Comparison

A Journal A Day vs Emberlog

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

Head to head
About

A Journal A Day

This app helps improve mental wellbeing through journaling. It offers password protection for privacy, mood tracking, and progress statistics like writing streaks and heatmaps. Entries are stored locally and can be viewed in list or calendar formats.

Highlights
  • Password protection
  • Local data storage
  • Mood tracking
  • Markdown formatting
  • Progress statistics
  • List and calendar views
Features
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Journal your way to better mental wellbeing. Features include • Password protection for privacy. • All your entries are stored locally on your device. • Track your mood and see how it changes over time • Use markdown formatting to add emphasis and structure to your writing • Track your progress with writing streaks, heatmaps and other interesting stats • View your entries in a list or calendar view

About

Emberlog

Features
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Emberlog is the symptom tracker for chronic illness flares, doubling as an endometriosis tracker and POTS tracker for the conditions that need close pattern-watching. When you live with IBD, CFS, POTS, fibromyalgia, or endometriosis, patterns matter. This flare diary helps you catch them without wearing you out. - Log a flare in seconds: a time, a severity, and whatever details you have energy for - Note the factors that might play a role, like sleep, meds, food, and mood - See gentle pattern cards with honest sample sizes, computed right on your phone - Pull sleep and activity from Apple Health instead of typing them twice - Bring a clean, date-ranged summary to your next appointment Your entries stay on your device. Emberlog is a personal journal, not medical advice. It does not diagnose or treat any condition; discuss patterns with your clinician. Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTDX9pxPOlUJl_skVUHPi99mAw0y2B2BYd_v1mJkoF3xW3rlOcW5KlYd4t93MMbbGhctSTnBTy7d_l6/pub Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

A Journal A Day4 screens
Emberlog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: A Journal A Day at none against Emberlog's 1. A Journal A Day also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Emberlog sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. A Journal A Day asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
A Journal A Day versus Emberlog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterA Journal A DayEmberlog
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (79 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews93.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings79 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB23 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGeorge JoseAndrii Bashta

In-app purchases

None

A Journal A Day

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Emberlog

One-time1
  • Emberlog Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is A Journal A Day free?
A Journal A Day is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Emberlog free?
Emberlog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do A Journal A Day or Emberlog have ads?
Neither A Journal A Day nor Emberlog shows ads.

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