Comparison

Being vs Quick Journal

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

Head to head
About

Being

This app provides a private and secure space to record your daily thoughts, feelings, and moods. It offers features like photo attachments, mood tracking, and categorization to make journaling a therapeutic self-care habit. Secure your entries with password and biometric locks.

Highlights
  • Private journaling
  • Attach photos
  • Track 12 moods
  • Categorize entries
  • Password and biometric lock
  • Journal journey charts
Read full description

Let Being be your best friend. It’s easy to use, gets insight in every aspect of your life, and you can capture your moods that reflect your emotional state. Simply share your thoughts and feelings daily. Try to turn your thoughts, expressions, and emotions into words. Moreso, Being lets you express your Journaling with moods. So journaling won't be boring. Journaling can be a powerful self care habit - this app will be therapeutic for your Being and release stress as you write down your mind. Oh, and you don’t need to worry, all your Journals are safe with Being. We respect your privacy; your Journal is yours and yours only. Nobody can read it, even us. Features: • Journal privately • Post pictures in Journal • Post pictures taken by camera in Journal • 12 moods to pick in Journal • Categorize each Journal • Completely secure: lock the app with password and unlock with Face ID/Touch ID • Share to your social media • Breakdown details of your Journal journey in chart, gradient, and calendar form • Gentle notification as a reminder for Journaling everyday • Customizable app icon privacy policy: https://mikecaesario.app/being-privacy-policy

About

Quick Journal

This app offers a straightforward journaling experience with extensive customization options. Personalize themes, fonts, icons, and layouts to create your ideal digital notebook. Widgets and draft saving features enhance usability for daily reflection.

Highlights
  • Customizable themes and fonts
  • App icon and layout personalization
  • Home screen widgets
  • Save entries as drafts
  • Copy and share entries
Features
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Quick Journal is the simplest way to keep a journal. You can customize your journal's theme, fonts, app icon, layout, and even where the composer button is placed. To help you write or keep track of your entries, the app features widgets you can put on your home screen. You can copy or share your entries. You can always come back to an entry later by saving it as a draft, just swipe down and the entry will be saved. Hope you enjoy! EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Being4 screens
Quick Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Quick Journal at every 9 days against Being's every 4 months. Being's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 86%) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Being ships an update every 4 months, Quick Journal every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Being versus Quick Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeingQuick Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better86.4% of reviews
Number of ratings—24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB4 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperMichael CaesarioCharlie Deets

Customer experience

Being

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Quick Journal

All ratings24 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive86.4%
Neutral4.5%
Negative9.1%

In-app purchases

None

Being

No in-app purchases

None

Quick Journal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Being free?
Being is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Quick Journal free?
Quick Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Being or Quick Journal have ads?
Neither Being nor Quick Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Being or Quick Journal?
Being ships an update every 4 months, and Quick Journal every 9 days. Most recently, Being was updated on August 23, 2026 and Quick Journal on September 18, 2026.

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