Quick Diary vs Whelm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quick Diary
This free application combines quick notes, sticky notes, and diary entries into a single, convenient tool. Easily save, edit, delete, search, and share your written thoughts and daily life moments.
- Quick note taking
- Sticky note functionality
- Diary entries
- Instant saving
- Edit and delete notes
- Search by text or date
- Share notes
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Quick note, sticky note and diary - in one free application. Get the part of your daily life with you from now on.... You can save any writing instantly, edit later or delete, search by text or date and share any note whenever you wish. Please visit support URL for detail on how to use.
Whelm
Organize your day, stay focused with a built-in timer, and build consistency. Track your progress, notes, and daily stats. Offers AI guidance and deeper customization with a Pro version.
- Structured daily scheduling
- Built-in focus timer and session tracking
- Streak protection and progress tracking
- Note-taking and organization
- Daily stats and leaderboard
- AI-powered guidance (Pro)
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Whelm Productivity is a mobile-first focus and planning system designed to help you organize your day, follow through on meaningful work, and build consistency over time. Use Whelm to: - Plan your day with structured scheduling - Stay focused with a built-in timer and session tracking - Complete focus blocks and protect your streak - Write and organize notes - Track Today stats, XP, streaks, and progress - Use Whelmboard to see Daily Arena and leaderboard progress - Ask Whelm AI for Today guidance with Whelm Pro Whelm Standard includes core planning, timer, notes, quick Today actions, and progress tracking. Whelm Pro unlocks Ask Whelm AI, live suggestions, deeper customization, and advanced productivity support. This update also improves offline support, so timers, notes, schedule blocks, Today stats, and local progress stay usable without WiFi or cellular. Offline changes sync when you reconnect. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Whelm at 5.0 against Quick Diary's 2.6. Whelm also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). Quick Diary's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 2) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Quick Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Whelm sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Whelm holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Diary has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Quick Diary ships an update every 5 weeks, Whelm every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quick Diary | Whelm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TopOfStack Software Limited | Caleb Roemhildt-Sultan |
Customer experience
Quick Diary
Whelm
Bugs and requests
Quick Diary
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when trying to open
- Entries not syncing correctly across devices
- Unable to access old data after updates
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to add photos and customize backgrounds
- Option to export/email entire diary
- Sync across devices via iCloud or other cloud services
Whelm
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Quick Diary
- Purchase Ad Free$4.99
Whelm
- Whelm Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Whelm Pro Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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