Ever Journal vs Diary Star
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ever Journal
Preserve your life's journey and personal stories with a pure and simple journaling experience. Record your autobiography, share biography stories, and connect through nightly secret sharing. Unlock advanced features like photo additions and increased storage with a Pro subscription.
- Pure and simple journaling
- Autobiography recording
- Biography story sharing
- Nightly secret sharing
- Photo additions (Pro)
- 10GB photo storage (Pro)
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As of the 20th century AD, there were about 100 billion people living on Earth. Only one million have left even a single name. Another 99,999,000,000 people have not left a single trace, as if they had never existed. How did they spend their lives? Who did they love? What kind of pain and happiness did they experience? In the vast space of the universe and the constant scale of time, no one is more important than anyone else, and no achievement is more important than the life journey itself. We believe that everyone's life story deserves to be saved, and we hope that 10,000 years later, there will still be people who can feel our lives in the story. It is the goal of the Ever Journal to do everything possible to preserve the true life story of each individual human being to the greatest extent possible. ●● Journal Extremely pure and simple, like a real diary. ●● Autobiography A perfect place where you can write down your whole life journey. ●● Biography Stories How about we tell each other's life stories. ●● Nine Column Every night at nine o'clock, let’s share our little secrets to strangers. ●● Join Pro to Unlock Following Features → Adding photos to your diary → Cradle service → Up to 10 permanent photos storage → 10GB of regular photo storage space ●● CONTACT Any problems or suggestions, please let us know: Email: feedback@xiangzi.tech Privacy Policy: https://everjournal.life/privacy-policy-en.html Terms of Service: https://everjournal.life/terms-and-conditions-en.html
Diary Star
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「A new dawn awakens, while yesterday has drifted into the past. 」 「How has this day found you, my friend?」 「Go where the restless soul leads, walk the path less traveled.」 「These fleeting moments, I wish to make them eternal...」 「Diary Star」, a app pure and true, to pen your thoughts as the days see you through. Together let our stories unfold, as the pages turn, as we grow old. 【Gifts it brings】 • Simplicity - Thoughts flow, without artifice or guise • Convenience - Write swift, let the words take flight • Reminders - Lest memories be lost to the night • A mood for all seasons - Joy or sorrow, as reason • A month, a glimpse - Find tales from times now past • Change the view - Scenes to inspire, uplift anew • For night owls too - In darkness, a light shone for you 【The road ahead】 • Your words, forever kept- export, share as you please • iCloud does provide - a refuge for your diary • Sync life's moments - your tech, your terms, you lead • FaceID, your guide - open to your eyes alone • Pictures - worth a thousand words, now part of your story • Together we'll shape - this app, your life, our journey
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Ever Journal at 15.0 against Diary Star's 17.0. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Ever Journal sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $18.99 per year and Diary Star sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ever Journal ships an update every 4 weeks, Diary Star monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ever Journal | Diary Star |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hangzhou Xiangzi Technology Co. Ltd. | Chengdu Xingguan Technology Co., Ltd. |
In-app purchases
Ever Journal
- Annual Pro$18.991 Year
Diary Star
- Pro$1.99








