HDiary vs Quick Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HDiary
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An app that helps you capture joyful moments. You can add tags, participants, ratings, and photos to these happy moments. It allows you to view recent happy moments through charts and also supports widgets. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Quick Journal
This app offers a straightforward journaling experience with extensive customization options. Personalize themes, fonts, icons, and layouts to create your ideal digital notebook. Widgets and draft saving features enhance usability for daily reflection.
- Customizable themes and fonts
- App icon and layout personalization
- Home screen widgets
- Save entries as drafts
- Copy and share entries
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Quick Journal is the simplest way to keep a journal. You can customize your journal's theme, fonts, app icon, layout, and even where the composer button is placed. To help you write or keep track of your entries, the app features widgets you can put on your home screen. You can copy or share your entries. You can always come back to an entry later by saving it as a draft, just swipe down and the entry will be saved. Hope you enjoy! EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quick Journal at none against HDiary's 2. Quick Journal also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks). 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. HDiary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Quick Journal asks for nothing beyond the download.
HDiary ships an update every 6 weeks, Quick Journal every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on August 2, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HDiary | Quick Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 86.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 韶芳 尤 | Charlie Deets |
In-app purchases
HDiary
- Unlimited moments$0.991 Month
- Unlimited moments$6.991 Year
Quick Journal
No in-app purchases
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