Comparison

GhostDiary vs PairJoy

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

Head to head
About

GhostDiary

Easily record your daily life and emotions with cute ghost characters. Track your mood, organize entries by emotion or theme, and gain insights into what affects your feelings. Features include password protection and daily fortune cookies for mindfulness.

Highlights
  • Mood tracking with ghost characters
  • Daily diary entries with icons and photos
  • Emotional statistics and analysis
  • Categorized memos and diaries
  • Daily fortune cookies for mindfulness
  • Password protection for privacy
  • Customizable design themes
Features
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Record your precious day with a ghostdiary! You can record your daily life easily and quickly with cute ghost characters. "Emotional Records" Record your mood as a ghost butler character, and check out the calendar at a glance. It is also possible to classify the diary by each emotion. "Daily Diary" Record who you spent the day with and what you did with various icons. Write it simply with icons on a daily basis, and on a special day, with pictures and long articles. "Mood Tracker" Check the statistics on emotions and activities recorded. Identify the factors that affect my emotions. "Memo" Have you ever wanted to separate themes such as travel diary and cooking diary ? Create a folder and record it one by one by one. Or if you have to remember something, but it's ambiguous to write in your diary, write it separately in the memo column. "Fortune cookies." Start your day with ghost cookies. There'll be a note in it that'll help. When you have negative thoughts such as depression, insomnia, or irritation, stress pull out a fortune cookie and control your mind. "Design Theme" Ghost Butler offers a variety of themed calendars. We are currently offering basic themes and summer themes. "Diary with Password" You can set a password to keep the record safe. "Other Features" It also provides functions such as notification function, font setting, and calendar image sharing. "Contact Us" Please let me know in the review! Thank you :) "Terms of Use" https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PairJoy

Features
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PairJoy helps couples keep their favorite moments close with simple, beautiful iPhone widgets. Set your relationship start date, add meaningful countdowns, and create widgets that show days together, upcoming plans, and distance at a glance. Built for a lightweight, private v1: no social feed, no required account, and no complicated setup. Your relationship details are used to power the app and widgets on your device, with optional iCloud/App Group storage for widget support. Features: • Days Together widgets for your shared timeline • Multiple countdowns for trips, anniversaries, visits, and special dates • Distance-style couple widgets with cute personalized initials • Configurable widget styles designed for Home Screen and Lock Screen • A calm, focused setup flow with no unnecessary distractions PairJoy is made for couples who want one small daily reminder of what they are looking forward to together. Subscription required: PairJoy’s app and widget features require a PairJoy Plus auto-renewable subscription. Eligible users can start a 3-day free trial with the weekly plan; weekly and yearly plans are available, with prices shown in the app. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled and can be managed in Apple ID settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

GhostDiary4 screens
PairJoy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: GhostDiary at 11.0 against PairJoy's 17.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. GhostDiary sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and PairJoy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GhostDiary ships an update fortnightly, PairJoy every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
GhostDiary versus PairJoy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGhostDiaryPairJoy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (181 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings181 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYoonjik ChoIgnacio Nicolas Iacovino

In-app purchases

12 purchases

GhostDiary

Subscriptions1
  • free-ads-year$9.991 Year
One-time11
  • sky background$0.49
  • Summer Ghost$0.99
  • ghostcat$0.99
Show 8 more
  • Ghostdog$0.99
  • GhostBear$0.99
  • Ghost Astronaut$0.99
  • Notebook ghost$0.99
  • FlowerGhost$0.99
  • Graduated ghost$0.99
  • Big Eyed Ghost$0.99
  • Skinny Ghost$0.99
2 purchases

PairJoy

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Premium3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Yearly Premium$29.991 Year

Questions

Is GhostDiary free?
GhostDiary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PairJoy free?
PairJoy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GhostDiary or PairJoy have ads?
Neither GhostDiary nor PairJoy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GhostDiary or PairJoy?
GhostDiary ships an update fortnightly, and PairJoy every 2 weeks. Most recently, GhostDiary was updated on October 24, 2026 and PairJoy on October 10, 2026.

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