Comparison

Daily Tracker Journal & Diary vs Journal

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

Head to head
About

Daily Tracker Journal & Diary

This app allows you to track virtually anything in your life, from daily habits and expenses to health metrics and personal goals. Consolidate multiple tracking needs into one powerful, user-friendly application.

Highlights
  • Track unlimited items
  • Customizable tracking categories
  • Data backup and sync
  • Data export to Excel/Google Drive
  • User-friendly interface
  • VoiceOver accessibility
Features
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• Apple “New Year, New You” Favorite • Apple App Store Staff Favorite Lumen Trails Daily Tracker lets you take notes, make lists and keep track of other things in your life such as time, workouts, expenses, calories, food, weight, sleep or anything else you can think of, even where you've parked your car! Thousands of people use it every day, and they love it because it truly makes a difference in their lives. “I've been using Daily Tracker for 6 months and continue to love it. One of my most sticky and useful apps ever on my phone.” – David D'Souza The beauty of Daily Tracker is that you can track absolutely anything. There are tons of other apps that allow you to track one or two things, for example, calories and weight. But what if you decide to track something else? Say, how many cigarettes you smoke as you try to quit, your eating habits, or even net worth? Daily Tracker is the app for that! Instead of having one app for your to-do lists, one for tracking expenses, another one for tracking your weight, you can declutter your home screen and just have one app that does it all. You'll have all your important data stored in one convenient place, for many years to come. Designed exclusively for the iPhone and iPad, Daily Tracker is incredibly powerful, easy to use, and looks beautiful on the Retina Display. It can even backup your data automatically to Google Drive, sync with iCloud, and is fully accessible with Apple VoiceOver in 12 languages. There's nothing that comes even close to it. And to top it all, your data is not locked on your iPhone. You can export it to Excel or Google Drive. So what's truly important to you right now? Your Health? Fitness? Finances? Productivity? Track it and get things done! Have a Question? We are here to help! Email us at support@lumenspark.com, or find us on Twitter @lumentrails.

About

Journal

Capture and reflect on life's moments with rich media like photos, videos, and audio. Intelligent suggestions and prompts help you start writing, while multiple journals and goal tracking support a consistent practice. Sync across devices for seamless access.

Highlights
  • Journaling suggestions and prompts
  • Rich media attachments (photos, video, audio)
  • Handwriting and sketching support
  • Multiple journal organization
  • Streaks and insights for habit tracking
  • Cross-device iCloud sync
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Take a moment to reflect on your day. Capture and write about the details of everyday moments and special events using photos, videos, audio recordings, places, your state of mind, and more. Journaling suggestions make it easy to remember your daily experiences—so you can add them to your journal and never have to start with a blank page. Organize your entries by creating multiple journals for different aspects of your life, keep track of your journaling goals with insights and streaks, and sync your journal between iPhone, iPad, and Mac using iCloud. Get started writing with journaling suggestions • Choose from suggested moments to start your journal entry with intelligently grouped outings, photos, workouts, media and more. • Get a writing prompt to guide your insights. • Find inspiration with reflection prompts to focus on gratitude, kindness, purpose, and more. • Journaling suggestions are created using on-device intelligence based on how you use your iPhone. Choose what information you want to enable for suggestions. • Suggestions created on your iPhone sync securely to iPad. Preserve powerful memories in rich detail • Illustrate your entries with the photos, videos, and places that tell your story. Customize the layout by placing attachments seamlessly within the text you write. • Get inspired to keep writing by asking for prompts tailored to the contents of your entry. • Get creative and express yourself with lettering, sketches, and doodles using your finger, or Apple Pencil on iPad. And you can make your journal even more personal with entries in your own handwriting. • Record your voice directly into your journal and have it transcribed automatically, or record your surroundings to add context to your entry. • Express yourself with text formatting options, including lists, quotes, and various text styles. • Add a widget to your Home Screen or Lock Screen that shows your current streak at a glance or presents writing prompts that change throughout the day so you can reflect on what’s going on in the moment. • Start a new entry and add content from other apps like News, Music, or Safari. • Keep your entries organized by creating multiple journals for different aspects of your life, and add a custom name and icon for each. Enjoy past moments • Browse, search, and sort your journal to look back and reflect on key moments in your life. • Easily find past entries using the calendar. • See entries written at a specific location or find entries you made nearby in the new Places view. • View each entry and its attachments in a beautiful fullscreen view. • Print or export your entries. Build a good habit • View your journaling streaks, the days you journaled, and other fun stats in the new Insights view. • Set a schedule or receive notifications at convenient times based on how you use the app. You’ll get reminders when it’s time to write, or when new journaling suggestions are ready, so you can keep a consistent journaling practice. Journal for wellbeing • Log your state of mind right from within Journal and save it to the Health app. • Automatically save your writing time as Mindful Minutes in Health. • Keep your journal private and secure • Protect your journal with your device passcode, Touch ID, or Face ID, so no one but you can access it. • Store your entries safely in iCloud so they’re automatically backed up. Certain features are available only in select languages and regions.

