Comparison

Punct Diary vs Museum Diary

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

Head to head
About

Punct Diary

Features
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Keep what you saw at museums and galleries in a form you can come back to. Be quick inside the museum, and take your time on the way home or at home. That two-step rhythm turns a visit from a one-off experience into a record that builds up over time. ■ Visit Mode: never stop moving inside the museum Start a visit and a note opens where you can drop photos and memos in seconds. Just shoot, just jot, so you never have to cut short the time you spend in front of a work. Organizing can wait. It works even where there is no signal, and your records are backed up to the cloud automatically afterwards. ■ Pin it to the note, tidy it up later Photos you took, memos you wrote, audio, handouts. Pin them all to the note and arrange them however you like. Back home, sort what you want to keep as artworks from what you don't, and only what matters ends up in your artwork list. You can also import from your camera roll in one go. ■ Remember artworks and terms together For each artwork, record photos, the artist's name and your impressions. Terms that catch your eye can be written down with their meaning and background, and linked to artworks. Later, "I've seen this technique before" becomes something you can actually trace. ■ Your journey becomes your collection Every visit is stamped into your passport. Look back by year or by month to see where you have been. Arrange the works you loved in "My Museum" and build an exhibition room of your own. ■ Find where to go next Search the map for museums and galleries nearby, and see what exhibitions are on. For exhibitions that interest you, you can also see how many other people have recorded them. ■ Made for people who - see an exhibition but often can't recall what was in it - buy the catalogue and rarely open it again - take photos of artworks that pile up unorganized - want to look back on what, and how much, they have seen See, write, look back. Repeat, and the next exhibition gets even better.

About

Museum Diary

Capture and organize memories from your museum visits. Scan placards, save favorite pieces, and log quiet moments. This private app keeps your art collection in one place without ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • Scan museum placards
  • Save favorite art pieces
  • Log quiet moments and sketches
  • Organize visit memories
  • Private by design
Features
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Designed by a designer, for those who fall in love with pieces and want to remember them. You've been building a collection for years. Photos buried in your camera roll, memories fading between visits. Museum Diary gives your pieces a home. Scan the placard before you walk away. Everything is preserved in one tap. - Save any placard, from any museum (zoo, aquarium, history, & more!). - Your favorite pieces from every visit, all in one place. - Log the benches, sketchbook pages, and quiet moments too. - Private by design. No ads, no tracking, just your art. Every museum visit is a chapter. Start keeping yours.

Screenshots

Punct Diary4 screens
Museum Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Museum Diary at none against Punct Diary's 2. Museum Diary also leads on ads (none vs shown). Punct Diary's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.5). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Punct Diary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Museum Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Punct Diary ships an update weekly, Museum Diary every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Punct Diary versus Museum Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPunct DiaryMuseum Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size167 MB175 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperYasushi HinoLan Zhou

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Punct Diary

Subscriptions2
  • 月間プラン14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • 年間プラン14 Days trial$19.991 Year
None

Museum Diary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Punct Diary free?
Punct Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Museum Diary free?
Museum Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Punct Diary or Museum Diary have ads?
Punct Diary shows ads; Museum Diary does not.
Which is updated more often, Punct Diary or Museum Diary?
Punct Diary ships an update weekly, and Museum Diary every 2 weeks. Most recently, Punct Diary was updated on November 8, 2026 and Museum Diary on November 5, 2026.

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