Comparison

Little Memory vs Today

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

Head to head
About

Little Memory

This app encourages daily reflection by prompting users to write one sentence a day. It saves these entries and sends them back to you in the future for reflection, helping you notice patterns and gain self-awareness. Premium features offer enhanced storage, search, and security.

Highlights
  • Daily one-sentence journaling
  • Future memory recall (1 week, 1 month, 1 year)
  • Daily reminders
  • Photo uploads
  • Favorite memories
  • Streak tracking
  • Insights and emotion graphing
Features
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Tried journaling before? Quit after a week? Little Memory is a journal for people who have a hard time keeping a journal. Write one line about your day, that's it. Fifteen seconds, done. A week, a month, a year from now, your words come back to you. You'll notice patterns you never expected, see how far you've come, and rediscover moments you would have lost. Featured in Apple Staff Favorites, Dear Diary, and Apps for Writers. "A clean, beautiful time machine." — App Store review "If the idea of keeping a journal is daunting, Little Memory is perfect." — Elite Daily What if there was a simple way to keep the moments that bring meaning to your life? A chance encounter, a first step, a perfect smile: saved in a quiet space that's all your own, and returned to you later, when you need them most. That's Little Memory. What you get: ■ Memories resurface on their anniversaries: a week, a month, a year later ■ A morning memory: your own words from a year ago, back on your lock screen ■ Nightly reminders and a streak saver, so a good run never slips away ■ Attach photos and note how each day felt ■ Mark your favorites, share a memory as a beautiful card ■ Streaks and stats that show the days adding up ■ iCloud sync across your devices ■ Wide-screen layout for iPad and iPhone Duo ■ Private by design: your memories live on your device and your personal iCloud ■ Export all your memories anytime Premium: ■ Calendar: flip through every day you've written ■ Search across all your memories ■ Unlimited photos: preserve every detail ■ Photo grids: arrange a day's photos into a collage ■ Tags: organize your memories your way ■ Location: remember where you were ■ Extended insights: the people, places, and feelings your years are made of ■ Automatic Dropbox backup "The beauty of Little Memory is that it actually restricts you to short entries so keeping up with your journaling doesn't feel like a chore." "Oscar Wilde said that our memories are the diaries we carry around with us. I love Oscar, but the diary I carry around with me is the Little Memory." "A telegraph-style of journal. Evocative." Questions? ivan@thelittlememory.com https://thelittlememory.com Terms: https://thelittlememory.com/help/terms-and-conditions Privacy: https://thelittlememory.com/help/privacy

About

Today

Features
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Put your year on your Lock Screen. Today draws a calendar wallpaper from the date — every day of the year as a dot, the days you've lived filled in, today lit — and redraws it every night. Set it up once and your Lock Screen is never out of date. LIVE CALENDAR WALLPAPERS • Year — 365 dots, today highlighted, the days left counted • Twelve Months — the whole year as twelve small calendars • Month and Week — this month at full size, the week stacked day by day • Season, Page, Receiver, Tracks — progress you can read at a glance SCENES AND STILLS • Fuji, Terminal, Blueprint — a picture with today set into it • Instant Stack and Contact Sheet — your own photos as prints or on a film strip, with the date stamp • Plate, Horizon, Flutes — calm stills cut to your iPhone's corners MAKE IT YOURS Colours, dot shapes, layouts, typefaces, size and position. Leave room for Lock Screen widgets or let the design fill the screen. Every wallpaper is drawn at your iPhone's exact resolution and corner radius. SET IT ONCE — IT UPDATES ITSELF iOS lets only the Shortcuts app change a wallpaper, so Today comes with a ready-made, signed shortcut. Add it once, add one daily automation, and your Lock Screen is redrawn just after midnight — with no app to open. The app walks you through it step by step, about two minutes. HOME SCREEN AND LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS Page, Month, Year in dots, Season, Light (sunrise and sunset), the Daily Line and a Clock — or compose your own widget. AN ALMANAC FOR EVERY DAY The date, the moon phase, the season and how far through it you are, sunrise and sunset, the week of the year and a line for the day. TODAY PRO The Year wallpaper is free, and so are the Page, Light, Daily Line and Clock widgets. Today Pro unlocks every wallpaper and every Home Screen widget — monthly, or once for life. No ads and no account. Readers who bought Today before keep every Home Screen widget they had. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The monthly subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/today-terms/home Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/today-privacy/home

Screenshots

Little Memory4 screens
Today4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Today at every 2 weeks against Little Memory's monthly. Today also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Little Memory sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $26.99 per year and Today sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Little Memory ships an update monthly, Today every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Little Memory versus Today: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLittle MemoryToday
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (75 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings75 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS2617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNerd TowerAbbosjon Mamadaliyev

Bugs and requests

Little Memory

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Login required error despite being logged in
  • Cannot add memories on iOS 11 and later
  • Keyboard size issues on iPhone 6 Plus
  • Memory recall not showing 1 month/3 month entries
  • Glitchy behavior (intermittent)
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  • App crashes when adding memories

Requested features

16 requests
  • Dark mode/grey mode option
  • Offline mode for areas without connectivity
  • Ability to upload 4 photos instead of 1
  • Calendar feature on mobile app (available on web)
  • Edit and delete memory functionality
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  • Add entries for multiple past days
  • Line break/return key support
  • Follow friends feature
  • Thumbs up/down rating for days
  • Export memories to email or other services
  • Sync with Tumblr or Evernote
  • Android version
  • Ability to tag people in memories
  • Better photo credit explanation/tutorial
  • More affordable subscription tier
  • Unlimited photo usage option

Today

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Little Memory

Subscriptions1
  • little memory: premium annual7 Days trial$26.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$49.99
2 purchases

Today

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Pro$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$12.99

Questions

Is Little Memory free?
Little Memory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Today free?
Today is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Little Memory or Today have ads?
Neither Little Memory nor Today shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Little Memory or Today?
Little Memory ships an update monthly, and Today every 2 weeks. Most recently, Little Memory was updated on November 1, 2026 and Today on October 28, 2026.

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