小鹿手帐 vs Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
小鹿手帐
Create beautiful digital journals with a wide variety of cute and fun stickers. This app offers a simple and flexible editing process for your entries, allowing you to personalize your daily records with ease. Enjoy a creative outlet for relaxation and entertainment, even offline.
- Cute and fun stickers
- Easy journaling process
- Offline access
- Flexible editing of text and images
- Daily record keeping
- Relaxing and entertaining
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小鹿手帐是一款可爱又好玩的花样手帐软件,这里有很多好看可爱的贴纸,你可以用小鹿手帐做很多好看的电子手帐。 - 便捷的手帐制作流程,不同风格的可爱贴纸,两步完成一篇手帐 - 无需链接网络,随时随地实现电子手帐自由 - 灵活编辑图片、文字、贴纸,超级方便 - 强大的手帐编辑功能,认真记录日常生活的每一天 - 可爱治愈,休闲娱乐 更多功能不断完善中,感谢您的支持与鼓励…… 此订阅将通过您的iTunes账号自动续订,在当前订阅期结束前24小时内按您的套餐扣除续订费。您可于账户设置处管理或取消自动续订,取消自动续订需在当前订阅期结束前至少提前24小时。如果您的试用还未结束,剩余的天数在您开始订阅后会自动失效。开启订阅,您需要同意以下条款。 隐私政策:http://bizhifang.kindofpure.cn/ake/bizhifang/fang_yinsi.html 服务条款:http://bizhifang.kindofpure.cn/ake/bizhifang/fang_fowu.html
Journal
This app allows users to create a personal diary with a variety of cute stickers and backgrounds. It offers automatic saving of drafts, password protection for privacy, and the ability to insert photos. The app is also optimized for iPad use.
- Customizable stickers and backgrounds
- Automatic draft saving
- Password protection for privacy
- iPad support with Apple Pencil
- Photo insertion for diary entries
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Journal, record the unrepeatable moments carefully. Journal is a diary designed for journal enthusiasts. You can use cute stickers and backgrounds as your Journal. As an interesting journaling app, Journal looks forward to recording warm times with you! [Journal Features] -Super many materials: stickers and backgrounds are updated regularly, and there are new surprises every time you make a diary. -Drafts: Save the content of your Journal automatically, so you can no longer be afraid of losing your journal. -Security privacy: You can set a password for the app to protect your secret space. -Support for iPad: It is easier to edit journals with a large screen and an apple pencil. -Photo record: The diary supports inserting photos to retain beautiful moments. This subscription will be automatically renewed through your iTunes account, and the renewal fee will be deducted according to your package within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or cancel the automatic renewal at the Account Settings Department. To cancel the automatic renewal, you must at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. If your trial has not ended, the remaining days will automatically expire after you start subscribing. To open the subscription, you need to agree to the following terms: Terms of Service: https://keshoujie.github.io/posts/keshoujie/fuwu Privacy terms: https://keshoujie.github.io/posts/keshoujie/privacy
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Verdict
小鹿手帐 and Journal both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 90% of Journal's written reviews are positive against 0% of 小鹿手帐's. Journal also leads on ratings volume (1.8K vs 42). 小鹿手帐's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. 小鹿手帐 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Journal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for 小鹿手帐 against 4.6 for Journal. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Journal has 1.8K ratings behind it against 42, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of 小鹿手帐's written reviews are positive against 90% of Journal's.
小鹿手帐 ships an update weekly, Journal every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 小鹿手帐 | Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (42 ratings) — better | 4.6 (1.8K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 89.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 42 | 1.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 楚婷 柯 | 受杰 柯 |
Customer experience
小鹿手帐
Journal
Bugs and requests
小鹿手帐
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Journal
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when trying to reopen saved pages
- Stickers not displaying properly in some cases
- Sync issues causing data loss
Requested features
4 requests- Add more free stickers and customization options
- Improve syncing and backup functionality
- Allow creating custom backgrounds and stickers
- Introduce a dark mode option
In-app purchases
小鹿手帐
- 月度订阅3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- 季度会员$6.993 Months
- 年度会员$12.996 Months
Journal
- Plus Version3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Plus Version3 Days trial$4.993 Months
- Pro Version$8.99








