Personal Log Journal vs Tarantula Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Personal Log Journal
Record your personal story and thoughts privately on your device. Organize entries with tags, track your mood, and search past writings. Offers over 100 prompts to inspire your writing.
- Record thoughts and save for future
- Tag entries for quick retrieval
- Record mood with emoji
- Search past entries
- Journaling prompts
- Entries kept on device
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Keep your thoughts on your device. Personal Log is a journaling app designed to help you record your own personal story. We all have our own personal story, and Personal Log is the place to keep that story for later use. • Quickly record your thoughts and save them for the future • Tag your entries for quick retrieval later • record your mood with emoji • search your past entries • jump to a given day • Don't know what to write? Personal Log offers a selection of more than 100 journaling prompts to get you going. Personal Log is 100% personal. All your entries are kept on your device and not shared in the cloud.
Tarantula Tracker
Easily manage your tarantula collection with a feeding schedule tracker, molt prediction, and custom event logging. Features a species database, photo management, and comprehensive JSON backup. Available on iPhone and iPad.
- Feeding schedule tracker with reminders
- Molt prediction
- JSON backup and restore
- Interactive calendar view
- Species database
- Photo management
- Custom event logging
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Track your tarantula collection with ease! Now available on iPad with beautiful adaptive layouts. FEATURES: • Feeding schedule tracker with smart reminders • Molt prediction with exponential accuracy • Complete JSON backup (photos, notes, all events) • Interactive calendar view • Custom event logging • Multiple theme options • Species database with 57+ predefined species • Photo management for each tarantula • Universal app (iPhone & iPad) SMART TRACKING: Monitor feeding schedules, molt cycles, and custom events for each tarantula in your collection. Get intelligent predictions for upcoming molts based on historical data. COMPREHENSIVE BACKUP: Export your entire collection including photos, notes, feeding history, and molt records. Restore from JSON backup with merge or replace options. CALENDAR & REMINDERS: Visual calendar shows all events at a glance. Smart notifications remind you when it's time to feed each tarantula. CUSTOMIZABLE: Choose from 6 themes, set custom feeding intervals for each life stage, and track unlimited tarantulas. Perfect for hobbyists, breeders, and enthusiasts managing collections of any size!
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Verdict
Personal Log Journal and Tarantula Tracker both sit at 4.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Personal Log Journal's written reviews are positive against 40% of Tarantula Tracker's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Personal Log Journal against 4.0 for Tarantula Tracker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Personal Log Journal's written reviews are positive against 40% of Tarantula Tracker's.
Personal Log Journal ships an update every 5 days, Tarantula Tracker every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and July 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Personal Log Journal | Tarantula Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Old Jewel Software | Jared Lawrence |
Customer experience
Personal Log Journal
Tarantula Tracker
In-app purchases
Personal Log Journal
No in-app purchases
Tarantula Tracker
No in-app purchases
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