Monologue vs Text Diary
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.
Text Diary
A free and simple text-based journaling app that allows unlimited entries. Organize your thoughts with folders, colors, and tags, and easily search or filter your past entries. Enjoy a comfortable user experience with quick startup and dark mode.
- Unlimited daily diary entries
- Organize by folder, color, tag
- Searchable diary entries
- Filter by date or tag
- Quick startup and comfortable operation
- Dark mode support
- Completely free to use
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It's a simple text diary app. All features are completely free to use. Features: - Unlimited daily diary - Classified by folder, color, tag - Search diary - Filter by date or tag - Quick start-up, comfortable operability - Dark mode - All free URL scheme: textdiary://
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Text Diary at none against Monologue's 1. Monologue's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Monologue sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Text Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.
Monologue holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Monologue has 66 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Monologue ships an update every 3 months, Text Diary every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monologue | Text Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (66 ratings) — better | 4.5 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Minima Software | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
Monologue
Text Diary
In-app purchases
Monologue
- Remove Ads$2.99
Text Diary
No in-app purchases
