Comparison

Ever Journal vs the waterfall

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Pure and simple journaling
  • Autobiography recording
  • Biography story sharing
  • Nightly secret sharing
  • Photo additions (Pro)
  • 10GB photo storage (Pro)
Features
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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

About

the waterfall

This app serves as a personal introspection companion, allowing users to record thoughts, ideas, and memories. It features guided questions for deeper self-reflection, supports Markdown for expressive text, and allows tagging and image association with entries. Data is stored locally and synced with iCloud for privacy.

Highlights
  • Guided self-reflection questions
  • Markdown support for text
  • Tagging and image association
  • Local data storage with iCloud sync
  • Pinning important memories
  • Record reading notes and movie reviews
Features
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Waterfall —— More than just a diary app, it's your personal introspection companion. Waterfall is committed to helping you think, remember, and discover the beauty in life. As a unique diary app, the charm of Waterfall lies in its potential to touch every detail of life. Here, you can record your thoughts and ideas. Furthermore, our question feature allows for deeper pondering — just hold down on a diary entry and prompt yourself with a question, like "What did you eat today?", "What are you thinking about?", or "Was there something today that made you happy?". Each question is a deep dive into your own self-reflection. Moreover, Waterfall is fully featured — it supports Markdown, making your text even more expressive. You can also associate tags and pictures with your memories, turning them into visual echoes. So, what exactly can Waterfall record? The answer is: almost everything. Apart from life's snippets, you can use it to log your reading notes, movie reviews, and even life goals. Pin important things to remind yourself to always keep up the enthusiasm for life. In the end, we hope that you enjoy your time with Waterfall, where each day, you can cherish the last moment of the day and reminisce about the day's experiences. Here, every day, you have your own waterfall. It's worth noting that Waterfall takes your privacy very seriously. All your data are stored locally and automatically synced with iCloud, visible only to you. At Waterfall, your privacy is always given the highest level of protection. May you have a beautiful day with Waterfall. Wishing you a waterfall day.

Screenshots

Ever Journal4 screens
the waterfall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ever Journal at every 4 weeks against the waterfall's every 3 months. Ever Journal also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). the waterfall's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). 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. Ever Journal sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $18.99 per year and the waterfall sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 — 5.0 for Ever Journal against 5.0 for the waterfall. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: the waterfall has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Ever Journal's written reviews are positive against 88% of the waterfall's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ever Journal ships an update every 4 weeks, the waterfall every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ever Journal versus the waterfall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEver Journalthe waterfall
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better88.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHangzhou Xiangzi Technology Co. Ltd.文杰 李

Customer experience

Ever Journal

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

the waterfall

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive88.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative8.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Ever Journal

Subscriptions1
  • Annual Pro$18.991 Year
1 purchases

the waterfall

One-time1
  • WATERFALL UPGRADE$7.99

Questions

Is Ever Journal free?
Ever Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is the waterfall free?
the waterfall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ever Journal or the waterfall?
Ever Journal and the waterfall are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Ever Journal or the waterfall have ads?
Neither Ever Journal nor the waterfall shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ever Journal or the waterfall?
Ever Journal ships an update every 4 weeks, and the waterfall every 3 months. Most recently, Ever Journal was updated on October 4, 2026 and the waterfall on October 6, 2026.

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