AppJournal vs Store Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AppJournal
A utility for indie app developers to log key milestones, app ideas, and changes. Track featured status, metadata updates, awards, and price adjustments with detailed entries and notes. Supports Siri Shortcuts and iCloud sync across Apple devices.
- Log app milestones and changes
- Track app ideas with attributes
- Multiple predefined entry types
- Siri and Shortcuts integration
- iCloud sync across Apple devices
- Universal purchase for multiple platforms
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AppJournal provides indie app developers with a simple utility to record app milestones & changes. Developed for Apple platform developers, you can use AppJournal to track when your app has been featured, changes youʼve made to metadata, awards won, prices changes and much more. Each entry supports multiple fields for recording multiple data types and the ability to set the date and add notes too. AppJournal contains these great features: JOURNAL AppJournal keeps track of your appʼs history by enabling you to create new entries when you make changes or have something to celebrate. APP IDEAS Keep track of all your money-making app ideas in one place. AppJournal makes it easy to store a list of all your app ideas with the ability to add attributes such as priority, difficulty, potential names and any other notes you have about the app. With the power of Apple Intelligence you will be able to generate app names and even ideas themselves. ENTRY TYPES Built-in to AppJournal are multiple entry types which can be complemented with additional metadata, such as which platforms a change was made for, links to an article that the app was featured in and from/to fields so you can see exactly what is different. The entry types included are: - Idea Created - Started Building - Released App - Released Update - Removed from Sale - Updated App Icon - Updated App Icon - Updated Metadata - Updated Platforms - Updated Languages - Updated Regions - Featured - Reached Milestone - Won Award - Price Change - In-App Purchase Price Change - Switched Payment Model SHORTCUTS Create & manage apps, entries & ideas with Siri and the Shortcuts app. SYNC All data is stored securely in iCloud and is available across multiple Apple platforms so you can record & view journal entries from anywhere. UNIVERSAL PURCHASE Get this app across multiple Apple platforms with a single purchase. If you like this app, I’d really appreciate it if you could take the time to leave a positive review! Having issues? Please get in touch: Email: support@adamfoot.dev Website: https://adamfoot.dev Please note some features may require an AppJournal Pro subscription which can be purchased in the app. You can cancel at anytime. Terms: https://adamfoot.dev/terms-of-use
Store Connect
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Your App Store Connect, on the go. If you ship apps and keep refreshing App Store Connect to watch a build process or a sales number tick up, ConnectLog is built for you. It is a fast, native client for the App Store Connect API that brings your apps, builds, TestFlight, sales and reviews into one calm screen. Authentication uses your own API key and .p8 file, signed on device with CryptoKit, so your credentials live in the Keychain and never touch a third party server. It is made for indie developers, studios and product teams who want to manage a release from a phone instead of being tied to a desk. Every feature described below is unlocked only with an auto-renewable subscription purchased inside the app. New users receive a one-week free trial; you may cancel anytime during the trial to avoid being charged. Open ConnectLog and every app on your account is listed with its current version, state and platform. Tap one and you see the full picture: version details and what is in review, builds with their processing and TestFlight status, in app purchases and subscriptions, plus the localized metadata for each storefront. The sales and trends view turns your downloads, proceeds and updates into clean charts by day, country and product, and the ratings and reviews section pulls fresh feedback so you can read what users are saying without leaving the app. Pull to refresh and everything updates against the live API. Builds and TestFlight get their own home: watch a new build move from processing to ready, see which testers and groups have access, and expire an old build in a tap. The provisioning side lists your certificates, identifiers, devices and profiles so you can spot something expiring before it breaks a release. Smart notifications can tell you when a build finishes processing, when a version changes review state, or when a new review lands, so the milestones that used to mean a dozen manual refreshes simply arrive on your wrist. ConnectLog fits the parts of shipping that never happen at a desk. See the moment a build clears processing so you can submit, watch a phased release roll out, and read the first reviews of an update over lunch. Compare this week's downloads to last week by country, check which in app purchase is actually selling, and keep an eye on a launch window without spreadsheets. For a studio with many apps it becomes a portfolio dashboard, and for an indie developer it turns the nervous wait after a submission into a single glance. ConnectLog ships in 39 languages with full VoiceOver and Dynamic Type, and every key is protected by Face ID. Your .p8 key is stored only in the device Keychain, there is no analytics, and no outside server reads your account. It works as a sales dashboard, a build watcher, a TestFlight remote and a review reader, all in one place that respects your time and your data. Unlock with Pro: • Unlimited apps beyond the free single app • Full sales and trends analytics with country breakdowns • Build, review state and rating notifications • Reviews inbox with search and history • Premium themes and app icons Subscription Pricing & Terms Features require a subscription. Pricing and terms available in-app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription and free-trial conversion in Settings > Apple ID after purchase. Any unused portion of the free-trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Store Connect at weekly against AppJournal's every 4 weeks. Store Connect also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). AppJournal's advantage is device support (4 vs 1). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. AppJournal sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Store Connect sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
AppJournal ships an update every 4 weeks, Store Connect weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AppJournal | Store Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Foot | Bahattin Duran |
In-app purchases
AppJournal
- AppJournal Pro (Weekly)3 Days trial$0.997 Days
- AppJournal Pro (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- AppJournal Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$4.991 Year
- Small Tip$1.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99
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- AppJournal Pro (Lifetime)$14.99
- Huge Tip$19.99
Store Connect
- Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Monthly3 Days trial$6.991 Month
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