Comparison

Diary+ vs ForgeFox

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

Head to head
About

Diary+

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Practice gratitude and mindfulness to feel better. Add three entries about what went well every day. Meditate for 5, 10, 20, or 30 minutes. Start with easy directions, add reminders. Apply powerful well-being science, easily integrable into your daily routines—doable in even under 10 min—while building a collection of your most joyful memories. Easily activate end-to-end encryption—the most secure technology available to protect your data. With Diary+ you can easily write gratitude entries and meditate. And with practice, you can increase your positive emotions on a daily basis. Add three entries about what went well every day. This method, also called keeping a gratitude journal, can increase your well-being for up to six months after writing your last entry. Meditate for 5, 10, 20, or 30 minutes—without any interrupting instructions. The app provides you with a timer, where you hear a gong every 5 minutes for better orientation. That way you can fully concentrate on the essential—your meditation. Start with simple instructions. Gratitude journaling and mindfulness meditation are both easy-to-learn techniques. The only thing you need to get better is practice. Therefore, you can always review the practice overview on the third tab to stay motivated. Add a reminder for entries and/or meditation so that you never forget your practice. Gratitude and mindfulness work in a synergistic way. Gratitude helps to focus on the positive aspects of life. And with mindfulness, you can regulate your negative emotions. Instead of picking a lot of complicated well-being exercises, Diary+ makes it simple. Gratitude and mindfulness are both easy to learn, strongly backed up by science, most enjoyable to do (in comparison to other techniques), and usable on an everyday basis, even in only 10 min. The app is designed for continued use and to increase mental health. It might be used to support therapy or while waiting for therapy. The same mechanisms that increase happiness also improve mental health. Ask your professional caregiver if Diary+ could take over a supportive role in your healing process. Using Diary+ you can build a collection of your most favorite memories. You can select and filter your favorites by month, year, and all-time. That way you can always see your richest memories of your very unique and precious journey. Diary+ is secure and saves your data in the cloud. Later, with a new device, you just need to log in to continue your diary. Cloud data is encrypted with industry standards such as encryption at rest and encryption in transit. Privacy is very important. As an effort for even higher security, Diary+ offers optional end-to-end encryption that can be easily activated. End-to-end encryption is the most secure technology available to protect your data. If activated, nobody except you, not even the developer, can see your entries. You need to save the key at a safe location. If the key is gone, you lose access to your data. Diary+ is developed by Pingcamp, a single-person company or, in other words, by a single developer. My name is Christian Gründer. Please always send me feedback. Diary+ is a project I am highly motivated about, to further improve. I want to hear your opinions. Start now and try Diary+. I made the first month free, so you can try and see if the app is for you. You can use Diary+ only with a subscription. The app is offered only in English. Mindfulness minutes can be integrated into the Apple Health App. A monthly or yearly subscription purchase will be applied to your iTunes account at the end of the trial or intro upon confirmation. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. You can read the Terms and Conditions on: https://pingcamp.com/termsandconditions.html

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ForgeFox

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ForgeFox turns training, nutrition, recovery and personal health tracking into one clear plan for today. DAILY COMMAND Sleep, readiness, meals, training and your medication or supplement schedule continuously rebuild one next best action. Complete something, log a meal or dismiss a priority and the command adapts. TRAIN WITH A REAL PLAN • Follow adaptive programs with a clear session blueprint, recovered-muscle view and weekly load. • Log sets quickly with RPE or reps in reserve, rest timing, supersets, progression cues and personal-record tracking. • Start with ForgeFox Live or hand the structured session to Apple Workout. • Review muscle balance, training rhythm, strength standards and plateaus. LOG LESS. KNOW MORE. • Track calories, protein, carbohydrates, fat, fibre and micronutrients. • Capture a meal from a photo, barcode, search or natural-language description, then review every result before saving. • See the exact target for your next meal and adaptive macro goals based on your own progress. RECOVERY YOU CAN USE Connect Apple Health if you choose. ForgeFox combines sleep, HRV, resting heart rate, activity and a quick check-in into a readable recovery number and training recommendation. FORGE INTELLIGENCE Ask questions grounded in your own logged evidence. ForgeFox keeps transparent operational memory—recent recovery direction, training rhythm, meal capture and adherence—so answers have context instead of starting over every time. Use supported Apple on-device intelligence or managed Forge Pro through an App Store subscription. YOUR WEEK, MADE USEFUL The ForgeFox Index brings six pillars into one readable score. Detailed interactive trends and ForgeFox Weekly show what moved, what held and the one thing to carry forward. MEDICATION & SUPPLEMENT TRACKING Organize existing medications and supplements, reminders, adherence history and supply. ForgeFox tracks the plan you already follow; it does not prescribe or design treatment. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account is required. Your ForgeFox database stays on your device. Apple Health is optional. Cloud intelligence is opt-in and the app explains exactly what is sent before use. Export and restore your own data whenever you need to. ForgeFox provides educational information and personal tracking tools. It is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Consult a qualified professional for medical decisions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Diary+4 screens
ForgeFox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Diary+ at Free against ForgeFox's $2.99. Diary+ also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). ForgeFox's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Diary+ is free to download; ForgeFox costs $2.99 up front. Diary+ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. ForgeFox asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diary+ ships an update every 6 weeks, ForgeFox every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 1 level
Diary+ versus ForgeFox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiary+ForgeFox
PriceFree — better$2.99
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB246 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperChristian GruenderCraig Fox

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Diary+

Subscriptions2
  • Diary+ (1 Month)1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • Diary+ (1 Year)1 Month trial$19.991 Year
None

ForgeFox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Diary+ free?
Diary+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ForgeFox free?
ForgeFox costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Diary+ or ForgeFox have ads?
Diary+ shows ads; ForgeFox does not.
Which is updated more often, Diary+ or ForgeFox?
Diary+ ships an update every 6 weeks, and ForgeFox every 4 days. Most recently, Diary+ was updated on October 19, 2026 and ForgeFox on October 4, 2026.

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