Comparison

Cross Stitch Journal vs Intelligent Diary

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

Head to head
About

Cross Stitch Journal

This app helps you manage your cross stitch projects from initial idea to finished piece. Track progress, record stitching details, and visualize your accomplishments with various charts and summaries. It also includes a fabric calculator and data import functionality.

Highlights
  • Track projects from start to finish
  • Record date, time, and stitches
  • Built-in stitching timer
  • Project progress and status charts
  • Fabric size calculator
  • Data import from spreadsheet
Features
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Cross Stitch Journal is the best app for tracking your cross stitch projects from start to finish. When you find a design that you would like to stitch, create a project in the Wishlist. From there the project can be moved from the Wishlist through the Have Chart, Ready to Start, Started, and Finished stages as you collect supplies and stitch your project. The list of Finished projects can be used to documents all your stitching accomplishments. Features - Track projects from start to finish - Record date, time and stitches every time that you stitch a project - Use the built-in timer to record times when you start and stop stitching - Started project summary shows completed stitches, percentage complete, and number of remaining stitching days to completion - Project charts show project progress over time - Project status charts show percentage complete for each started project - Summary charts show projects stitched over a certain time period. - Dashboard view shows the number of projects in each stage - List projects in each stage (I think this belongs at the top of the list along with other general uses like track projects and record stitching days) - Project logs show when a project was stitched - Fabric calculator can be used to easily calculate fabric size for any fabric count - Pause projects to remove them from project lists. - Archived projects are permanently removed from project lists. - Deleted projects also remove logs for that project. - Previous data tracked using the Cross Stitch Journal spreadsheet can be imported into the app. Cross Stitch Journal can be used for free to track up to three projects. Unlocking the app will allow you to track an unlimited number of projects. Unlocking will also allow you to import data from the Cross Stitch Journal spreadsheet. Download Cross Stitch Journal and start tracking your cross stitching today.

About

Intelligent Diary

This private digital journal captures video, voice, photos, text, and handwriting entirely on your device. It transcribes and analyzes your entries to reveal personal patterns, insights, and charts without any data leaving your phone. Your journal is stored as accessible files, with options for device-to-device syncing.

Highlights
  • On-device data processing
  • Multimedia entry capture (video, voice, photo, text, handwriting)
  • Automatic transcription and analysis
  • Searchable text and insights
  • Data visualization (charts, maps)
  • File-based storage and backup
  • Device-to-device Wi-Fi syncing
Features
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Intelligent Diary is a 100% on-device private digital journal. It captures video, voice, photo, text, and scanned handwriting. Everything is transcribed and analyzed entirely on your device: the app learns who and what you talk about and how you felt about it, then turns years of entries into searchable text, insights, charts, and a map of your own words — without one byte ever leaving your phone. There's no account, no ads, no subscription, and no advice: it surfaces your own patterns and lets you draw your own conclusions. Your diary is a normal folder of ordinary files you can open, edit, and back up with any tool you like; it imports from Day One and Apple Journal, and syncs device-to-device over your own Wi-Fi — or through iCloud if you turn it on. The basics are free, and three one-time in-app purchases (each with a 60-day free trial) let you own everything forever.

Screenshots

Cross Stitch Journal4 screens
Intelligent Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Cross Stitch Journal at 27 against Intelligent Diary's 1. Cross Stitch Journal also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.5). Intelligent Diary's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, 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. Cross Stitch Journal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Intelligent Diary sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Intelligent Diary holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cross Stitch Journal has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cross Stitch Journal ships an update every 3 weeks, Intelligent Diary weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cross Stitch Journal versus Intelligent Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCross Stitch JournalIntelligent Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (27 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB3.7 GB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBlitstitch Labs LLCElise Wood

Customer experience

Cross Stitch Journal

All ratings26 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative8.3%

Intelligent Diary

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cross Stitch Journal

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Application$5.99
3 purchases

Intelligent Diary

One-time3
  • Words$2.00
  • Charts$4.00
  • Hallucination Station$4.00

Questions

Is Cross Stitch Journal free?
Cross Stitch Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Intelligent Diary free?
Intelligent Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cross Stitch Journal or Intelligent Diary?
Intelligent Diary is rated higher. Cross Stitch Journal averages 4.8 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Intelligent Diary averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Cross Stitch Journal or Intelligent Diary have ads?
Neither Cross Stitch Journal nor Intelligent Diary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cross Stitch Journal or Intelligent Diary?
Cross Stitch Journal ships an update every 3 weeks, and Intelligent Diary weekly. Most recently, Cross Stitch Journal was updated on November 3, 2026 and Intelligent Diary on November 5, 2026.

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