://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/quill_590635?related_id=590635&origin=search https://www.vecteezy.com/free-vector/pattern

About

Write Memo

Features
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Write by hand, every day. Write Memo is a simple handwriting notebook that keeps each day's notes on its own page. Celebrating our 3rd anniversary — thank you for writing with us! ■ Handwrite every day • Write with your finger or Apple Pencil • Up to 5 sheets per day, saved automatically • Look back at the last 31 days anytime ■ See at a glance where you wrote • A pencil mark shows the days and sheets that have notes ■ Share with a passphrase (new) • Pick a date and sheet, check the preview, and send • Your friend enters the passphrase to see it — no login, no account • Keep using the same passphrase to send again and again • Received handwriting can be viewed full screen and added to today's sheet • Shared content is deleted automatically 7 days after the last message ■ 9 languages English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified/Traditional), Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, German and French Perfect for to-do lists, quick notes during calls, diaries, sketches and messages to family and friends. Contact: sleepsheep0901@gmail.com

Screenshots

Photo Diary4 screens
Write Memo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Write Memo at none against Photo Diary's 2. Write Memo also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). Photo Diary's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Photo Diary sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Write Memo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photo Diary ships an update every 2 weeks, Write Memo every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Photo Diary versus Write Memo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto DiaryWrite Memo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (17 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews43.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNaohito Muraokakohei saiki

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Photo Diary

One-time2
  • Additional fonts$2.00
  • プレミアムサービス$7.99
None

Write Memo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Photo Diary free?
Photo Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Write Memo free?
Write Memo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Photo Diary or Write Memo have ads?
Write Memo shows ads; Photo Diary does not.
Which is updated more often, Photo Diary or Write Memo?
Photo Diary ships an update every 2 weeks, and Write Memo every 3 days. Most recently, Photo Diary was updated on November 7, 2026 and Write Memo on October 30, 2026.

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