Comparison

Diary Books vs Runny

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Runny

Capture your thoughts instantly with this chat-style note-taking app. Add rich text, links, audio, and images with a single tap. Notes sync via iCloud and are easily managed with swipe gestures.

Highlights
  • Chat-style note interface
  • Rich text notes
  • Clickable links
  • Audio recording
  • Image capture
  • iCloud sync
  • Swipe gestures for management
Features
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Runny is a quick and seamless chat style note taking app, that will help you capture your ideas before they disappear. With a single tap, you will be able to take rich text notes with clickable links, record audio, and capture images. Notes can be shared or deleted with a single swipe gesture, so you could focus on your best thoughts and keep them organized and useful. Your notes will automatically sync to your iCloud account, so that you will be able to access them on your other iCloud enabled devices, or restore your data at any time. Simple, minimalistic design with liquid glass UI elements allows your content to shine. No ads. One time purchase. Gain unlimited access with no hidden fees or subscriptions.

Screenshots

Diary Books4 screens
Runny4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Runny at none against Diary Books's 1. Diary Books's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. Diary Books sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Runny asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Diary Books versus Runny: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiary BooksRunny
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews8.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlteru Inc.Alina Vetrov

Customer experience

Diary Books

Written reviews69 reviews
Positive8.7%
Neutral18.8%
Negative72.5%

Runny

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Diary Books

One-time1
  • Diary Books App Purchase$4.99
None

Runny

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Diary Books free?
Diary Books is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Runny free?
Runny is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Diary Books or Runny have ads?
Neither Diary Books nor Runny shows ads.

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