Daily Journal vs Diary with Lock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daily Journal
This app serves as a private digital journal to record daily experiences, emotions, and memories. Secure your entries with password, fingerprint, or face ID, and enhance them with photos. Track your moods and use built-in reminders to cultivate a consistent journaling habit.
- Password, fingerprint, and face ID security
- Add photos to journal entries
- Mood and emotion tracking
- Calendar view for memories
- Daily journaling reminders
- Simple and beautiful interface
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Daily Diary: Journal with Lock - is your personal journal for every day. It is a diary with a lock and mood tracker for you to note your experiences, explore your emotions and add photos to the entries. Make it your private and secure notebook, use it as a journaling app for free. Save your memories in your Daily Diary and keep them secure from curious eyes by using password, fingerprint or face-ID. Note the mood and use the emotion tracker to learn what makes you feel better. The app is beautiful and simple to use. FEATURES - SECURITY - protect your personal diary with password, fingerprint or face-ID - PHOTO ADDING - make it a photo journal, not only a diary with notes - CALENDAR - save and revive the best memories every time you want - MOOD TRACKER - note your mood and track emotions - DAILY REMINDERS - make journaling a habit - EASY-TO-USE - enjoy the simplicity and beauty of the app The perfect daily diary to write down your thoughts or plans for the day! You can come back to them every time you want to remind yourself about something important, save wonderful memories and photos, note your ideas and insights. WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS DAILY DIARY A photo journal for memories You can write your thoughts, feelings or experiences and attach photos. Even little notes each day help to organize your inner thoughts and gain clarity on your priorities. It can also be used as a gratitude diary to remind yourself of the good things that have happened during the day. A mood tracker Track emotions and note your feelings every day to see what makes you happy or sad. Emotion tracker is a very important tool that contributes to understanding yourself better. All your notes are locked, so nobody except you can access them. Planning Use the calendar and daily reminders not to forget anything important. Planning is key to have everything done on time. Record your classes, appointments or other events on the calendar. Security Use fingerprint or face-ID to keep your personal notes private. Or set a password to be sure that your diary is protected. And for sure new features are coming soon!
Diary with Lock
Capture and cherish life's moments in a secure, beautifully designed digital journal. Add text, photos, and videos, track your mood and weather, and protect your entries with a passcode. Back up your memories to iCloud and export them as PDFs.
- Photo and text diary entries
- Lock screen passcode protection
- iCloud backup
- Mood and weather tracking
- Font customization
- Intruder snapshots
- PDF export
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Welcome to iDiary – the ultimate diary app that combines the classic art of journaling with modern technology! With iDiary, you can easily capture and cherish all your precious moments in a beautifully designed and secure platform. Here are some of the key features that make iDiary the perfect diary app for you: - Photo and Text Diary Entries: Create rich and engaging diary entries by mixing text and photos and videos together. iDiary lets you capture your life's moments in an expressive and immersive way. - Lock Screen Passcode: Keep your diary entries safe from prying eyes with a secure lock screen passcode. Your secrets are safe with iDiary! - iCloud Backup: Never lose a single moment of your life again. iDiary automatically backs up your diary entries to iCloud, ensuring that all your memories are safe and secure. - Mood and Weather: Capture your mood and the weather each day to add an even deeper level of detail to your diary entries. - Font Customization: Choose from a variety of fonts to make your diary entries even more unique and personal. - Intruder Snapshots: iDiary automatically captures a photo of anyone who tries to access your diary without your permission. Keep your diary safe and secure at all times. - PDF Export: Export your diary entries as PDFs for easy sharing, printing, or archiving. Download iDiary today and start capturing all your precious moments in a secure and beautiful diary app! Privacy Policy: https://www.bytecrazy.com/common_privacy_en.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Contact Us: trudutton@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Daily Journal at 94% against Diary with Lock's 0%. Daily Journal also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (5.6K vs 20). Diary with Lock's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Daily Journal sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Diary with Lock sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Daily Journal holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daily Journal has 5.6K ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Daily Journal's written reviews are positive against 0% of Diary with Lock's.
Daily Journal ships an update every 2 weeks, Diary with Lock every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daily Journal | Diary with Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5.6K ratings) — better | 4.3 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5.6K — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SimpleInnovation LLC | Heyou Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Daily Journal
Diary with Lock
Bugs and requests
Daily Journal
Reported bugs
2 issues- Password recovery not working for some users
- Occasional app crashes or freezes
Requested features
4 requests- More free stickers and fonts
- Ability to organize entries by categories
- Option to add videos or audio recordings
- Sync across devices
Diary with Lock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Daily Journal
- Journal for 1 month - 30% OFF7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Daily journal for 1 month7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Cute notes for 1 year 30% OFF7 Days trial$12.991 Year
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- Cute notes for 1 year7 Days trial$17.991 Year
- Secret diary Forever 30% OFF$41.99
- Secret diary with lock Forever$59.99
Diary with Lock
- iDiary Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
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