Photo Journal vs Travel Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Photo Journal
Capture life's moments by taking a photo and adding your thoughts. Easily edit entries, add locations, and even specify weather icons. Share your journal as a PDF or use existing photos from your library.
- Photo-based event creation
- Detailed note editing
- Location tagging
- Weather icon customization
- PDF journal export
- Photo library integration
- Intuitive user interface
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Photo Journal lets you remember every precious moment of your life by shooting a picture and then writing down your feeling. Features: 1. Easy to create an event: just take a picture and an event will be created automatically. 2. Edit an event, you can specify everything in the note. 3. You can specify location for the event. 4. You can specify an icon for the weather. 5. You can navigate to any page easily by using page navigator. 6. You can create a PDF document and email it to your family or friends to share your journal. 7. You can use a picture from Photo Library. 8. Friendly and intuitive user interface. 9. In-Place Edit
Travel Diary
Record travel memories with a map-based diary. Organize experiences using image cards and location markers for an intuitive journey log. Share your adventures easily with friends.
- Map-based travel logging
- Swipeable image cards
- Location markers
- Diary sharing
- Import functionality
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Travel Diary is a map-based App used to record the beautiful moments of your travels. Using swipeable Image Cards combined with the Location Markers on the map to provide you with an intuitive experience. The function of diary sharing and import, which is convenient for you and your friends to share wonderful moments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Travel Diary at 100% against Photo Journal's 0%. Travel Diary also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (5.0 vs 1.0). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
Travel Diary is free to download; Photo Journal costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Travel Diary holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Travel Diary has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Photo Journal's written reviews are positive against 100% of Travel Diary's.
Photo Journal ships an update every 40 months, Travel Diary weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Photo Journal | Travel Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 40 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 12.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UMateY | Yu Qi |
Customer experience
Photo Journal
Travel Diary
In-app purchases
Photo Journal
No in-app purchases
Travel Diary
No in-app purchases
