Comparison

Archive vs DayBits

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

DayBits

Effortlessly capture daily experiences with a fast and uncluttered journaling app. Add text, photos, and view entries on a map. Enjoy a simple, pleasant experience designed for speed and ease of use.

Highlights
  • Fast, one-tap entry
  • Add photos to entries
  • View entries on a map
  • Search journal entries
  • Customizable fonts
  • Export to PDF
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Less is more with DayBits! Looking for a quick and easy way to capture experiences from your day? Seeking a fast and uncluttered experience? DayBits leaves you one tap away from effortlessly capturing your memories. DayBits opens with a blank page ready for immediate writing. Write as much or as little as you would like. Add a picture or two, if you would like. Done! - View your journal in a variety of formats. - View on a map where you were when you wrote a journal entry. - Search your journal entries. - Add Photos. - Choose custom fonts. - Make it your own! - Export to PDF There are many wonderful journaling apps available. DayBits was carefully designed to be unique among many. It was designed to allow fast entry and a simple and pleasant viewing experience. No distracting bells and whistles. Capture your memories fast and easily. Enjoy them later. Find the beauty in simplicity and speed with DayBits!

Screenshots

Archive4 screens
DayBits4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DayBits at 100% against Archive's 0%. DayBits also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). Archive's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.2). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DayBits holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Archive's written reviews are positive against 100% of DayBits's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Archive ships an update fortnightly, DayBits every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Archive versus DayBits: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArchiveDayBits
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings48 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMomenta Lab LLCJay Levy

Customer experience

Archive

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

DayBits

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Archive

No in-app purchases

None

DayBits

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Archive free?
Archive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DayBits free?
DayBits is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Archive or DayBits?
DayBits is rated higher. Archive averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while DayBits averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Archive or DayBits have ads?
Neither Archive nor DayBits shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Archive or DayBits?
Archive ships an update fortnightly, and DayBits every 3 days. Most recently, Archive was updated on October 2, 2026 and DayBits on October 9, 2026.

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