Comparison

Daily Journal vs MindFlow

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

MindFlow

Features
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MindFlow is a colorful and easy to use journaling and note taking app. You can take regular notes, voice notes that transcribe when done recording, and photo notes as well. That's not all, the best part is in how your notes are organized with their own unique color. This app also provides location information on where you took the notes.

Screenshots

Daily Journal4 screens
MindFlow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MindFlow at none against Daily Journal's 5. On price, ads, 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. Daily Journal sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. MindFlow asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Daily Journal versus MindFlow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaily JournalMindFlow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews93.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings5.7K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size139 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimpleInnovation LLCMichael Andarge

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

MindFlow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Daily Journal

Subscriptions4
  • 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 DISCOUNT7 Days trial$12.991 Year
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  • Cute notes for 1 year7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Secret diary with lock Forever$59.99
None

MindFlow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Daily Journal free?
Daily Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MindFlow free?
MindFlow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Daily Journal or MindFlow have ads?
Both Daily Journal and MindFlow show ads.

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