Comparison

Diary Duck vs Cozy

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

Head to head
About

Diary Duck

Create beautiful digital journals with a vast collection of stickers, templates, and AI-powered tools. Easily design custom layouts and protect your memories with password protection. Regularly updated with new materials and features.

Highlights
  • Extensive sticker and background materials
  • AI sticker generation
  • Hand account templates
  • Pen and tape drawing tools
  • Password protection for journals
  • Regular content updates
Features
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Hi~ Welcome to Diary Duck, let's record the beautiful life together, let us make the best hand account, use the hand account to collect small memories~ "High-Quality Materials" 1. Plenty of beautiful, fresh stickers, quality materials are waiting for you to use. 2. Background templates are designed by our illustrators, convenient, and definitely make your hand account look good and easy to use. 3. AI stickers, users can use AI function to turn pictures into stickers you want and save them in your material library.
 "Super Convenient Hand Account Making" 1. Hand account template, lots of hand account template materials, just modify the content, a good-looking hand account is made. 2. Border stickers, users can use border stickers to quickly layout and make the style you want. 3. The function is simple, the app's function is super powerful, and the operation is simple, it's super fast to get started.
 "Non-Stop Benefits and Activities" 1. We will do some activities irregularly to give back to new and old users, you have the chance to win prizes by participating. 2. Membership prices will also be adjusted on certain special days, taking care of every Duck student.
 "APP Features" 1. Sticker Materials: A lot of sticker materials allow you to create without worries. 2. Background Materials: Designed by illustrators, make your hand account look professional. 3. Hand Account Template: The official will produce some popular hand account template styles, making it super convenient for you to make a hand account in three steps. 4. Pen Function: Support hand-drawn drawing of some small stickers and border styles. 5. AI Stickers: Sticker images can be cut out through AI machine to make the stickers you want, create the stickers you want. 6. Tape Function: Create richer border styles, paint whenever you want. 7. Password book: Add passwords to hand accounts, only the hand account can be opened through the password. 8. Different styles of stickers, backgrounds, and materials will be updated continuously.
 "Feedback to Developers" There are many happy and unhappy things in life, you can use the hand account to collect your small memories, thank you for meeting, we know that there are many shortcomings, if there are any problems, or good ideas, welcome to feedback in the application, contact us, every message from you will be read carefully!
 "Renewal Description" This subscription will be automatically renewed through your iTunes account and the renewal fee will be deducted from your package within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or cancel automatic renewal in the account settings, and cancel automatic renewal at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. If your trial is not over, the remaining days will be automatically invalidated after you start your subscription. To start a subscription, you need to agree to the following terms:
 Terms of Service: https://www-handaccount.gitlab.io/terms-of-use/ Privacy Agreement: https://www-handaccount.gitlab.io/privacypolicy/

About

Cozy

This app helps you build positive habits with a charming and gentle approach. It features cute stickers, satisfying streaks, and customizable reminders to make habit tracking a joyful experience. Track daily routines, monitor progress, and stay motivated with its warm and inviting design.

Highlights
  • Simple habit creation
  • Customizable habit tracking
  • Satisfying streak tracking
  • Progress calendar view
  • Gentle reminders
  • Extensive sticker library
  • Multiple color themes
Features
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Building good habits doesn't have to feel overwhelming. Cozy is a simple, cute habit tracker designed to make your daily routine feel warm and inviting, one gentle step at a time. With adorable cat stickers, satisfying streaks, and gentle reminders, Cozy helps you stay on track, all wrapped in a beautifully cozy design. ------ WHY COZY? Most habit trackers feel cold and clinical. Cozy is different. With hand-picked cute stickers, soft color palettes, and encouraging words, tracking your habits feels less like a chore and more like a treat. It's the habit tracker that actually makes you smile. ------ SIMPLE HABIT TRACKING Create habits in seconds: name it, pick a sticker, choose a color, done. Track habits with a single tap, count them several times a day, or log amounts like glasses of water. Do a habit every day, on certain days, a few times a week, or every few days. Busy day? Skip it, or pause a habit for a while. Browse your week and see your progress at a glance. ------ STREAKS & STATS Watch your streak grow day by day and stay motivated to keep going. View your best streak, total completions, and completion rate. A calendar view shows your full completion history for every habit. Complete all your habits for the day and celebrate with confetti! ------ GENTLE REMINDERS Set reminders so you never forget a habit. Notifications arrive only on your scheduled days. Add multiple reminders per habit with Cozy Pro. ------ MAKE IT YOURS Choose from 24 soft colors for each habit and switch between different themes for the whole app. Pick from 300+ adorable cat stickers as habit icons. Search stickers by name or category to find the perfect one. Reorder your habits exactly how you like them. ------ AVAILABLE IN 7 LANGUAGES English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Japanese, and Korean. ------ Built with love by a solo indie developer who believes building habits should feel good, not stressful. Every detail, from the hand-picked stickers to the encouraging words, is designed to make your journey a little more joyful. Start building better habits today. Make it cozy. ------ Terms of Use and Privacy Policy - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - https://www.cozyhabittracker.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Diary Duck4 screens
Cozy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cozy at 75% against Diary Duck's 33%. Cozy also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). Diary Duck's advantage is ratings volume (101 vs 19) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Duck sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Cozy sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cozy holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Diary Duck has 101 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Diary Duck's written reviews are positive against 75% of Cozy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diary Duck ships an update weekly, Cozy every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Diary Duck versus Cozy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiary DuckCozy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (101 ratings)4.7 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings101 — better19
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size205 MB101 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developer立桓 孙Pixelbrew Studio LLC

Customer experience

Diary Duck

All ratings77 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral2.6%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Cozy

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Diary Duck

Subscriptions2
  • 月度会员3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • 年度会员3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • 终身会员$6.99
10 purchases

Cozy

Subscriptions7
  • Cozy Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Cozy Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Cozy Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • Cozy Yearly3 Days trial$7.991 Year
  • Cozy Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Cozy Yearly$24.991 Year
  • Cozy Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • Cozy Pro Lifetime$29.99
  • Cozy Lifetime$39.99
  • Cozy Pro Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is Diary Duck free?
Diary Duck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cozy free?
Cozy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Diary Duck or Cozy?
Cozy is rated higher. Diary Duck averages 4.4 out of 5 from 101 ratings, while Cozy averages 4.7 from 19 ratings.
Do Diary Duck or Cozy have ads?
Diary Duck shows ads; Cozy does not.
Which is updated more often, Diary Duck or Cozy?
Diary Duck ships an update weekly, and Cozy every 2 weeks. Most recently, Diary Duck was updated on November 3, 2026 and Cozy on November 9, 2026.

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