Comparison

Real Diary Lite vs Diary! SmartDiary

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

Head to head
About

Real Diary Lite

A user-friendly digital journal for managing schedules, notes, and moods. Customize your entries with themes, stickers, and pictures. Share updates to social media and track your emotions with mood charts.

Highlights
  • Customizable themes and stickers
  • Password protection with time settings
  • Mood charting and analysis
  • Social media uploads (Twitter, Facebook)
  • Event scheduling and reminders
  • Data backup and restore
Features
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Introducing sensible and practical diary! User friendly for all ages and decorate anyway you like. Real Diary can manage your schedule, memos and even your mood swings. Easy upload to Twitter and Facebook. Various themes and sticker updates. ===================================== Key Features • Select own themes and looks (updates are offered periodically) • Easy to edit resize and rotate stickers, pictures and maps   • Memo board offers free screen expansion, arrangement and enlargement • Password protected with time setting • Various alarm sounds to choose from • All screens are rotate accordingly • Supports Twitter and Facebook uploads • Charts for all moods are available in weeks, month and year • Transfer existing iCalender events • Limitless usage with internet connection ===================================== Additional Features • Data back up and restore function • Calendar mode and list mode available • Quickly jump to monthly or annually (4-way gesture) • Search feature • Preview and show summary of events, select colors • Repeat events option • Set alarm option for any time   • Select weather option with diary • Library for pictures and maps • Add multiple pictures and maps to event • Memo board offers various memo pads, text, pictures and maps • List according to date or choose your own selection in memo board • Various font selections • Hide/show menu bar • Select start up screen ==================================== Please enjoy this application!

About

Diary! SmartDiary

Record daily life with photos and track your mood and schedule on a calendar. Secure your entries with a passcode and easily access past memories. Customize your diary with various settings for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Record memories with photos
  • Track daily mood and schedule
  • Passcode lock with biometric support
  • iCloud backup and data migration
  • Customizable calendar and diary settings
  • Input forgetting notifications
Read full description

Simple and easy operation private diary application. ・Leave memories of daily life with photos easily. ・You can enter in the calendar the mood and schedule of the day. ・You can easily display past memories. ・Passcode lock (Touch ID, Face ID support) ・iCloud backup (iPhone, data migration between the iPad is also possible) [Other functions] ・Cover photo setting ・Calendar display setting (Start Week On, Calendar Position, Cover Photo Size, Transparency) ・Diary text setting (Font Size, Font Depth, Line Spacing) ・Theme color setting ・Notification of forgetting input ・Support for landscape orientation (iPad only) [Credit] ・Designed by Freepik and distributed by Flaticon (https://www.flaticon.com) ・Icons8 (https://icons8.com) ・This software includes the work that is distributed in the Apache License 2.0.

Screenshots

Real Diary Lite4 screens
Diary! SmartDiary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Diary! SmartDiary at 4.6 against Real Diary Lite's 4.0. Diary! SmartDiary also leads on ratings volume (44 vs 3) and review sentiment (93% vs 82%). Real Diary Lite's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Real Diary Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Diary! SmartDiary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Diary! SmartDiary holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Diary! SmartDiary has 44 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Real Diary Lite's written reviews are positive against 93% of Diary! SmartDiary's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Real Diary Lite ships an update every 2 months, Diary! SmartDiary every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Real Diary Lite versus Diary! SmartDiary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReal Diary LiteDiary! SmartDiary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings)4.6 (44 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews93.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings344 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size131 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOwl Family Inc.Hideki Okuno

Customer experience

Real Diary Lite

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%

Diary! SmartDiary

All ratings44 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral2.3%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Real Diary Lite

One-time1
  • Upgrade to paid version$2.99
1 purchases

Diary! SmartDiary

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Real Diary Lite free?
Real Diary Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Diary! SmartDiary free?
Diary! SmartDiary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Real Diary Lite or Diary! SmartDiary?
Diary! SmartDiary is rated higher. Real Diary Lite averages 4.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Diary! SmartDiary averages 4.6 from 44 ratings.
Do Real Diary Lite or Diary! SmartDiary have ads?
Both Real Diary Lite and Diary! SmartDiary show ads.
Which is updated more often, Real Diary Lite or Diary! SmartDiary?
Real Diary Lite ships an update every 2 months, and Diary! SmartDiary every 3 months. Most recently, Real Diary Lite was updated on September 19, 2026 and Diary! SmartDiary on September 17, 2026.

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