Comparison

Wonky Notes vs Journal & Diary

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

Head to head
About

Wonky Notes

This app allows you to read notes on your Apple Watch even when you can't orient your wrist normally. Create, edit, and sync notes across your iPhone, iPad, and Watch, with customizable display options for the watch.

Highlights
  • Read notes at any angle on Apple Watch
  • Create, edit, and delete notes on iPhone/iPad
  • Automatic syncing across devices
  • Sort notes by title, modification, or creation date
  • Pin important notes to the top
  • Customizable background and text colors for Watch
  • Adjustable note orientation on Apple Watch
Features
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Read notes in situations you cannot angle your wrist to view your Watch in the normal orientation. For example, playing a musical instrument. Notes can be created, edited, and deleted on iPhone or iPad and are automatically synced to the rest of your devices. The list of notes can be sorted by the title, date last modified, or the date the note was created. Notes can also be pinned to the top of your list of notes on all devices. Settings allow you to set the note orientation on Apple Watch at 90 degree intervals. Additionally, enabling you set background and text colour of notes viewed on Apple Watch.

About

Journal & Diary

This app provides a simple and intuitive platform for daily journaling and mood tracking. Its minimalist design focuses on capturing memories without distractions, allowing users to easily record thoughts and monitor emotional patterns over time.

Highlights
  • Daily journaling with minimalist design
  • Automatic grouping of entries by date and time
  • Emoji-based mood tracking
  • Reflection on memories over time
  • Intuitive and polished user experience
Features
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After a heart-breaking breakup, I looked back and realized I had missed the small signs. If I had reflected on everyday life more actively, I might have noticed what was slowly building. That is why I created Memoiri: a private journal and diary for daily thoughts, moods, memories, and the moments that shape your life. Memoiri is designed to feel calm, focused, and personal. Write a quick note, save a longer reflection, add photos, record voice memories, sketch an idea, or simply capture how the day felt. Your entries are grouped by day and time, so your story stays easy to browse. Reflection is built into the experience. Track your mood with simple emojis, revisit past memories, search old entries, and notice patterns across days, weeks, and months. With Memoiri, you can: - Write daily journal and diary entries without distraction - Save memories with text, photos, voice notes, and sketches - Track mood and emotional patterns over time - Search entries by words, dates, moods, places, people, and media - Protect private thoughts with passcode and Face ID support - Build a gentle journaling habit with Focus Sessions Memoiri is not about writing perfectly. It is about noticing your life while you are living it. Download Memoiri and start keeping a meaningful record of your days. Subscription and legal information: Memoiri may offer auto-renewable subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Memoiri Terms: https://memoiri.app/terms-conditions Privacy Policy: https://memoiri.app/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Wonky Notes4 screens
Journal & Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Journal & Diary at none against Wonky Notes's shown. Wonky Notes's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 86%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.1). 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. Wonky Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Journal & Diary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wonky Notes ships an update weekly, Journal & Diary every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Wonky Notes versus Journal & Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWonky NotesJournal & Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better85.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—22 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWilliam CoatesMohammad Elzahaby

Customer experience

Wonky Notes

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Journal & Diary

All ratings22 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Wonky Notes

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
3 purchases

Journal & Diary

Subscriptions3
  • memoiri+$1.997 Days
  • memoiri+$2.991 Month
  • memoiri+$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Wonky Notes free?
Wonky Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Journal & Diary free?
Journal & Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Wonky Notes or Journal & Diary have ads?
Wonky Notes shows ads; Journal & Diary does not.
Which is updated more often, Wonky Notes or Journal & Diary?
Wonky Notes ships an update weekly, and Journal & Diary every 2 weeks. Most recently, Wonky Notes was updated on October 19, 2026 and Journal & Diary on October 24, 2026.

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