Comparison

Journal 365 vs Outliner by codediary

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

Head to head
About

Journal 365

Features
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Use a journal to record your daily experiences, ideas, emotions and thoughts. Writing a journal regularly can help to improve your communication skills. Besides that, journaling has been known to inspire creativity, encourage self-confidence, reduce anxiety and certainly improve mental health. Your journal contents are stored locally in your device and backed up in your private iCloud account, so they are safe and secure. No one else will be able to read your journal. If you have more than one iOS device, the contents will be synchronised across those devices as well.

About

Outliner by codediary

Features
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Think in outlines. Get things done. Outliner by codediary is a fast, flexible outliner for capturing ideas, planning projects, and tracking tasks — all in clean, collapsible hierarchies that sync instantly across your iPhone, iPad and Mac Whether you're writing a plan, building a checklist, or managing a project, it keeps everything structured, searchable, and in sync. OUTLINE ANYTHING • Build unlimited nested outlines with drag-and-drop reordering • Indent, outdent, expand, and collapse branches with a tap or keyboard shortcut • Automatic heading styles (H1–H5) give every level clear visual hierarchy • Multi-select to copy, cut, and paste items and entire subtrees • Handwriting - draw and annotate right inside your outlines TRACK TASKS WITH SMART CHECKLISTS • Tri-state checkboxes: done, not done, or partially complete • Parent items roll up automatically as you complete their children • Check or clear an entire subtree with a long press • Hide completed items to focus on what's left ADD CONTEXT • Attach notes to any item • Add images from your photo library, or camera • Zoom, swipe through, and organize inline image attachments • Highlight items with colors and custom styles FIND IT FAST • Live in-outline search with highlighting and match navigation • Global search across every outline at once • Organize outlines with tags, including nested categories SYNC & SHARE • Automatic iCloud sync — no manual saving, always up to date • Share outlines with others to view or edit together in real time • Shared outlines and their images stay in sync for everyone BACKUP & PRINT • Export a full backup of everything, or a single outline, to a file • Restore with smart deduplication — no duplicates • Print or save as PDF with your indentation, checkboxes, notes, and colors intact BUILT FOR APPLE PLATFORMS • Native on iPhone, iPad, and Mac • Full keyboard support: Return, Tab/Shift-Tab, undo/redo, and more • Mac menu commands for font size, undo, search, and printing • Shake to undo on iPhone BOOST YOUR PRODUCTIVITY • Focus Mode — zoom into a single outline and hide the rest. • Better note editing on iOS — full-screen editor for distraction-free writing MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SEE YOUR WORK • Progress bar showing overall completion Start with a single line. Grow it into anything.

Screenshots

Journal 3654 screens
Outliner by codediary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Outliner by codediary at none against Journal 365's 1. Outliner by codediary also leads on ads (none vs shown). Journal 365's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Journal 365 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Outliner by codediary asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Journal 365 versus Outliner by codediary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJournal 365Outliner by codediary
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperExplorer Technologiesjeong kyu lee

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Journal 365

One-time1
  • Remove advertisement$2.99
None

Outliner by codediary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Journal 365 free?
Journal 365 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Outliner by codediary free?
Outliner by codediary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Journal 365 or Outliner by codediary have ads?
Journal 365 shows ads; Outliner by codediary does not.

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