Pencil Paperpad vs Speech Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pencil Paperpad
Create custom notepads with various paper styles, including your own images and PDFs. Save drawings as new paper and export your notes as PDF documents. Optimized for iPad with Apple Pencil support.
- Customizable notepads
- Use own images/PDFs as paper
- Save drawings as new paper
- Export pages as PDF
- Optimized for iPad
- Apple Pencil support
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- Pencil Papepad requires iOS15~ device. (iPad(iOS15~) and Apple Pencil are recommended) With this App, you can... - Create note pad with a paper which you like. You can add new pages with the paper. - Use your .png, .jpg files and PDF document as a paper. - Save your drawing on paper, as a new paper. - Export pad's pages as PDF document.
Speech Diary
This app allows users to record daily thoughts and stories through voice or text input. It supports adding multiple photos per entry and offers a physical page curl effect for a personalized journaling experience. Entries can be easily shared on social media.
- Speech recognition for voice entries
- Manual text input
- Add up to three pictures per day
- Physical page curl effect
- Add, edit, and delete entries
- Share entries on social media
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Speech Diary is a versatile diary program with speech recognition support. You can talk to it or manually write down your daily story. Each day has a page and you can add up to three pictures to each page and make your day more personal. Functional UI provides a physical page curl effect. You can add, edit, and delete your pages and pictures from provided buttons with ease. Page text is scrollable so you can save/record long stories. Can be used as a personal notebook. You can share your day easily on social media.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pencil Paperpad at 100% against Speech Diary's 0%. Pencil Paperpad also leads on rating (3.3 vs 2.3). Speech Diary's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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
Speech Diary is free to download; Pencil Paperpad costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pencil Paperpad holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Pencil Paperpad's written reviews are positive against 0% of Speech Diary's.
Pencil Paperpad ships an update every 6 months, Speech Diary every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pencil Paperpad | Speech Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masanori Kobayashi | YUSUF KESKIN |
Customer experience
Pencil Paperpad
Speech Diary
In-app purchases
Pencil Paperpad
No in-app purchases
Speech Diary
No in-app purchases
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