Comparison

Basic Logs vs Chronote

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

Head to head
About

Basic Logs

Easily track anything with customizable logs for food, habits, budgeting, and more. Visualize data with charts and statistics, and use shortcuts for automatic entry. Collaborate with others and store data locally or in iCloud.

Highlights
  • Customizable log types (text, numbers, currency, duration)
  • Data visualization (charts, statistics, calendar)
  • Entry tagging and flagging
  • Quick entry duplication
  • Location, NFC, and task-based shortcuts
  • Log sharing and collaboration
  • Local and optional iCloud data storage
Read full description

Basic Logs makes it quick and easy to track anything of interest to you. From food diaries to habit streaks to budgeting to time spent on activities. Simply create a log, add entries, and get insights with just a few taps. • Text, numbers, currencies, durations, notes, tags, flags. Use one or all of them. No setup required. • Browse entries in a list, visualize them in a calendar, or analyze them with charts and statistics. • Track hours and minutes, or whole days. • Flag entries of significance, tag entries to categorize them. • Add similar entries again with a quick swipe. • Easily search and filter entries and get all information of a particular moment. • Shortcuts! Automatically add an entry whenever you arrive at a location, tap an NFC tag, or complete a task in another app. The possibilities are endless. • Share logs and collaborate with friends and family. • No account creation. All data is stored locally on your device and, optionally, in your iCloud. And this is just the beginning. Basic Logs will only become richer in functionality while remaining simple and easy to use. I hope you’ll get as much joy and use out of this app as I do every single day. Happy logging!

About

Chronote

Capture thoughts and events instantly with automatic timestamps. Organize your notes chronologically by custom topics for easy review. Perfect for journaling, activity logging, and idea tracking.

Highlights
  • Automatic timestamps on every note
  • Chronological timeline view
  • Customizable topics for organization
  • Quick and clean note entry
  • Ideal for journaling and activity logging
Features
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Never forget when it happened. Chronote captures your thoughts instantly — with automatic timestamps on every note. Quick, clean, and chronological: perfect for journaling moments, logging activities, tracking ideas, or building a reliable daily log. Jot down anything in seconds: a fleeting idea, meeting takeaway, symptom, habit, or random memory. Chronote adds the exact date & time automatically — no manual entry needed. Review your notes in a beautiful timeline view, organized by time and grouped into custom topics. Whether you're reflecting on life, documenting projects, or simply never wanting to wonder "when did I write that?", Chronote keeps your thoughts dated, organized, and always accessible.

Screenshots

Basic Logs4 screens
Chronote3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Basic Logs at every 2 months against Chronote's every 6 months. Basic Logs also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). On price, rating, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Basic Logs against 5.0 for Chronote. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Basic Logs ships an update every 2 months, Chronote every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Basic Logs versus Chronote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBasic LogsChronote
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAllan JuenemannMartin Pietrowski

Customer experience

Basic Logs

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Chronote

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Basic Logs

No in-app purchases

None

Chronote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Basic Logs free?
Basic Logs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chronote free?
Chronote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Basic Logs or Chronote?
Basic Logs and Chronote are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Basic Logs or Chronote have ads?
Neither Basic Logs nor Chronote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Basic Logs or Chronote?
Basic Logs ships an update every 2 months, and Chronote every 6 months. Most recently, Basic Logs was updated on November 3, 2026 and Chronote on October 31, 2026.

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