ShowDay vs Someday
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShowDay
This app allows you to create rich journal entries with photos, videos, and voice notes. It offers smart search, location tracking, and privacy features like auto-lock. Sync across devices and back up your data with iCloud or local exports.
- Rich multimedia entries
- Calendar view
- Voice to text transcription
- Smart search and tagging
- Location tracking
- Cross-device sync
- Privacy protection with auto-lock
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ShowDay Features and Functions 1. Rich multimedia support: Add Live Photos, videos, and images to enhance your life entries. 2. Calendar view: Easily check how many entries you made each day, month, and year. 3. Comment on your entries: Reflect on your past by leaving notes for yourself. 4. Voice to text: Record voice memos and get automatic text transcription. 5. Smart search: Use the calendar, search bar, tags, and emoji to quickly find any entry. 6. Location tracking: Automatically or manually add a location when creating or editing entries. 7. Anonymous community: Share your thoughts without logging in or creating an account. 8. Privacy protection: Your life entries are hidden when the app is inactive. Set a custom time to auto-lock the app. 9. Cross-device sync: Works on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac. Entries sync across devices using the same Apple ID. 10. Built-in camera: Capture Live Photos and videos directly in the app. Saves time and storage. 11. iCloud and local backup: Back up your entries to iCloud or export them locally at any time. 12. Widgets: Use widgets to quickly record or revisit past entries. Membership Benefits 1. Automatically add location to each entry 2. App lock (Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode) 3. Calendar entry count by day, month, and year 4. Use built-in camera to capture Live Photos and HDR videos 5. Add unlimited tags and emoji 6. Export entries and save media to your photo library 7. iCloud sync with visual status indicators 8. Voice to text for all recorded audio 9. Unlimited comments on entries 10. Attach unlimited media to any entry 11. Access to all future premium features Subscription Plans 1. Monthly: Auto-renewing with a 3-day free trial 2. Yearly: Auto-renewing with a 7-day free trial 3. Lifetime: One-time payment for full access as long as the app remains available Pricing Prices may vary. For example: • Monthly: $0.99 • Yearly: $6.99 • Lifetime: $7.99 (one-time) • Payment: Charged to your iTunes account at purchase confirmation. • Cancel: Turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period in iTunes settings. • Renewal: Your account will be charged within 24 hours before the period ends. • Privacy Policy: https://www.freeprivacypolicy.com/live/585672bd-cd00-477d-821d-149d4231f963 • Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
Someday
This app helps you revisit past memories through an "On This Day" feature, showcasing photos and journal entries from the same date in previous years. It also organizes your daily photos into a timeline and tracks important anniversaries.
- On This Day memories
- Photo timeline creation
- Anniversary tracking
- Lunar and Gregorian calendar support
- iCloud synchronization
- Dark mode
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Someday — On This Day, Every Day Every day is worth remembering. Someday reimagines journaling through "On This Day," so on even the most ordinary day, you can unexpectedly meet your past self again. -- [On This Day] Open Someday and revisit words you wrote and photos you took on the same date in past years. That lunch in 2022, the rain in 2023, the trip in 2024. They no longer sleep at the bottom of your photo library. They resurface naturally at exactly the right moment. The more time passes, the more precious the surprise becomes. [Photo Timeline] Someday automatically reads the photos you took that day and arranges them into a complete timeline. Morning light at 9 AM, lunch at noon, a street scene at 5 PM. Every photo comes with its capture time and location. Flip a card and the story behind the photo appears. You do not have to document everything on purpose. The photos themselves become your best diary. [Anniversaries] Birthdays, relationship anniversaries, work anniversaries, family birthdays on the lunar calendar. Someday helps you track every date worth remembering. Clear countdowns tell you exactly how many days remain until the next important day, so nothing slips past you again. It supports both the Gregorian and lunar calendars, with accurate leap-month calculation too. [iCloud Sync] Your diaries, photo timelines, and anniversaries sync securely through iCloud. iPhone and iPad stay seamlessly connected, while your data lives in your private iCloud space that only you can access. Even when you switch devices, your memories stay with you. -- [More Details] Supports February 29 in leap years and leap months in the lunar calendar Available in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, German, French, and Thai Thoughtfully designed dark mode that stays comfortable at night -- Someday is not about "some day." It is about every day. Leave your future self a gift from today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ShowDay at Free against Someday's $3.99. ShowDay also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 7 months). Someday's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On review sentiment, 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
ShowDay is free to download; Someday costs $3.99 up front. ShowDay sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Someday asks for nothing beyond the download.
ShowDay ships an update every 9 days, Someday every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShowDay | Someday |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 杰克 吴 | 杨洋 冯 |
Customer experience
ShowDay
Someday
In-app purchases
ShowDay
- Monthly Pro Plan - 3 days Free3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Annual Pro Plan - 7 days Free7 Days trial$6.991 Year
- Lifetime - Limited time offer$7.99
Someday
No in-app purchases









