Comparison

Diary Book vs PinyPiny

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

PinyPiny

Features
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PinyPiny Life isn't something you only write down. It's something you piece together. Some days need only a sentence. Some memories deserve a photo. Some passing ideas feel right in a different font, a little color, or a sticker made from something you just photographed. PinyPiny is a visual journal where notes do not have to stay inside the lines. Words, photos, papers, fonts, colors, stickers, and animation can all become part of the way you remember. Write a simple diary entry, build a scrapbook-like collage, or shape each page like a tiny magazine made just for you. A different way to revisit your notes Open PinyPiny and your past entries become a stack of cards floating in a quiet, deep space. Swipe through them one by one and make finding an old note feel like part of the experience. Make every page your own • Choose from different papers and fonts, then pair them with the colors you like. • Move, rotate, and arrange content instead of keeping every line in a fixed column. • Place photos on the page or embed them directly between words. • Photograph something you love and turn it into your own sticker. • Add a touch of animation when a still page is not quite enough. A trip can hold photos, colors, and words from another language. Dinner can become the collage of the day. A sentence can sit proudly in the center of the page. A cat, a ticket stub, or a rainy afternoon can each have a place of its own. No design experience required There is no single right way to make a note here. Keep it neat or let it wander. Make it minimal or fill the page. Write three words today or spend half an hour arranging every detail. It is still your note. When a page feels complete, export it as an image and save it to Photos. The small pieces of an ordinary day can slowly grow into a visual journal that belongs only to you. PinyPiny is more than a place to keep information. It is a sheet of paper that can keep changing—a home for ideas, photos, and fragments of life. Piece together what happened today, the people you love, the places you visited, and the thoughts that appeared without warning. Years from now, may you find more than a paragraph. May you find the day as it really felt. Privacy Policy: https://pinypiny.lraitech.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Diary Book4 screens
PinyPiny4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PinyPiny at none against Diary Book's shown. PinyPiny also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). Diary Book's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). 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. Diary Book sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and PinyPiny sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diary Book ships an update every 3 months, PinyPiny every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Diary Book versus PinyPiny: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiary BookPinyPiny
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (313 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings313 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB185 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer俊柯 吴馨瑶 王

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

PinyPiny

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

PinyPiny

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Diary Book free?
Diary Book is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PinyPiny free?
PinyPiny is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Diary Book or PinyPiny have ads?
Diary Book shows ads; PinyPiny does not.
Which is updated more often, Diary Book or PinyPiny?
Diary Book ships an update every 3 months, and PinyPiny every 2 days. Most recently, Diary Book was updated on November 3, 2026 and PinyPiny on October 31, 2026.

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