Diary Keeper vs Quick VN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Diary Keeper
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Diary Keeper is a private diary that makes it easy to write a little every day and find it again years later. WRITE WITHOUT THE BLANK PAGE ⢠A fresh writing prompt every day, or shuffle for another ⢠Eight templates: daily reflection, gratitude, mood check-in, morning intentions, weekly review, travel log, dream log, brain dump ⢠Focus mode hides everything but your words ⢠Bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, bulleted and numbered lists ⢠Seven handwriting fonts, colours, sizes and paper backgrounds CAPTURE THE WHOLE DAY ⢠Add photos, voice notes and places ⢠Pick a mood from three emoji styles ⢠Tag entries and mark events like Friends, Travel, Fitness or Rest ⢠Bookmark the days worth keeping close PRIVATE BY DESIGN ⢠Lock with a passcode, Face ID or Touch ID ⢠Choose how quickly the diary locks again ⢠Home-screen widgets hide your text while the lock is on ⢠No account needed. Your writing never touches our servers NEVER LOSE A WORD ⢠iCloud sync keeps every device up to date ⢠Export a print-ready PDF booklet with your photos ⢠Export Markdown for any notes app ⢠Full backup you can restore on a new phone FIND ANY MOMENT ⢠Search titles, text, tags, events, moods and places ⢠Filter by bookmarks, drafts, photos, voice notes or year ⢠Timeline groups your story month by month ⢠On This Day brings back what you wrote one, two or five years ago MAKE IT YOURS ⢠Thirteen themes, from Sunset to Winter Eve ⢠Today's Quote and Recent Entries widgets, plus your own quotes ⢠Daily reminders on the days you choose Start with one line about today. Diary Keeper keeps the rest.
Quick VN
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Quick VN streamlines voice note recording with configurable duration limits, automatic email delivery, and intelligent storage management for busy professionals and students who need fast, reliable audio capture. Key Features: ⢠Record voice notes with precision timing from 10 seconds to 1 minute ⢠Access complete recording history with one-tap playback ⢠Configure automatic email delivery with offline queuing ⢠Customize recording duration, enable dark mode, and set automatic deletion periods
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Quick VN at 3 against Diary Keeper's 1. Quick VN also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Diary Keeper ships an update every 3 weeks, Quick VN every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.
| Parameter | Diary Keeper | Quick VN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks ā better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Saranjith Krishnan | KeoGlobal |
In-app purchases
Diary Keeper
No in-app purchases
Quick VN
No in-app purchases









