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 brings training, nutrition, recovery and personal health tracking into one clear daily view. TODAY AND FORGE FOCUS See sleep, recovery, meals, training and your medication or supplement schedule together. Forge Focus highlights a useful next action and lets you open the data behind it. TRAIN WITH A REAL PLAN • Follow a structured session with a clear exercise blueprint and recent workout history. • Log sets with RPE or reps in reserve, rest timing, supersets and progression cues. • Add a walk or run to a session, or start a moving workout with a paired Apple Watch. • Review muscle balance, training rhythm, strength and plateaus. LOG LESS. KNOW MORE. • Track calories, protein, carbohydrates, fat, fibre and micronutrients. • Capture a meal from a photo, barcode, search or description, then review it before saving. • See meal targets, water and saved foods together. RECOVERY YOU CAN USE Connect Apple Health if you choose. ForgeFox uses received sleep, HRV, resting heart rate and other available signals to explain recovery and guide training. Missing readings stay unavailable. A check-in adds personal context without changing the sensor-based Recovery score. HEALTH AND BODY METRICS Log weight, body composition, waist, blood pressure and bloodwork. Explore dated readings and detailed trends, including their sources where available. FORGE INTELLIGENCE Ask questions grounded in your logged training, nutrition and recovery context. Supported Apple on-device intelligence is available when your device supports it. Optional Forge Pro features use an App Store subscription and send only the content needed for the request you choose. YOUR WEEK, MADE USEFUL The ForgeFox Index brings six pillars into one readable score. Detailed charts and ForgeFox Weekly show what moved and what 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 ForgeFox account is required. Your local database stays on your device unless you choose to share or export data or create a backup. Apple Health is optional. Cloud intelligence is optional and explained before use. 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/

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Diary+4 screens
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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 ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). On 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

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 and ForgeFox sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diary+ ships an update every 6 weeks, ForgeFox every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
Diary+ versus ForgeFox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiary+ForgeFox
PriceFree — better$2.99
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB247 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
2 purchases

ForgeFox

Subscriptions2
  • Forge Pro7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Forge Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Diary+ free?
Diary+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ForgeFox free?
ForgeFox costs $2.99, and also offers 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 5 days. Most recently, Diary+ was updated on November 3, 2026 and ForgeFox on October 29, 2026.

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