Screenshots

Daily Tracker Journal & Diary4 screens
Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Journal at none against Daily Tracker Journal & Diary's 10. Journal also leads on ratings volume (338K vs 2.2K) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Daily Tracker Journal & Diary's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.2). On price, review sentiment, 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. Daily Tracker Journal & Diary sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Journal asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Journal holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Journal has 338K ratings behind it against 2.2K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Daily Tracker Journal & Diary's written reviews are positive against 80% of Journal's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daily Tracker Journal & Diary ships an update every 5 days, Journal every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Daily Tracker Journal & Diary versus Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaily Tracker Journal & DiaryJournal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2.2K ratings)4.8 (338K ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.0% of reviews — better79.7% of reviews
Number of ratings2.2K338K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLumen Spark LLCApple Inc.

Customer experience

Daily Tracker Journal & Diary

All ratings2,202 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral4.5%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews1,081 reviews
Positive86.0%
Neutral3.1%
Negative10.8%

Journal

All ratings333,558 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.7%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews5,598 reviews
Positive79.7%
Neutral7.4%
Negative12.9%

User reviews

Daily Tracker Journal & Diary

From 2.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💻 Versatile and customizable
  • 🗓️ Excellent for journaling and tracking
  • 🔒 Secure data storage
  • 🔍 Powerful search and organization
  • 🤖 Helpful for habit formation and goal tracking

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Concerns about data security and backup
  • 💰 Subscription model can be expensive
  • 🕰️ Occasional sync and performance issues
  • 🤔 Steep learning curve for some users
  • 🚫 Lack of Android support

Journal

From 338K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Journaling made easy
  • 🔒 Private and secure
  • 👍 Organized and intuitive
  • 👍 Helpful suggestions and prompts
  • 👍 Convenient voice recording

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Cursor jumps around while typing
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and freezes
  • 🔍 Lack of search and filtering options
  • 🔍 Inability to organize entries into folders or tags
  • 🔍 Limited customization options for fonts, colors, etc.

Bugs and requests

Daily Tracker Journal & Diary

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Deleted entries reappearing
  • Inability to edit or delete certain entries
  • Syncing problems across devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • Spreadsheet-like templates
  • More customization options for layouts and themes
  • Integration with Apple Health and other fitness apps
  • Ability to export data in various formats
  • Handwriting and Apple Pencil support
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  • Improved analytics and data visualization

Journal

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Cursor jumping to top/bottom of entry while typing
  • App freezing or crashing when adding multiple photos
  • Inconsistent behavior when editing existing entries

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add search and filtering capabilities
  • Implement tagging and folder organization
  • Provide more customization options
  • Expand to iPad and Mac platforms
  • Integrate with Health app for mood tracking
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  • Add option to share/export journal entries

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Daily Tracker Journal & Diary

Subscriptions2
  • Lumen Trails$4.991 Month
  • Lumen Trails7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time8
  • Calorie CounterFree
  • Cardio WorkoutFree
  • Daily JournalFree
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  • Expense TrackerFree
  • Food DiaryFree
  • NotesFree
  • Todo ListFree
  • Weight TrackerFree
None

Journal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Daily Tracker Journal & Diary free?
Daily Tracker Journal & Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Journal free?
Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Daily Tracker Journal & Diary or Journal?
Journal is rated higher. Daily Tracker Journal & Diary averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2.2K ratings, while Journal averages 4.8 from 338K ratings.
Do Daily Tracker Journal & Diary or Journal have ads?
Neither Daily Tracker Journal & Diary nor Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Daily Tracker Journal & Diary or Journal?
Daily Tracker Journal & Diary ships an update every 5 days, and Journal every 3 months. Most recently, Daily Tracker Journal & Diary was updated on October 29, 2026 and Journal on October 31, 2026.

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