Comparison

Pudding Note vs Secret Diary

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

Head to head
About

Pudding Note

Create a personalized digital journal with a variety of decorative stickers, fonts, and backgrounds. This app offers a fun and easy way to log your daily life, memories, and thoughts with cloud synchronization for data safety.

Highlights
  • Easy pocketbook creation
  • Cute Q version and fresh backgrounds
  • Exquisite stickers and fancy fonts
  • Customizable notebook covers
  • Cloud synchronization
  • Memo, notepad, and painting functions
Features
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"Pudding Note" is a book with a lot of sticker materials, rich pattern fonts, and rich functions, which can help the little master to better record the wonderful life, let the cute little pudding accompany you to play with the account, and bring you Come warm! 【APP introduction】 -Easy and quick to create a pocketbook, it only takes three easy steps to complete - Covers cute Q version, fresh background, graphic collage materials, making handbook a joy of life - A lot of exquisite stickers, original notebook covers, fancy fonts can be switched at will, a real handbook making experience -Unique pudding character, super fun handbook APP, you can also customize the notebook cover~ - Rich and diverse functions, unlimited capacity PDA cloud synchronization function, no loss when changing devices, write as much as you want, pudding will escort your small memories As a pocket notebook that integrates pocketbook making, memo, notepad, and painting, we will provide you with a real pocketbook making experience! ======== Automatic Subscription Member Instructions ======== 1.Service name: monthly membership (1 month, annual membership (1 year) 2.The account that purchased the automatic subscription membership will deduct the fee from your iTunes account 24 hours before the monthly subscription expires. After the deduction is successful, the subscription period will be automatically extended. 1.If you need to cancel the subscription, please manually open the Apple "Settings" - click "iTunes Store and App Store" - click "Apple ID", select "View Apple ID", enter the "Account Settings" page, click "Subscribe", select Just cancel the subscription for VIP products. 2.If you do not close the subscription at least 24 hours before the end of the subscription period, it will be deemed that you agree to continue the authorization, and this subscription will automatically renew. "User Agreement" http://survey.szsszykj.com/api/Protocol/detail?id=121 "User Privacy Statement" http://survey.szsszykj.com/api/Protocol/detail?id=120

About

Secret Diary

Securely record your thoughts, daily events, and journeys with this private diary app. It offers robust security features like Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode lock, and allows for extensive personalization with themes, fonts, and backgrounds. All entries are stored locally for maximum privacy.

Highlights
  • Face ID, Touch ID, passcode lock
  • iCloud backup and restore
  • Unlimited editing options
  • Add photos, backgrounds, fonts
  • Personalize with artistic themes
  • Local data storage
Features
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Secret Diary is a free diary journal app with high security. Your data is safe with iCloud backup and restore. This app use Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode lock to protect the security of your secret thoughts, daily diary and journeys. To ensure privacy and security, all your entry will only be saved on your device and not sent to any servers. Secret Diary provide unlimited dairy editing options, adding photos, backgrounds, fonts, moods, etc. Also, you can personalize this app with multiple artistic and kawaii themes. Everything is free! This App will protect your memories securely. Please try and enjoy it!

Screenshots

Pudding Note4 screens
Secret Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Secret Diary at none against Pudding Note's 3. Secret Diary also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (98 vs 6). Pudding Note's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pudding Note sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Secret Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Pudding Note against 4.7 for Secret Diary. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Secret Diary has 98 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Pudding Note's written reviews are positive against 85% of Secret Diary's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pudding Note ships an update every 10 days, Secret Diary every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pudding Note versus Secret Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPudding NoteSecret Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6 ratings)4.7 (98 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews85.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings698 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB66 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperShenzhen Finger Game Technology Co.,Ltd.Trang Le Thi

Customer experience

Pudding Note

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Secret Diary

All ratings59 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral11.9%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive85.0%
Neutral7.5%
Negative7.5%

Bugs and requests

Pudding Note

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Secret Diary

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Cannot get back to previous background themes
  • Lock screen appears after entries are visible
  • App crashes when phone is on airplane mode
  • Difficulty entering or recovering passcode
  • Passcode not visible or functional at times

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow autocorrect while typing
  • Ensure lock screen appears first
  • Recover passcode when forgotten
  • Add backup feature
  • Enable Face ID/Touch ID for login

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Pudding Note

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly VIP7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Annually VIP$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Permanently VIP$31.99
None

Secret Diary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pudding Note free?
Pudding Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Secret Diary free?
Secret Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pudding Note or Secret Diary?
Secret Diary is rated higher. Pudding Note averages 4.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Secret Diary averages 4.7 from 98 ratings.
Do Pudding Note or Secret Diary have ads?
Pudding Note shows ads; Secret Diary does not.
Which is updated more often, Pudding Note or Secret Diary?
Pudding Note ships an update every 10 days, and Secret Diary every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pudding Note was updated on October 24, 2026 and Secret Diary on October 23, 2026.

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