Simple Journals vs Text Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Journals
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This App provides a simple framework for writing collections of Journals any any kind. It allows textual entries, image entries, map entries, photo album entries, overview entries and future event planning entries to added to a journal, in any combination and in any quantity. The data may be saved locally and/or synchronised between devices from a backup in the Users iCloud account. The App allows for publishing of a Journal to a simple HTML format and a collection image files. This has auto-renewing Subscriptions which must be purchased to continue to use the App after an initial 30 Days of free usage. To explain what is being paid for, If the User chooses not to purchase a subscription upon App startup after the 30 free days, then the App wishes the user goodbye and terminates.
Text Diary
A free and simple text-based journaling app that allows unlimited entries. Organize your thoughts with folders, colors, and tags, and easily search or filter your past entries. Enjoy a comfortable user experience with quick startup and dark mode.
- Unlimited daily diary entries
- Organize by folder, color, tag
- Searchable diary entries
- Filter by date or tag
- Quick startup and comfortable operation
- Dark mode support
- Completely free to use
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It's a simple text diary app. All features are completely free to use. Features: - Unlimited daily diary - Classified by folder, color, tag - Search diary - Filter by date or tag - Quick start-up, comfortable operability - Dark mode - All free URL scheme: textdiary://
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Text Diary at none against Simple Journals's 2. Simple Journals's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price 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. Simple Journals sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per 6 months. Text Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.
Simple Journals ships an update fortnightly, Text Diary every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Journals | Text Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.5 (6 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Shevill | FugaPiyo Inc. |
In-app purchases
Simple Journals
- 6 Month Subscription$0.496 Months
- 12 Month App Subscription.$0.991 Year
Text Diary
No in-app purchases
Questions
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