Text Diary vs Good Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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://
Good Diary
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Good Diary is a private journal designed to help you remember, organize, and better understand your personal encounters. Record each encounter with dates and times, contacts, location, notes, photos, videos, and custom details. Create categories and options that match your needs, while always deciding which information you want to keep. ORGANIZE YOUR ENCOUNTERS • Save completed encounters or leave them temporarily unfinished. • Link one or more contacts to each encounter. • Add notes, locations, photos, and videos. • Create custom categories with single or multiple selection. • Quickly find your data using search and advanced filters. • Browse your encounters through the calendar. CONTACTS AND OPTIONAL INFORMATION Manage your contacts and, if useful to you, add optional information such as sex and sexual orientation. These details can be used in filters and statistics, but you always decide what to enter. PRIVACY AND SECURITY Your data stays first of all on your device. Access can be protected with a PIN and Face ID. Good Diary does not require a proprietary account and does not display advertising. If you enable backup or synchronization, your data is stored in your personal iCloud account. BACKUP, SYNC, AND EXPORT • Create and restore iCloud backups. • Synchronize data between compatible devices. • Export your data as an organized multi-sheet Excel XLSX file. • Review and manage backups directly from Options. Good Diary gives you a personal, flexible, and private space built around the information you actually want to remember.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Good Diary at none against Text Diary's shown. Good Diary also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
Text Diary ships an update every 2 months, Good Diary every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text Diary | Good Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | FugaPiyo Inc. | Fabrizio Fiammenghi |
In-app purchases
Text Diary
No in-app purchases
Good Diary
No in-app purchases









