single line diary vs DateTimeWidget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
single line diary
A simple daily journal app that allows you to record entries from 62 days in the past up to tomorrow. It features a checkbox for each day and lets you customize the start of your week to Sunday or Monday.
- Daily single line entries
- Checkbox for each day
- Customizable week start (Sunday/Monday)
- Date range: 62 days prior to tomorrow
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from 62 days before to tomorrow, 64 days daily single line diary with a checkbox. switching the first day of the week in Sunday or Monday.
DateTimeWidget
Display the current date and time prominently on your iOS home screen with a customizable widget. Adjust text size, color, and font to match your preferences for easy readability.
- Home screen widget
- Date and time display
- Adjustable text size
- Customizable font
- Color options
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The DateTimeWidget displays date and time in a widget that can be added to your home screen on your iOS device. It is a useful widget if you want to see the date and time in larger text on your screen. The color, size of text and font can all be adjusted in the settings for the widget.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: DateTimeWidget at none against single line diary's shown. DateTimeWidget also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). single line diary's advantage is review sentiment (45% vs 33%) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 14.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | single line diary | DateTimeWidget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 2.4 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SHIGETO TAKAGI | River Rock Logic |
Customer experience
single line diary
DateTimeWidget
In-app purchases
single line diary
No in-app purchases
DateTimeWidget
No in-app purchases
