Comparison

Secret Diary vs Mindsaid

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

Head to head
About

Secret Diary

Securely record your thoughts, daily events, and journeys with this private diary app. It offers robust security features like Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode lock, and allows for extensive personalization with themes, fonts, and backgrounds. All entries are stored locally for maximum privacy.

Highlights
  • Face ID, Touch ID, passcode lock
  • iCloud backup and restore
  • Unlimited editing options
  • Add photos, backgrounds, fonts
  • Personalize with artistic themes
  • Local data storage
Features
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Secret Diary is a free diary journal app with high security. Your data is safe with iCloud backup and restore. This app use Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode lock to protect the security of your secret thoughts, daily diary and journeys. To ensure privacy and security, all your entry will only be saved on your device and not sent to any servers. Secret Diary provide unlimited dairy editing options, adding photos, backgrounds, fonts, moods, etc. Also, you can personalize this app with multiple artistic and kawaii themes. Everything is free! This App will protect your memories securely. Please try and enjoy it!

About

Mindsaid

Features
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Mindsaid Speak your thoughts. Notice them differently. Mindsaid is a gentle mental health tool that helps you create space from difficult thoughts, strong emotions, and moments of overwhelm. When the mind gets loud, emotions spike, or conflicts escalate before we have a chance to pause. Mindsaid offers simple, guided tools to help you slow down, listen, and regain perspective right when you need it. Instead of trying to fix or silence your mind, Mindsaid helps you notice what’s happening and choose how to respond. No goals. No scores. No pressure to feel better. No tracking. No AI. Nothing is stored outside your phone.

Screenshots

Secret Diary4 screens
Mindsaid4 screens

Verdict

The call

Secret Diary and Mindsaid are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Secret Diary versus Mindsaid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecret DiaryMindsaid
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (98 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings98 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTrang Le ThiEnsar Bavrk

Bugs and requests

Secret Diary

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Cannot get back to previous background themes
  • Lock screen appears after entries are visible
  • App crashes when phone is on airplane mode
  • Difficulty entering or recovering passcode
  • Passcode not visible or functional at times

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow autocorrect while typing
  • Ensure lock screen appears first
  • Recover passcode when forgotten
  • Add backup feature
  • Enable Face ID/Touch ID for login

Mindsaid

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Secret Diary

No in-app purchases

None

Mindsaid

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Secret Diary free?
Secret Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mindsaid free?
Mindsaid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Secret Diary or Mindsaid have ads?
Neither Secret Diary nor Mindsaid shows ads.

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