Monologue vs Annum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Monologue
This journaling app offers a unique, text-message-like interface for recording thoughts. Organize entries into stories, reply to past thoughts, and privately save notes from any app. Your journal remains secure and accessible only on your device.
- Text-message style journaling
- Organize entries into stories
- Reply to older entries
- Share extension for web comments
- Private and device-only storage
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Monologue is a new kind of journaling app that's as easy as texting. Just type and send, and your entries will be grouped by time, like your texting app. You can also group your entries into stories, and reply to your older entries. + Journal like you're texting. + Reply to older entries. + Organize your entries into stories. + Comment on webpages in Safari via the iOS Share extension. Works in any other app that supports sharing a URL, like Yelp, Foursquare, Google Maps, etc. + All entries are private and never leaves your phone.
Annum
This app encourages daily reflection with a strict 240-character limit per entry. It emphasizes commitment by preventing missed entries or edits to past days. Premium features unlock themes, reminders, search, and sharing.
- Daily 240-character entry limit
- No missed day entries
- No editing past entries
- Free iCloud saving and encryption
- Premium themes
- Daily reminder
- Search functionality
- Share entries
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New year, new life. Record every day in this gorgeously teeny tiny day journal. We limit you to one 240-character entry a day. You can't add days you missed. You can't edit yesterday's entries. We need you committed—but just a tiny bit. All entries are saved and encrypted in iCloud for free. Go premium to enjoy lush themes, a daily reminder, search powers, and share button for each entry! Privacy Policy: https://appsmadefresh.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://appsmadefresh.com/terms-of-use/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Annum at every 10 days against Monologue's every 3 months. Monologue's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (67 vs 20). On price, review sentiment, 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. Monologue sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Annum sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Monologue holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 67 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Monologue's written reviews are positive against 91% of Annum's.
Monologue ships an update every 3 months, Annum every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monologue | Annum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (67 ratings) — better | 4.5 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.2% of reviews — better | 90.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Minima Software | Fresh, LLC |
Customer experience
Monologue
Annum
In-app purchases
Monologue
- Remove Ads$2.99
Annum
- Premium Monthly Access$0.991 Month
- Premium Yearly Access$9.991 Year
- Premium Yearly Access$14.991 Year
- Lifetime Access$34.99
