Comparison

Diary Widget vs NightTales

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Daily question prompts
  • Customizable notifications
  • Diary widgets
  • Filter entries by year/question
  • Photo storage
  • Font customization
  • Backup and restore
Features
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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.

About

NightTales

This app uses AI to help you understand your dreams. It offers personalized insights, symbol detection, and pattern analysis. Keep track of your dream moods and lucid dreaming progress with a beautiful, private interface.

Highlights
  • AI Dream Interpretation
  • Symbol and Pattern Analysis
  • Voice Recording
  • Mood Tracking
  • Lucid Dream Tracking
  • On-device Storage
  • JSON Export
Features
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NightTales - AI-Powered Dream Journal Unlock the secrets of your dreams with NightTales, the most beautiful and intelligent dream journaling app for iOS 26. FEATURES • AI Dream Interpretation: Get instant, personalized insights using on-device Apple Intelligence • Symbol Detection: Automatically identify recurring symbols and themes • Pattern Analysis: Discover patterns across your dreams over time • Beautiful Liquid Glass UI: Stunning iOS 26 native design with glassmorphic effects • Voice Recording: Capture dreams quickly with speech-to-text • Mood Tracking: Track how dreams make you feel • Lucid Dream Tracking: Mark and analyze your lucid dreaming progress • Dream Streak: Stay motivated with daily dream journaling streaks • Export & Import: Full control over your data with JSON export PRIVACY FIRST • 100% on-device storage - your dreams never leave your device • On-device AI processing with Apple Intelligence • No account required • No data collection or tracking • No third-party analytics PREMIUM • 3 free AI interpretations per month • Unlock unlimited interpretations with one-time $1.99 purchase • No subscription - lifetime access Perfect for dream enthusiasts, lucid dreamers, psychology students, and anyone curious about their subconscious mind. Download NightTales today and start your journey into the fascinating world of dreams.

Screenshots

Diary Widget4 screens
NightTales4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: NightTales at none against Diary Widget's shown. Diary Widget's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Diary Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and NightTales sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Diary Widget against 5.0 for NightTales. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Diary Widget versus NightTales: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiary WidgetNightTales
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size136 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOhLeeAKINALP FIDAN

Customer experience

Diary Widget

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

NightTales

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Diary Widget

One-time1
  • Ad-Free Version$1.99
1 purchases

NightTales

One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$0.99

Questions

Is Diary Widget free?
Diary Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NightTales free?
NightTales is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Diary Widget or NightTales?
Diary Widget and NightTales are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Diary Widget or NightTales have ads?
Diary Widget shows ads; NightTales does not.

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