Comparison

日记365 vs the waterfall

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

Head to head
About

日记365

Record your life with a diary that spans five or ten years. Easily compare entries from the same date across different years to see your personal growth. Built-in daily prompts help you write even on uneventful days, ensuring no memory is lost. Your data is kept private with no ads or in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Five/ten-year diary entries
  • Year-over-year date comparison
  • Built-in daily writing prompts
  • Ad-free experience
  • No in-app purchases
  • Offline, local data storage
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●●●功能简洁纯记事●●● 五年,十年。 每一篇日记时长,人生第多少篇日记一目了然。 同一天不同年份,清晰对比每一年不同的变化。 ●●●无广告,无内购●●● 厌烦了各种套路内购?各种广告? APP使用过程中统统没有。 ●●●不会写日记怎么办?●●● App对每一天内置一个问题。 即使当天平淡无奇写无可写,相信你一定对这个问题会有自己的看法。 ●●●纯净版,全单机●●● 担心数据隐私泄露? APP不存在任何形式的网络请求,数据全存储本地。

About

the waterfall

This app serves as a personal introspection companion, allowing users to record thoughts, ideas, and memories. It features guided questions for deeper self-reflection, supports Markdown for expressive text, and allows tagging and image association with entries. Data is stored locally and synced with iCloud for privacy.

Highlights
  • Guided self-reflection questions
  • Markdown support for text
  • Tagging and image association
  • Local data storage with iCloud sync
  • Pinning important memories
  • Record reading notes and movie reviews
Features
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Waterfall —— More than just a diary app, it's your personal introspection companion. Waterfall is committed to helping you think, remember, and discover the beauty in life. As a unique diary app, the charm of Waterfall lies in its potential to touch every detail of life. Here, you can record your thoughts and ideas. Furthermore, our question feature allows for deeper pondering — just hold down on a diary entry and prompt yourself with a question, like "What did you eat today?", "What are you thinking about?", or "Was there something today that made you happy?". Each question is a deep dive into your own self-reflection. Moreover, Waterfall is fully featured — it supports Markdown, making your text even more expressive. You can also associate tags and pictures with your memories, turning them into visual echoes. So, what exactly can Waterfall record? The answer is: almost everything. Apart from life's snippets, you can use it to log your reading notes, movie reviews, and even life goals. Pin important things to remind yourself to always keep up the enthusiasm for life. In the end, we hope that you enjoy your time with Waterfall, where each day, you can cherish the last moment of the day and reminisce about the day's experiences. Here, every day, you have your own waterfall. It's worth noting that Waterfall takes your privacy very seriously. All your data are stored locally and automatically synced with iCloud, visible only to you. At Waterfall, your privacy is always given the highest level of protection. May you have a beautiful day with Waterfall. Wishing you a waterfall day.

Screenshots

日记3654 screens
the waterfall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: the waterfall at 5.0 against 日记365's 3.0. the waterfall also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 50%) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). 日记365's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. the waterfall sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 日记365 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

the waterfall holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: the waterfall has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of 日记365's written reviews are positive against 88% of the waterfall's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
日记365 versus the waterfall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter日记365the waterfall
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews88.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer孟恒 杨文杰 李

Customer experience

日记365

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

the waterfall

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive88.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative8.0%

In-app purchases

None

日记365

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

the waterfall

One-time1
  • WATERFALL UPGRADE$7.99

Questions

Is 日记365 free?
日记365 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is the waterfall free?
the waterfall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 日记365 or the waterfall?
the waterfall is rated higher. 日记365 averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while the waterfall averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do 日记365 or the waterfall have ads?
Neither 日记365 nor the waterfall shows ads.

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