Comparison

Diary Duck vs Foliant

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

Foliant

Features
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Foliant is an iPhone-first commonplace book — words and ink, side by side on the same page, in the same gesture. No layers, no modes, no cloud, no AI. A warm, manuscript-inspired interface carries that feeling from the book shelf to the writing desk, with paper grain, quiet tools, and a small red seal. Write the way you write on paper. Three brushes — pen, pencil, wash — share a single gesture. Five paper textures (vellum, kraft, lined, dot grid, cold-press) feel like the book in your pocket. Six ink colors hand-mixed for warm and slow. Two books free to start. Open the rest with one purchase. No subscription. No account. No cloud. Yours forever, on paper, in your pocket. FEATURES • Pen / Pencil / Wash — three brushes, one continuous gesture • Five paper textures and six warm ink colors • Full PDF book export • 100% offline, on-device storage • Designed for iPhone — single-thumb reach NO SUBSCRIPTION. NO CLOUD. NO AI. NO TRACKERS. A pocket commonplace book for words and ink, side by side.

Screenshots

Diary Duck4 screens
Foliant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Foliant at none against Diary Duck's shown. Diary Duck's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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 Duck sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Foliant sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diary Duck ships an update weekly, Foliant every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Diary Duck versus Foliant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiary DuckFoliant
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (77 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings77 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size205 MB30 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developer立桓 孙Shanghai Runesmith Artificial Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd.

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
1 purchases

Foliant

One-time1
  • Foliant Premium$7.99

Questions

Is Diary Duck free?
Diary Duck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Foliant free?
Foliant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Diary Duck or Foliant have ads?
Diary Duck shows ads; Foliant does not.
Which is updated more often, Diary Duck or Foliant?
Diary Duck ships an update weekly, and Foliant every 2 weeks. Most recently, Diary Duck was updated on October 9, 2026 and Foliant on October 7, 2026.

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