Comparison

Text Diary vs Planck Fasting

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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://

About

Planck Fasting

This app provides a simple intermittent fasting timer with pre-set protocols. It tracks your fasting periods and offers a clean history of completed fasts. Designed for privacy, it works offline and syncs via iCloud without requiring accounts or tracking.

Highlights
  • Intermittent fasting timer
  • Pre-set fasting protocols
  • Fasting history tracking
  • Live progress ring
  • Offline functionality
  • iCloud syncing
  • Dark UI
Features
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Planck Fasting is an intermittent fasting timer that gets out of your way. Pick a protocol, hit start, and the timer runs. When you break your fast, it goes into your history. That is the whole app. PROTOCOLS 14:10 for a gentle start 18:6 for deeper ketosis 20:4 for advanced fasters FEATURES A live ring that shows how far into the fast you are Clean history of every completed fast with start time, end time, and duration Pick your default protocol once and forget it Dark UI built for late nights and early mornings Works fully offline Syncs across your iPhone and iPad through your private iCloud database PRIVACY No accounts. No tracking. No ads. No analytics. Your fasting data lives on your device and in your own iCloud, nowhere else. NOT MEDICAL ADVICE Planck Fasting is a tracking tool, not a medical device. Talk to a qualified clinician before starting any fasting protocol, especially if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, taking medication, or have a history of disordered eating. THE PLANCK SERIES Planck Fasting is part of a small family of focused single purpose apps. Same dark aesthetic, same hbar mark, same idea: do one thing, do it well, then get out of the way.

Screenshots

Text Diary4 screens
Planck Fasting2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Planck Fasting at none against Text Diary's shown. Planck Fasting also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Text Diary's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, 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

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

Planck Fasting holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Diary has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text Diary ships an update every 2 months, Planck Fasting weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 3 level
Text Diary versus Planck Fasting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText DiaryPlanck Fasting
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (7 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB1 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperFugaPiyo Inc.Yeong Kwon

In-app purchases

None

Text Diary

No in-app purchases

None

Planck Fasting

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Text Diary free?
Text Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Planck Fasting free?
Planck Fasting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Text Diary or Planck Fasting?
Planck Fasting is rated higher. Text Diary averages 4.6 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Planck Fasting averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Text Diary or Planck Fasting have ads?
Text Diary shows ads; Planck Fasting does not.
Which is updated more often, Text Diary or Planck Fasting?
Text Diary ships an update every 2 months, and Planck Fasting weekly. Most recently, Text Diary was updated on October 24, 2026 and Planck Fasting on October 7, 2026.

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