Diary Diyali vs Serious Notebook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Diary Diyali
A simple and straightforward application for creating and managing your personal notes and entries. Organize your thoughts, ideas, and daily reflections in a clean interface.
- Entry creation
- Note management
- Simple interface
- Personal organization
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Entry/Note taking app.
Serious Notebook
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Serious Notebook is a simple, private digital notebook for iPhone and iPad. Create notebooks, write naturally, add pages, organize your notes and export them as clean PDF files. No ads. No tracking. No subscription. Serious Notebook is free to try. Create your first notebook with up to 10 pages for free. Unlock unlimited notebooks, unlimited pages, imports, and full access with one lifetime purchase. FEATURES • Create digital notebooks • Write and draw freely • Add unlimited pages • Rename notebooks • Choose notebook covers • Export notes as PDF • Works on iPhone and iPad • Dark Mode support • Simple, minimal interface • No ads or tracking • No subscription Serious Notebook is built for students, professionals and anyone who wants a calm digital notebook without unnecessary complexity.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Diary Diyali at none against Serious Notebook's 1. Serious Notebook's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 31 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Serious Notebook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Diary Diyali asks for nothing beyond the download.
Diary Diyali ships an update every 31 months, Serious Notebook every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Diary Diyali | Serious Notebook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 31 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Timothy Bunn | BILGESU KADAN |
In-app purchases
Diary Diyali
No in-app purchases
Serious Notebook
- Lifetime Unlock$9.99
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