Comparison

Diary Book vs My diary

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

My diary

This app offers a cute and healing electronic diary for daily life recording. It provides free materials for self-discipline, emotion tracking, and personal growth, with easy operation and a material store for customization. Share your entries with friends and enjoy an enhanced iPad experience with Apple Pencil support.

Highlights
  • Healing and cute electronic diary
  • Free materials for self-discipline
  • Record emotions and growth
  • Material store with stickers and backgrounds
  • Apple Pencil support for iPad
  • One-click sharing with friends
Features
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My diary - Ordinary little things contribute to a beautiful daily life. Here are a plethora of free materials to accompany you in self-discipline, checking in, recording emotions, and growth every day in the future 1. My diary is a healing and cute electronic diary account software. The super cute BuBuBu account accompanies you in recording your life and growing together. 2. Easy to operate, complete a manual in three steps. 3. The material store has a variety of styles and types of materials, with innovative hand account stickers, backgrounds, and continuous updates. 4. Supports Apple Pencle for better iPad experience. 5. One click sharing with friends, creating accounts with friends, and keeping daily records. Your love is our motivation, welcome to leave us a message and echo! Service Terms : https://hbdevapp.github.io/posts/likun/fuwu.html Privacy terms : https://hbdevapp.github.io/posts/likun/privacy.html

Screenshots

Diary Book4 screens
My diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: My diary at every 9 days against Diary Book's every 3 months. My diary also leads on ratings volume (2K vs 314). Diary Book's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 60%). 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 My diary sells 4 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 4.5 for My diary. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My diary has 2K ratings behind it against 314, 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 60% of My diary's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diary Book ships an update every 3 months, My diary every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Diary Book versus My diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiary BookMy diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (314 ratings) — better4.5 (2K ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better60.4% of reviews
Number of ratings3142K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer俊柯 吴洪彬 林

Customer experience

Diary Book

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

My diary

All ratings1,161 ratings
Positive87.7%
Neutral5.4%
Negative6.9%
Written reviews111 reviews
Positive60.4%
Neutral11.7%
Negative27.9%

User reviews

Diary Book

From 314 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Very cute and adorable app
  • ✍️ Good for drawing and writing
  • 💖 Useful for messy or non-existent diaries
  • ✨ Helpful in life
  • 🤩 Obsessively cute design

Room to improve

  • 💸 VIP is expensive
  • 💰 High cost for frames
  • 🚫 VIP is a no-no
  • 🤔 VIP is really expensive, please make it cheaper
  • ⚠️ App glitches and deletes unsaved writing

My diary

From 2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💕 Cute and enjoyable
  • 🎨 Good for decorating and planning
  • 👍 Helpful for daily routines

Room to improve

  • 🤬 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 💰 Too many paid features
  • 🤯 Confusing and unintuitive UI

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

My diary

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Buttons and text features not working
  • Losing progress when exiting the app
  • Slow download speeds for stickers

Requested features

3 requests
  • Auto-save functionality
  • More free content and customization options
  • Improved stability and performance

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
4 purchases

My diary

Subscriptions3
  • YueVersion3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • QuarterVersion3 Days trial$6.993 Months
  • YearVersion3 Days trial$12.996 Months
One-time1
  • ProVersion$9.99

Questions

Is Diary Book free?
Diary Book is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My diary free?
My diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Diary Book or My diary?
Diary Book is rated higher. Diary Book averages 4.6 out of 5 from 314 ratings, while My diary averages 4.5 from 2K ratings.
Do Diary Book or My diary have ads?
Both Diary Book and My diary show ads.
Which is updated more often, Diary Book or My diary?
Diary Book ships an update every 3 months, and My diary every 9 days. Most recently, Diary Book was updated on November 7, 2026 and My diary on November 7, 2026.

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