Secret Diary vs Cozy Bean
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Face ID, Touch ID, passcode lock
- iCloud backup and restore
- Unlimited editing options
- Add photos, backgrounds, fonts
- Personalize with artistic themes
- Local data storage
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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!
Cozy Bean
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Cozy Bean is your daily coffee companion. It covers coffee journal, cozy retreat, communities. Whether you're a latte lover, a pour-over purist, or simply someone who can't start the morning without a good cup, Cozy Bean gives your coffee habit a home. Coffee Journal Check in every day with a photo of your coffee. Log the coffee, the shop, and the moment. Over time, your journal becomes a beautiful record of every cup that made your day a little better. Your Coffee Map Every check-in is pinned to your personal map. Watch your coffee journey take shape as your map fills up with all the places you've visited, a growing story told one cup at a time. Build Your Cozy Space Every check-in earns you 'Beans'. Spend them in the shop to buy plants and decorations for Bean's home. Watch your little corner of the world grow, one coffee at a time. Find Your Coffee Community Join communities built around the things you love: cold brew, specialty roasts, café hopping, and more. Share posts, swap recommendations, and comment & like any post. Cozy Bean is free to download and free to play. No ads. Just coffee.
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Verdict
Secret Diary and Cozy Bean are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Secret Diary ships an update every 2 weeks, Cozy Bean every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Secret Diary | Cozy Bean |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (98 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 98 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Trang Le Thi | Mingjie Yang |
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
Cozy Bean
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Secret Diary
No in-app purchases
Cozy Bean
No in-app purchases
