Diary Widget vs WindTalker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Diary Widget
This app helps you build a diary by answering daily questions. It offers customizable notifications and widgets to easily record your thoughts and memories on various topics.
- Daily question prompts
- Customizable notifications
- Diary widgets
- Filter entries by year/question
- Photo storage
- Font customization
- Backup and restore
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Small records accumulate into big memories. Answer different questions everyday, and a collection of essays is complete. Daily diary, relationships, parenting, travel, movies, exercise, and more—create your own essays on various topics. *How to use: Select question cards in each diary setting and set notifications to receive random questions at designated times. You can click on notifications to write a diary entry or use the 'New Diary Entry' button to choose a question and write your entry. Features: Notification feature: Receive notifications daily, on specific days, or monthly. Diary filters: View entries by year or by question card. D-day display when setting a reference date. Widget support: Display random past entries in the widget. Photo storage. Font customization for each diary. Backup and restore.
WindTalker
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Feel the Wind: The Ultimate Sailing Companion WindTalker turns your Apple Watch and iPhone into a real-time sailing instrument — showing you exactly where the wind is coming from, how fast you're going, and where to point your bow next. TRUE WIND & APPARENT WIND See both the true wind (straight from Apple Weather) and the apparent wind you actually feel on deck — calculated live from your boat's speed and heading. Point your compass at the horizon and watch both arrows update in real time. OPTIMAL SAIL ANGLE Based on true wind, apparent wind, and your current point of sail — close-hauled, beam reach, broad reach, or downwind — WindTalker recommends the sail angle to get the most out of every gust. RACE START COUNTDOWN Cycle through 5, 3, or 1-minute countdowns (or an instant "Go"), with a reaction-delay setting that fires the start signal early so you're moving exactly on time. Voice, beep, and haptic cues keep you counted down without ever looking away from the line. COURSE MARK TRACKING Lay out your waypoints on iPhone and they sync straight to your watch. Live bearing and distance to your next mark, automatic advancement as you round each one — no more guessing where the next buoy is. BOUNDARY ALERTS Draw a sailing area and get an instant alert — with a live return bearing — the moment you drift outside it. Stay safe without staring at a map the whole time. VOYAGE LOG Every session's route, distance, speed, and calories are recorded to Apple Health, so you can relive (and improve on) every sail. Built for Apple Watch, and just as capable solo on iPhone — WindTalker is the sailing companion that reads the wind so you can glide the water.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WindTalker at none against Diary Widget's 1. WindTalker also leads on ads (none vs shown). Diary Widget's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 10 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price and device support 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. Diary Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WindTalker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Diary Widget ships an update every 2 weeks, WindTalker every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Diary Widget | WindTalker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OhLee | Kim Giwoo |
In-app purchases
Diary Widget
- Ad-Free Version$1.99
WindTalker
No in-app purchases









