Movie Note vs Chikuwa Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Movie Note
Organize your movie collection with this app. Track films by director, actor, or genre, and manage custom genres. Save pictures, record ratings and memos, and share notes on Twitter.
- Organize by director, actor, genre
- Custom genre management
- Save movie pictures
- Record ratings and memos
- Twitter sharing
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# It is a simple movie note application. - It displays according to director, actor, genre etc. - The genre can carry out registry management freely. - A picture can also be saved. - The rate mark and a memo are also recordable. - Twitter contribution is possible also for formatting. * The free versions are those with function restriction to 20 data additions. [Add-on purchase] - Restrictions of a data addition are canceled.
Chikuwa Diary
This app allows you to journal, track books and movies, and organize ideas using multiple notebooks. It offers automatic iCloud syncing for seamless access across devices and supports image attachments. Organize your life's moments and information effortlessly.
- Multiple notebooks for different themes
- Book tracking with information retrieval
- Movie recording and search
- Collection feature for organizing information
- Automatic iCloud notebook sync
- Image attachment support
- Widget support
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Chikuwa Diary can be writed to keep a diary as well as record books, movies, and ideas. -- Feature List -- ・ Use of Multiple Notebooks For themes of different genres, you can switch the notebook. ・ Books Management Feature Created to make it easier to record your reading. You can get the information from the code number of the book you read. This application can also record the number of pages and words (use for extensive reading) ・ Movies Management Feature Created to make it easier to record movies. You can search by title. ・ Collection Feature Added to organize various information saved in the app freely. ・ Automatic Notebook Sync Feature You can automatically sync your notebook using iCloud. Once synced, you can access your notebook from other devices. ・ Image Feature This is a general image addition function. Save to iCloud. ・ Widget support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Movie Note at none against Chikuwa Diary's shown. Movie Note also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). Chikuwa Diary's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 56%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Movie Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Chikuwa Diary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Movie Note ships an update every 3 months, Chikuwa Diary fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Movie Note | Chikuwa Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Takuji Shimohisa | Tenta Shinojima |
Customer experience
Movie Note
Chikuwa Diary
In-app purchases
Movie Note
- 映画データ追加回数の制限なし$1.99
Chikuwa Diary
- Chikuwa+ Plan for 1 months$3.991 Month
- Chikuwa+ Plan for 6 months$14.996 Months
