Comparison

Diary vs COMO Widgets

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

Head to head
About

Diary

This app allows you to record your daily thoughts, moods, and experiences in a private digital journal. It offers a visually appealing way to document memories and review your emotional journey over time.

Highlights
  • Write journal entries
  • Record daily moods
  • Rich visual materials
  • Mood review feature
  • Private notebook
Features
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Everyone's mood has good or bad, you can use this hand ledger software to keep a diary Do hand ledger, record the mood. Use a journal when every moment is worth recording Or in the form of a hand ledger, if you look back, you'll see that It's a flashback Here are the features we have for you: "Write a book" Exquisite form style, with rich expressions to express the mood of every day. 'Rich material' Rich materials, let you record beautiful at the same time both visual beauty. "Keep a Journal" Simply record the good things that happen every day in the form of a journal. "Mood Review" When you open the record, full of mood review, let yourself more Know yourself. We sincerely hope that you can find yourself here, happy life. 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://zhiwenriji.github.io/posts/zhiwen/fuwu Privacy policy:https://zhiwenriji.github.io/posts/zhiwen/privacy

About

COMO Widgets

Personalize your phone's home and lock screens with a variety of cute and functional widgets. Choose from clocks, weather, health trackers, battery indicators, calendars, photo frames, and dynamic GIFs. Customize backgrounds, fonts, and more to create a unique look.

Highlights
  • Clock widgets (lock screen, small, medium, large)
  • Weather widgets
  • Health widgets (step count, calorie consumption)
  • Battery widgets
  • Dynamic (GIF) widgets
  • Calendar widgets
  • Photo frame widgets
  • Quick launch lock screen widgets
Features
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COMO Widgets is an adorable and healing all-in-one widget app that combines various types of desktop widgets such as wallpaper, clock, weather, health, battery, dynamic, calendar, photo frame, lock screen, etc. In our busy lives, work, and study, we always encounter some interesting and memorable people and things, or we are in a state of anxiety, happiness, surprise... COMO Widgets is inspired by this and creates various cute and healing widgets and themes with multiple functions around our original COMO family IP characters, such as "Boss Cat", "Fragrant Doggie", "Papa Bear", "Little Monster", "Cute Duck", etc. In addition, COMO Widgets also provides a variety of personalized editing options, such as transparent backgrounds, custom background colors, custom background images, and various cute fonts. You can easily create a personalized phone desktop without too many complex steps and DIY your phone home screen! Currently, we have the following widget categories: ##Clock Widgets - Lock Screen Clock Widgets, such as "Hand-painted Digital Clock" etc. - Small Size Widgets, such as "Papa Bear Clock", "Boss Cat Lazy Clock (Dynamic Widget)" etc. - Medium Size Widgets, such as "New Year Clock", "Custom Clock" etc. - Large Size Widgets, such as "Foodie Clock", "Photo Clock", etc. ##Weather Widgets Small and medium size widgets with "Boss Cat Weather Widget", and more will be added in the future! When adding weather widgets, we will ask for location permission to obtain weather data for the current city, so as to display weather information in the weather-related widgets. ##Health Widgets "Boss Cat Combination Widget" and "Boss Cat Life Calendar Widget" When adding health widgets, we will ask for permission to access HealthKit data to obtain daily step count and calorie consumption data, to display exercise data in the health-related widgets. ##Battery Widgets "Papa Bear Battery Widget", "Boss Cat Battery Widget", "Fragrant Dog Battery Widget", etc. ##Dynamic Widgets These are GIF-type widgets that move automatically when added to the phone's home screen or lock screen. ##Calendar Widgets "Boss Cat Work Calendar Widget", "Fragrant Dog Work Calendar Widget", "Boss Cat Fitness Calendar Widget", "Custom Calendar Widget", "Christmas Tree Calendar Widget", etc. ##Photo Frame Widgets "Custom Photo Widget", "Transparent Photo Widget", "Mirror Photo Frame Widget", etc. ##Quick Launch Lock Screen Widgets These are quick launch icons that can be set on the lock screen, and our illustrator has drawn hundreds of hand-drawn icons to support binding to apps that support URL schemes. You can freely set the jump according to your preferences. ##Privacy Statement 【HealthKit】 - COMO Widgets has integrated with HealthKit to sync health data to the APP. When displaying daily step count data in COMO Widgets, we will ask for permission to access HealthKit data to display exercise data in step-related widgets. 【Location Information】 - When using weather widgets, we need to obtain location permission to get weather information for the current location and display it in related widgets. 【Photo Permission】 - When setting the background for widgets, we need to obtain photo permission to upload the background image. We also need this permission when saving images to your phone. * Subscription payments will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of your purchase. * Subscriptions will automatically renew and payment will be charged to your iTunes account unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current Terms of Use: We use Apple's standard End User License Agreement (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Additional terms [https://comostudio.super.site/como-widgets/terms-of-use] (In case of conflicts between these terms and the EULA, these terms shall prevail.) Privacy Policy:[https://comostudio.super.site/como-widgets/privacy-policy]

Screenshots

Diary4 screens
COMO Widgets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: COMO Widgets at none against Diary's shown. COMO Widgets also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Diary's advantage is review sentiment (77% vs 53%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Diary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month and COMO Widgets sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 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 Diary against 4.6 for COMO Widgets. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.4K and 511 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Diary's written reviews are positive against 53% of COMO Widgets's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diary ships an update every 2 months, COMO Widgets every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Diary versus COMO Widgets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiaryCOMO Widgets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.4K ratings)4.6 (511 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.5% of reviews — better53.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1.4K — better511
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB433 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer智文 许Nanning Chaojia Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Diary

All ratings1,382 ratings
Positive88.1%
Neutral6.2%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews222 reviews
Positive77.5%
Neutral6.8%
Negative15.8%

COMO Widgets

All ratings511 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral4.1%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive53.3%
Neutral20.0%
Negative26.7%

Bugs and requests

Diary

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Deleted user entries
  • Sticker issues causing data loss
  • Compatibility problems on older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Password protection or locking feature for free users
  • More plain text editing options
  • Ability to enlarge text
  • Improved syncing and backup functionality
  • Expanded language support

COMO Widgets

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Diary

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Version3 Days trial$2.491 Month
  • Quarterly Plus3 Days trial$4.493 Months
One-time1
  • Pro Version$4.99
3 purchases

COMO Widgets

Subscriptions2
  • COMO Widgets VIP Monthly$1.991 Month
  • COMO Widgets VIP$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • COMO Clock VIP$9.99

Questions

Is Diary free?
Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is COMO Widgets free?
COMO Widgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Diary or COMO Widgets?
COMO Widgets is rated higher. Diary averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while COMO Widgets averages 4.6 from 511 ratings.
Do Diary or COMO Widgets have ads?
Diary shows ads; COMO Widgets does not.
Which is updated more often, Diary or COMO Widgets?
Diary ships an update every 2 months, and COMO Widgets every 3 weeks. Most recently, Diary was updated on October 15, 2026 and COMO Widgets on October 17, 2026.

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