Comparison

Diary with Lock vs UNLOOP

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

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About

Diary with Lock

Securely record daily thoughts, feelings, and memories with a customizable, password-protected digital journal. Enhance entries with photos, audio, and a mood tracker to understand your emotional journey. Offers prompts and themes for inspiration and organization.

Highlights
  • Password and Face ID protection
  • Multimedia entries (photos, audio)
  • Mood tracking calendar
  • Customizable themes and fonts
  • Journal prompts
  • Tagging for organization
  • Cloud backup
Features
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Diary with Lock: Daily Diary - your free, no-ads online diary! Easily capture your daily moments, track your feelings, and organize your thoughts with our secure, password-protected diary. Create your own space with fun personalized styles. Whether you want to release stress or celebrate your wins, Daily Diary is always here to listen! WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM DIARY: - Personalized diary with various fonts, colors, stickers, and layouts - Protection for your diary with PIN & Face ID - Multimedia options with photo and audio to enrich your diary - 70+ backgrounds and themes to fit your diary styles - Mood calendar to track and visualize mood changes alongside your diary entries - Tags for easy categorization and searching of diary entries - Journal prompts on various topics to spark your diary - Custom notifications to keep your diary habit - Cloud backup to safeguard your memories # DIARY WITH PASSWORD Your privacy is our top priority! With Daily Diary, You can protect your diary with various security options, including PIN & Face ID, ensuring your diary is just for your eyes. # DESIGN YOUR OWN DIARY Customize your diary experience! Enjoy unlimited text input options with a variety of fonts, colors, and styles (like bold or italic). Also, with exciting stickers and fun emojis, you can add a little extra fun to your every diary page. # MOOD JOURNEY IN YOUR DIARY Add your mood to your diary entries and see how it changes over time with our mood calendar. This helps you understand your feelings better and take care of your mental health. # DIARY MORE THAN WORDS Your diary is more than just writing! Include photos and audio clips in your diary to fully capture your life and relive those cherished memories whenever you want. # 70+ DIARY THEMES & BACKGROUNDS With 70+ constantly updated themes and backgrounds, your diary can reflect your unique style! From playful patterns to serene landscapes, customize your diary to suit your vibe. # VARIOUS DIARY PROMPTS Spark your diary inspiration with a range of curated prompts! Covering all aspects of life, including gratitude, mental health (like journaling for mental health), emotions, motivation, health, confidence, creativity, and more, these prompts will enrich your diary experience. # TAG YOUR DIARY Stay organized with diary tags! Easily categorize your diary with tags like #Love, #Food, and #Trip, so you can quickly search for specific entries when you want to revisit those cherished memories. # BUILD A DIARY HABIT Never miss a moment! Set reminders to make your diary a daily habit, making it easy to capture your thoughts and experiences every day. # BACKUP YOUR DIARY Secure your precious memories! With our Cloud backup, your diary data is securely stored and always ready for you. You can easily switch devices without the risk of losing your diary. Ready to start your diary journey? With our diary app, you can easily capture your thoughts, feelings, and memories. No matter where you are, your diary is right by your side. Download now and make your diary a special part of your life.

About

UNLOOP

Features
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Your phone isn't the problem. The loop is. You open an app for one thing and surface forty minutes later. Unloop puts a wall in that loop — a real one, built on Apple's Screen Time — and makes getting past it cost exactly enough to make you stop and think. BLOCK WHAT EATS YOUR DAY • Pick the apps, categories and websites that pull you in. • Block them on a schedule — evenings, mornings, work hours — or all the time. • Set a daily usage limit: when an app has had its minutes, the shield comes up for the rest of the day. • Need a clean hour right now? Block Now starts a timed block in one tap, with a countdown on your Lock Screen. UNLOCKING COSTS SOMETHING Most blockers have an off switch one tap away. Unloop doesn't. • Choose how firm each rule is: Soft asks once, Firm makes you hold, Strict makes you earn it. • Earn a few minutes, not an off switch: unlock for 5, 10 or 15 minutes, and the shield comes back on its own. • Every unlock today costs double the one before, and each rule has a daily limit. "Just once more" gets expensive fast. UNLOCK RITUALS Strict rules ask for a ritual before they open: • Hold — keep your thumb down, no shortcuts. • Transcribe — retype a phrase exactly. One typo and you start over. • Breathe — a minute of paced breathing, then decide again. • Walk — steps buy minutes. 20 steps for every minute you want. • Intention — say why you're opening it, then look at the answer. • Wait — a minute of nothing. Most urges don't last that long. EVERY "GO BACK" COUNTS The shield keeps score. "You've backed off 3 times today. Make it 4." Walking away from an unlock counts as a win and earns stamps — because resisting is the point, not a failure. SEE THE PATTERN • Time you took back, estimated screen time, streaks and your resistance rate over the last two weeks. • Why you unlock, week over week — "bored" looks different on a chart. • How your mood tracks your focused days. • What the scrolling costs you in a year, in hours you could spend on something else. • A weekly receipt of your week, ready to share. REPLACE THE SCROLL Log what you did instead — walked, read, cooked, called someone — and rate the day with one tap in the evening. It all stays in a journal on your phone. ALWAYS WITHIN REACH • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for your status and streak. • A Live Activity while a block runs. • Siri and Shortcuts: "Block for a while." • Notifications only about things you set up — a limit reached, a block ending, a strict rule about to start. No streak nagging. No "we miss you."

Screenshots

Diary with Lock4 screens
UNLOOP4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Diary with Lock at none against UNLOOP's 3. Diary with Lock also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and update cadence 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. UNLOOP sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Diary with Lock asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Diary with Lock versus UNLOOP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiary with LockUNLOOP
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (932 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings932 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size150 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimple HealthFlashSoft OU

Bugs and requests

Diary with Lock

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • More background and font options
  • Ability to move photos freely
  • Draw own drawings
  • Additional background themes

UNLOOP

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Diary with Lock

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

UNLOOP

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Diary with Lock free?
Diary with Lock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is UNLOOP free?
UNLOOP is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Diary with Lock or UNLOOP have ads?
UNLOOP shows ads; Diary with Lock does not.
Which is updated more often, Diary with Lock or UNLOOP?
Diary with Lock ships an update every 2 weeks, and UNLOOP every 2 weeks. Most recently, Diary with Lock was updated on October 17, 2026 and UNLOOP on October 10, 2026.

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