Penzu vs Ailly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Penzu
This app provides a secure and private space for journaling, note-taking, and storing personal thoughts. It offers robust security features like password and PIN locks, encryption, and cloud syncing across devices. Users can also add photos and tags to their entries, making it a comprehensive digital diary.
- Unlimited journaling
- Cloud sync for free
- Password and PIN locks
- Journal encryption
- Add photos to entries
- Search and tag entries
- Offline writing
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*Used by over 1 million people around the world *Best free journal in any app store *Syncs to the web and other mobile platforms for free Penzu is the most popular free diary, journal and notepad. It’s the best place to keep your most private thoughts safe and secure. Sync your journals to Penzu where your notes are accessible from almost any device in the world. So simple and fun that you’ll leave your paper diary behind! FEATURES *Unlimited journaling *Sync journals with Penzu cloud for free *Customize your journal covers *Lock journals with a password *Encrypt your journals *Add photos *Lock app with a PIN *Search journals *Add tags *Write offline and more... WHY PENZU? Penzu is a diary and personal journal that is focused on privacy. With a unique and compelling user experience, it makes writing online as easy and intuitive as writing on a pad of paper. PRIVACY Your journal and your thoughts aren’t always meant to be shared — some things are supposed to be private! Use Penzu to jot down whatever you want. Then lock your journal with a password (or even encryption) so no one can read it but you! Furthermore, you can lock the entire app with a PIN in the event that someone gets access to your mobile device. PENZU Unlike other journal apps, Penzu has a web-based counterpart. So you can access your journals and diary from any web browser and other devices. Penzu is constantly being updated and improved so that the writing experience is effortless and reliable. SUBSCRIPTION INFO This app is free to download but requires a free Penzu account in order to start writing. Upgrading to Penzu Pro is available for a small monthly or yearly subscription. Your subscription will auto-renew unless you cancel manually. Monthly subscriptions are $4.99 USD and renew every month. Yearly subscriptions are $19.99 USD and renew every year. You can see our privacy policy here: http://penzu.com/m/privacy You can read our terms of use here: http://penzu.com/m/terms
Ailly
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Most people have heard that AI will change how they work. Far fewer have been told where to start. Ailly asks about your job and your week, then builds a plan out of your answers. It isn't a course. It's one small thing to do today, and a different one tomorrow. FOR YOU • A 2-minute check-up that scores where you're starting from • A daily lesson, a challenge, and a prompt drill, a few minutes each • Ask Ailly: it drafts the email or works through the decision with you, then shows you what made the answer good • An AI Fluency score across four areas that moves as you practice FOR YOUR BUSINESS Ailly takes you from an idea to a registered company: the name, the LLC filing, the EIN. It fills in the forms in plain English and tells you what each question is actually asking. After that it tracks the deadlines that keep a business legal, including your state's annual report and what it costs you to miss it. Once a month it looks at how you're really working and points at the jobs AI could take off you. FOR YOUR COMPANY Everyone on the team does a 15-minute interview, typed or spoken. You get a graded readiness report written from what your own people said, and a training plan for each of them. Leadership sees levels and opportunities. Not anyone's individual answers. Ailly is free to use. Pro rewrites your plan every week, runs on a stronger model, and writes your daily lesson for you instead of pulling one from a list. What you write is never used to train a model. You can delete your account and everything in it from inside the app. Privacy Policy: https://aillyapp.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://aillyapp.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Penzu at none against Ailly's 5. Penzu also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). 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. Ailly sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Penzu asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Penzu | Ailly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (2.5K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 52.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.5K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Penzu Inc. | Dreamwake Labs LLC |
Bugs and requests
Penzu
Reported bugs
3 issues- Keyboard disappearing during use
- Entries not saving or syncing properly
- Inability to access account after updates
Requested features
4 requests- More customization options for fonts, themes, and layouts
- Ability to export/backup journal entries
- Improved mobile app stability and features
- Better customer support and communication
Ailly
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Penzu
No in-app purchases
Ailly
- Ailly Pro7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Ailly Grow1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- Ailly Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year
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- Ailly Grow1 Month trial$89.991 Year
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