Haiku Note vs TankLog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Haiku Note
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“Haiku Note” allows you to easily write down and save your haiku. You can use five lists to save your haiku: spring, summer, autumn, winter, and no season. (How to use) - If you put 1st, 2nd, and 3rd lines in the three frames on the right side, the haiku will appear on the left side. The fourth frame is the author's name. The pull-down button below it allows you to change the color of the season. - Haiku can be saved in a seasonal list. In the seasonal list, you can delete, reorder, and save the list. You can also swipe right on an individual haiku to bring it back to the main screen. - You can browse your haiku. You can switch between one-line and three-line display. - You can also have the voice read out loud by pressing the "Voice" button. The type of voice can be changed in the device settings. - You can tweet your haiku by clicking the "Tweet" button. Hashtags can be changed in the settings screen.
TankLog
This app helps you meticulously track your aquarium's water chemistry, maintenance, and livestock. It offers detailed logging for water parameters, customizable schedules, and equipment inventory, all while prioritizing user privacy with no data collection.
- Water chemistry tracking
- Customizable maintenance schedules
- Livestock and plant inventory
- Equipment tracker
- CO₂ estimation
- Privacy-focused, no data collection
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Built by an aquascaper, for aquascapers. Free. Local. Yours. TankLog is a free freshwater aquarium journal for planted tank and shrimp hobbyists. No login required. No subscription. It works fully offline, and everything stays on your device. Built for the people who track CO₂ levels, obsess over KH and GH for their neocaridina colony, and want to know when their nitrates started creeping up. Not a generic fish app trying to cover everything. WATER TESTING & PARAMETER TRENDS Log pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, KH, GH, phosphate (PO₄), TDS and temperature. Every reading is graded instantly against your own target ranges, and Parameter Trends charts every test so you can spot slow pH drifts, creeping nitrates or KH swings before they affect your plants or livestock. CO₂ ESTIMATION TankLog calculates dissolved CO₂ from your pH and KH and shows it as a color-coded zone: very low, low, ideal, high or at risk. Essential for high-tech planted tanks. CARE SCHEDULES & ACTIVITY CALENDAR Schedule water tests, water changes, filter cleans, dosing, feeding and more. Get reminders when tasks are due, see overdue items on your dashboard, and browse your whole care history and upcoming dates in the Activity Calendar. DOSING, WATER CHANGES, FEEDING & CLEANING Log every fertilizer, supplement and treatment with product, amount and date. Log water changes, feedings with species tags, and cleaning tasks, each with its own schedules and history. ACHIEVEMENTS Earn badges for consistent testing, on-time care and great water quality. Tap any badge to see how you earned it. TANK NOTES Jot down anything that isn't a log, like a tap water test or a new plant on the way. Notes show up in your Activity Calendar. SIRI & SHORTCUTS Say "Log a feeding in TankLog" and TankLog opens the right form, ready to fill in. Or put your own shortcut on the Action button. EQUIPMENT, LIVESTOCK & PLANTS Record your lighting, filtration, CO₂ system, heater and pumps. Log fish, invertebrates and plants (with scientific plant names), plus dates and notes. MULTIPLE TANKS Manage up to 3 tanks for free, each with its own parameters, schedules, livestock and history. Need more? Up to 10 Tanks is an optional one-time upgrade, with no subscription. CLOUD SYNC (OPTIONAL) Use TankLog on more than one device, or want a backup? Cloud Sync is an optional one-time upgrade, with no subscription, that keeps your tanks in your own private iCloud. A lost or new phone doesn't mean lost logs, and every iPhone and iPad signed in to your Apple Account stays the same. There's no account to create. TankLog can't see your synced data, and it's never sold, shared or used to market to you. Turn it off, or delete it from iCloud, whenever you choose. YOUR DATA, YOUR WAY Export your complete tank history as a file anytime and import it on any device. No account needed. Your data is yours, always. No AI gimmick. No subscription. Every tracking feature free, forever. Just a well-built, honest tool from someone who loves this hobby as much as you do. Metric and imperial units · 12h and 24h time · Light and dark mode · iPhone and iPad
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: TankLog at none against Haiku Note's shown. TankLog also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Haiku Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and TankLog sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Haiku Note ships an update every 5 weeks, TankLog every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Haiku Note | TankLog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mihoko Araki | John Katez |
In-app purchases
Haiku Note
- No Ads$2.99
TankLog
- Cloud Sync$3.99









