Comparison

Diary Widget vs ViaMind

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

ViaMind

Features
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ViaMind, your mindfulness partner to heal and record your day! ViaMind is an innovative daily refresh mental wellness platform that combines calming meditation, self-reflective healing journals, and multi-dimensional personality analysis to help you understand yourself deeper. Lightly check your life rhythm and energy every morning, and receive warm comfort at the end of a tiring and hard day. We help you explore your inner self and make positive changes in your life. Relax and unwind with curated healing sounds and a sleep timer, while recording today's emotions and condition scores in your personal journal. Equipped with various analytical tools designed to help you discover and understand the true you, ViaMind is your personal mental health guide. Start a beautiful journey to understand yourself better, record your daily emotions, and fill your mind with peace with ViaMind! Key Features • Mindfulness & Healing Meditation 9 originally and exclusively crafted therapy sounds (White Noise, Healing Stream, Peaceful Rain, Gentle Waves, 432Hz Cosmic Energy, 528Hz Anxiety Relief, Singing Bowl Meditation, Campfire ASMR, and Summer Night Breeze) paired with theme-responsive visual animation effects to deeply calm your mind. - Interactive breathing guides for deep relaxation and focus (4-7-8 Relax Breathing, Box Focus Breathing, Coherent Heart Breathing, Breath of Fire) - TTS voice guidance for breathing exercises - Customized sleep timer for a peaceful and deep night's rest • Emotion Records & Lifestyle Journal - A diary to intuitively record today's emotions, stress index, sleep duration, and exercise status - Beautiful dynamic statistical graphs showing emotional changes and lifestyle patterns over time at a glance (Today, 7-day, and 30-day trends) - Integrates with the Health app to track your steps and view them in charts along with other lifestyle data - On-device local personal notepad processed securely on your device without sending data to external servers • Biorhythm & Mental Guide Analysis - Provides physical, emotional, and intellectual biorhythm analysis reports based on your unique profile cycle - Provides fortune and life flow guidance reports designed to support a positive mindset - Interactive 'Mind Book' page that suggests new motivation and positive mindset quotes every day • Multi-dimensional Personality Analysis - Provides personality profiles and behavioral guide reports based on modern psychology Recommended for: • Those who want to start their day with positive, organized energy and end it with peaceful meditation • Those who want to leave records of their emotions and inner thoughts, and track personal growth patterns with visual graphs • Those who want to balance and manage physical, mental, and daily rhythms in a single premium app • Those who value privacy and want a secure mental health diary A beautiful and wise journey to reflect, explore, discover, and find peace of mind within yourself. Welcome to your ultimate personal growth guide, ViaMind! [Medical Disclaimer] ViaMind is intended for informational and wellness management purposes only and does not provide medical diagnosis or professional medical advice. If you have any questions regarding your health condition, please consult a physician or healthcare professional. Do not ignore professional medical advice or delay treatment based on the contents of this app.

Screenshots

Diary Widget4 screens
ViaMind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ViaMind at none against Diary Widget's 1. ViaMind also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Diary Widget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ViaMind asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diary Widget ships an update every 2 weeks, ViaMind every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Diary Widget versus ViaMind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiary WidgetViaMind
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size136 MB196 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOhLeeViaall

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Diary Widget

One-time1
  • Ad-Free Version$1.99
None

ViaMind

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Diary Widget free?
Diary Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ViaMind free?
ViaMind is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Diary Widget or ViaMind have ads?
Both Diary Widget and ViaMind show ads.
Which is updated more often, Diary Widget or ViaMind?
Diary Widget ships an update every 2 weeks, and ViaMind every 3 days. Most recently, Diary Widget was updated on October 1, 2026 and ViaMind on September 21, 2026.

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