Journaling Note vs Nostalgia Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Journaling Note
Easily record daily thoughts, feelings, and experiences with this journaling app. Review past entries through a calendar or a chronological list view to organize your thoughts.
- Daily thought recording
- Feelings and experiences log
- Calendar view for past entries
- Chronological list view
- Topic and content flexibility
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This journaling app is a handy tool for easily recording your daily thoughts, feelings, and experiences. You can write down any topic and content you wish, and you can also select from a calendar to review past entries. It also has a list view function in date order, making it easy to look back and organize.
Nostalgia Notes
Easily create, update, and delete diary entries. Review past entries sorted by day, week, month, or year. Track your progress with enriched statistical data to stay motivated.
- Diary creation
- Update diary entries
- Delete diary entries
- Review past entries
- Sort entries by date
- Statistical data tracking
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Main Features 1.Diary creation Simple to create a diary. 2.Update Diary You can update the contents of your diary. 3.Delete Diary You can easily delete your diary by swiping it. 4.Review You can look back on the past in various axes by displaying diaries sorted by daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly. Statistics As you continue to keep a diary, the statistical data will be enriched, motivating you to continue.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nostalgia Notes at 50% against Journaling Note's 0%. Nostalgia Notes also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Journaling Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Nostalgia Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Journaling Note ships an update every 3 months, Nostalgia Notes every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on August 30, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Journaling Note | Nostalgia Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews โ better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days โ better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported โ better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Haruki Sugaya | Masaaki Kishimoto |
Customer experience
Journaling Note
Nostalgia Notes
In-app purchases
Journaling Note
- Remove Ads$3.99
Nostalgia Notes
No in-app purchases
Questions
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