Diary Books vs Runny
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.
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.
- Chat-style note interface
- Rich text notes
- Clickable links
- Audio recording
- Image capture
- iCloud sync
- Swipe gestures for management
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Diary Books sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Runny asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Diary Books | Runny |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 8.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alteru Inc. | Alina Vetrov |
Customer experience
Diary Books
Runny
In-app purchases
Diary Books
- Diary Books App Purchase$4.99
Runny
No in-app purchases









