Comparison

Diary Book vs Lucky journal

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

Head to head
About

Diary Book

This app allows users to privately record their daily life, moods, and memories. It offers tools for creative journaling with customizable covers, stickers, and dynamic themes. Users can track their feelings over time and revisit past entries.

Highlights
  • Mood tracking with calendar expressions
  • Customizable handbook covers
  • Graphic stickers and collage materials
  • Daily diary entries with pictures
  • Dynamic home page themes
  • Calendar date querying
Features
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Diary Book is a lovely diary app that can record mood and keep a diary. Accumulate your feelings day by day, record your daily life, and keep good memories in Mood Diary. [Our Features] Mood Calendar: super cute little expression to record your daily mood; Hand Book Cover: create your own lovely hand book and collect your own life's hand book. Graphic Stickers: rich and lovely stickers, graphic collage materials, make your hand account more fresh and beautiful anytime and anywhere. Calendar: convenient for querying calendar dates. Graphic Diary: write a diary for the next day and add pictures. Dynamic theme: multiple home page dynamic theme styles to decorate your page. [Our Expectations] Writing morning records every morning, summarizing and reflecting every night can bring a sense of ritual to our daily life. When we open the hand account records in emotions, this whole record is "our own history". I hope you can look back on the past and record everything beautiful through Emotion. If you like Emotion and have any questions or comments in use, please leave your feedback. This subscription will be automatically renewed through your iTunes account, with the renewal fee deducted from your plan within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or cancel automatic renewal at the Account Settings office at least 24 hours before the current subscription period ends. If your trial does not end, the remaining days will automatically expire after you start your subscription. To open a subscription, you agree to the following terms: The terms of service: https://junkeyd.github.io/posts/junke//fuwu Privacy policy: https://junkeyd.github.io/posts/junke/privacy

About

Lucky journal

Create beautiful and personalized journals with a variety of stickers and backgrounds. Protect your private entries with a password. Optimized for large screens and stylus input.

Highlights
  • Multi-functional journal editing
  • App Pencil support
  • Practical stickers and backgrounds
  • Password protection
  • Large screen optimization
  • Daily life recording
Features
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Hi, welcome to the Lucky Journal and wait for good luck! Lucky Journal is a super cute journal app, where you can record daily life and create beauty. It is a necessary diary notebook for the master of journal enthusiast. [Exquisite journal] ·Multi-functional journal editing function, supporting App Pencil, making journals easier with iPad. ·All kinds of practical stickers and fresh backgrounds help you quickly create a beautiful journal. [Powerful functions] ·Support setting password to protect your private information. ·It is suitable for iPad devices, and the experience of large screen accounts is better. We are willing to listen to your valuable opinions in the continuous development of more functions. You can use the iTunes auto-renewal function in the program to obtain member-specific benefits. Once you confirm your subscription, your iTunes account will be charged accordingly, and the subscription will be automatically renewed unless you cancel the automatic renewal more than 24 hours before the end of the current subscription. After the subscription is successful, you can manage the subscription in the iTunes Store. Privacy terms: http://mima.kindofpure.cn/kewei/eg_doc.html Terms of Use: http://mima.kindofpure.cn/kewei/user_terms.html

Screenshots

Diary Book4 screens
Lucky journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

Diary Book and Lucky journal both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Lucky journal's written reviews are positive against 80% of Diary Book's. Lucky journal also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Diary Book's advantage is ratings volume (313 vs 32). On price, rating, 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. Diary Book sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Lucky journal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Diary Book against 4.7 for Lucky journal. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Diary Book has 313 ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Diary Book's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lucky journal's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diary Book ships an update every 3 months, Lucky journal monthly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Diary Book versus Lucky journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiary BookLucky journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (313 ratings)4.7 (32 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings313 — better32
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer俊柯 吴志伟 柯

Customer experience

Diary Book

All ratings214 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%

Lucky journal

All ratings18 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Diary Book

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes when accessing music notes
  • App glitches and deletes unsaved writing

Requested features

2 requests
  • Make VIP cheaper
  • Add a password option

Lucky journal

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Diary Book

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Subscription quarter3 Days trial$7.993 Months
One-time1
  • Pro version$7.99
3 purchases

Lucky journal

Subscriptions2
  • Pro version monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Pro version quarterly3 Days trial$6.993 Months
One-time1
  • Plus version$9.99

Questions

Is Diary Book free?
Diary Book is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lucky journal free?
Lucky journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Diary Book or Lucky journal?
Lucky journal is rated higher. Diary Book averages 4.6 out of 5 from 313 ratings, while Lucky journal averages 4.7 from 32 ratings.
Do Diary Book or Lucky journal have ads?
Both Diary Book and Lucky journal show ads.
Which is updated more often, Diary Book or Lucky journal?
Diary Book ships an update every 3 months, and Lucky journal monthly. Most recently, Diary Book was updated on November 3, 2026 and Lucky journal on November 3, 2026.

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