Work Diary vs M5 Guardian
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Work Diary
Log, plan, and report your daily work activities with this easy-to-use application. It functions as a diary, planner, tracker, and timesheet generator, suitable for all work types and patterns. Generate detailed reports that can be emailed.
- Log daily work activities
- Plan and schedule tasks
- Generate work reports
- Time management tool
- Timesheet generator
- Supports all work patterns
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***** "This app is awesome. It has increased my productivity 100%." - johnmba ***** "This app has saved me so much time and helped me be better organized!!! I love it definitely worth having!" - abceeya007 Work Diary is an amazing new App, ideal for logging, planning, and/or reporting your day-to-day work activities. Being very easy to use, it lets you spend more time doing your work, and less time on the admin. Key Features: - Can be used as a diary, calendar, planner, tracker, time management tool and/or timesheet generator. - Is suitable for any type of work/business. - Caters for all possible working patterns, including shift work. - Includes powerful reporting features, producing a wide variety of printable and spreadsheet reports, detailing your work. You can email these wherever you want them to go. - Contains no Ads or In-App Purchases.
M5 Guardian
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REQUIRES A M5 ACCOUNT, CONTACT sales@symtech.nz FOR A FREE. Features: -Staff time sheets -Only track your employees when they are working. -Check in features for identifying when you arrive and leave a site. -Cyclic check in reminders for when staff work remotely and you need to know they are safe. -Helpful break feature for identifying when staff are on a break. -SOS and Help buttons for instant alerts in emergency situations. -Vehicle pre-start checking. -Tracking driving behaviors.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: M5 Guardian at Free against Work Diary's $1.99. M5 Guardian also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Work Diary's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On 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
M5 Guardian is free to download; Work Diary costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Work Diary ships an update every 2 months, M5 Guardian every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Work Diary | M5 Guardian |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (51 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 51 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 284 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SMC Analysts Ltd | Custom Design |
In-app purchases
Work Diary
No in-app purchases
M5 Guardian
No in-app purchases
