Prilog vs Unpack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Prilog
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Your journal belongs on your device, not on someone else's server. Prilog stores everything only on your device and in your own Google Drive. No third-party servers, no AI training, no anonymous analytics. Core Values • Local first: All data stays on your device • Double lock: App lock plus per-entry lock • Your own Google Drive sync: Automatic backup across your devices, nowhere else • Offline: Write and search with no internet connection Key Features • Attach photos, location, voice, and video • Tags and full-text search • Reflection cards: Automatically resurface entries from N weeks, months, or years ago • Export as PDF or plain text • 21 languages supported • Automatic sync via Google Drive Who It Is For • Anyone uncomfortable handing their most private writing over to server-based diary services • People who want to make journaling and reflection a real habit • Those who want full control over their own data Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Unpack
Capture your life's moments with this journaling app. Log thoughts, track moods, save photos, and organize memories using tags. It offers a flexible, unstructured approach to documenting your experiences, making it easy to revisit your past.
- Quick journaling for thoughts and moods
- Tag entries for automatic collection building
- Photo journaling for visual memories
- Flexible use as diary, planner, or tracker
- Unstructured writing with no minimum length
- Effortless life capturing and meaningful revisiting
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A journaling app to capture life as it happens — track moods, write notes, save photos, and organize your memories with tags. Key features: • Quick journaling for thoughts, moods, and moments • Tag entries to build collections automatically • Photo journaling to capture memories visually • Flexible: use as a diary, planner, or life tracker • No rigid structure — write as little or as much as you want Unpack is built for the moments you don’t want to lose — big or small, planned or spontaneous. Jot down a quick thought, log your mood, save a photo, or outline what’s next. Everything goes in as easily as it comes to you. Instead of forcing your life into rigid entries, you can tag anything you add. Over time, those tags turn into living collections: your trips, ideas, routines, phases, and memories automatically organized and easy to revisit. Use it as a journal, a mood tracker, a planning space, or all of the above. However you use it, the goal is simple: make capturing your life effortless, and make coming back to it meaningful. No pressure to write long entries. No complicated structure. Just capture, tag, and let your story take shape. -- Privacy Policy: https://and.notion.site/Unpack-Privacy-Policy-341eb9a83adb80388687f064070e877c EULA: http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Prilog at 4 against Unpack's 1. Prilog also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Prilog sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.59 per month and Unpack sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Prilog ships an update every 5 days, Unpack weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prilog | Unpack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 222 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sangseon Kim | Andriy Gordiyenko |
In-app purchases
Prilog
- Monthly (iOS)$0.591 Month
- Monthly (macOS)$1.191 Month
- Lifetime (iOS)$8.00
- Lifetime (macOS)$12.00
Unpack
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Annual$24.991 Year









