Archive vs Harmony Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Archive
Capture and organize your life's memories with an AI-powered journaling app. Easily create entries, add media, and track your progress. Reflect on your past with sentiment insights and trends, and share your journey with others.
- AI-powered entry creation
- Offline journaling support
- Add photos, tags, and location
- Searchable entry history
- Calendar view with sentiment insights
- Share entries via multiple platforms
- Health and fitness goal tracking
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Archive is the ultimate journaling app for anyone who wants to capture their memories and reflect on their life, without the hassle of traditional journaling methods. With machine learning algorithms, Archive makes it easy to create and organize journal entries, and even allows for offline journaling. Add photos, tags, and location to entries, and use search to quickly find what you're looking for. Explore your past entries with a calendar view that includes sentiment insights and trends. Share your logs with friends and family through email, SMS, or social media, and export your entries as images. Set reminders to journal and even use Archive to track your health and fitness goals. With Archive, you'll have the power to live a more conscious and reflective life, every day. Try Archive now and experience the difference!
Harmony Journal
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Welcome to the best Journal app on iOS. Harmony Journal is a space to write the thoughts of the day, week, month, year. It’s a place to offload, to plan things, to let off some of that mental noise. Key features: - iOS 16 support: You don’t need the latest software to journal with us, this app supports any device capable of running iOS 16 and above. - Privacy: Lock your app with FaceID, TouchID or a Password of your choosing. - iCloud Syncing: Automatically syncs your journal across iPhone and iPad, so you’re always up to date and backed up. - Dark mode: A must have if you write your journal at the end of the day. - Photos: Add as many photos to your journal entry as you want. - Tagging: Add tags to your entries, so you can filter by tags later. - Colour: Express yourself with a variety of colourful backgrounds. - Apple Pencil (iPad only): A must have, for that true journal writing experience. - App Icons: Express yourself, by switching up your app icons. - Exporting: If you feel like sharing an entry, use our export feature to export to PNG or PDF. - Voice Memos: Add a voice memo to your journal entries. Terms of use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Archive at fortnightly against Harmony Journal's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Archive ships an update fortnightly, Harmony Journal every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Archive | Harmony Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Momenta Lab LLC | Patrik Ell |
In-app purchases
Archive
No in-app purchases
Harmony Journal
No in-app purchases








