Diary Books vs Diary Diyali
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Diary Books
Record daily memories, thoughts, and special moments in a beautifully designed personal journal. Organize entries into distinct diary books for different life events, people, or goals. This app offers a private and simple space to capture your life stories and revisit cherished memories.
- Create multiple diary books
- Write daily journal entries
- Organize memories by year, topic, or person
- Elegant diary-book design
- Face ID support
- Private journaling space
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**Diary Books** is a beautiful and personal journaling app designed to help you record daily memories, thoughts, stories, and special moments in a diary-book style. Create your own diary books for different years, people, trips, school memories, family moments, or personal goals. Each diary can feel like a private book filled with your life stories. Write journal entries, organize memories, and keep important moments easy to revisit. Whether you want to write a daily diary, save meaningful memories, track your feelings, or create a personal keepsake, Diary Books gives you a warm and simple place to write. **Features:** * Create and organize multiple diary books * Write daily journal entries * Keep memories by year, topic, or person * Simple and elegant diary-book design * Great for personal memories, family journals, school life, travel notes, and daily reflections * A private space to record your thoughts and life moments * Face ID support Turn your memories into beautiful diary books, one entry at a time.
Diary Diyali
A simple and straightforward application for creating and managing your personal notes and entries. Organize your thoughts, ideas, and daily reflections in a clean interface.
- Entry creation
- Note management
- Simple interface
- Personal organization
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Entry/Note taking app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Diary Diyali at 100% against Diary Books's 9%. Diary Diyali also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Diary Books's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 31 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Diary Books sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Diary Diyali asks for nothing beyond the download.
Diary Books ships an update every 10 days, Diary Diyali every 31 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Diary Books | Diary Diyali |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 8.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 31 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alteru Inc. | Timothy Bunn |
Customer experience
Diary Books
Diary Diyali
In-app purchases
Diary Books
- Diary Books App Purchase$4.99
Diary Diyali
No in-app purchases
