Comparison

My Diary vs Nightink

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

Head to head
About

My Diary

Safely store your thoughts, memories, and daily moments in a private, password-protected journal. Personalize your entries with photos, voice notes, and custom backgrounds. Track your mood over time to gain self-understanding and promote mental well-being.

Highlights
  • Password, fingerprint, and face ID protection
  • Add photos, audio clips, and sketches
  • Customizable backgrounds, stickers, and fonts
  • Daily mood tracking and insights
  • Calendar and report view for mood history
  • Intuitive and user-friendly design
Features
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My Diary app is a warm, private, and beautifully designed diary with lock to safely store your personal thoughts, everyday moments, and special memories.. With its stunning interface and thoughtful details, every entry feels special and truly yours. ▶ Why You'll Love My Diary My diary with password is like your close friend who keeps all your secrets. Where you can save your precious moments forever. Then protect diary with lock, decorate each page with photos, backgrounds, and stickers, and also keep checking your mood every day to gain a deeper understanding of yourself. ▶ Highlights You Don’t Want to Miss → Write Anytime, Anywhere Instantly record your feelings, thoughts, or stories whenever you want, whether you're at home, travelling, or on the go. → Add Photos and Voices Make your diary entries more special by adding pictures, audio clips, or simple sketches to express yourself as well as words. → Personalize your pages Choose different colored backgrounds, understand your mood, add stickers, and text styles that match your personality. → Lock & Protect Your Secrets Keep your private diary safe with a password, fingerprint or face ID so only you can access it. → Track Your Mood Insights Record your daily feelings, track emotions, and gain insights about yourself over time. → Report and calendar view My diary with password provides you with a calendar view to keep track of your mental health daily. Moreover, notes and mood tracks also give you a complete report of your moods. ▶ A Safe Space for Your Emotions Writing regularly can help you process emotions, reduce stress, and take care of your mental health. Use My Diary Journal with Lock to openly explore your thoughts, clear your mind, and feel more at peace in your daily life. ▶ Make It Truly Yours My diary with lock helps you save your emotions and record your day in a variety of ways. Whether you like minimalist beauty, colourful backgrounds, or creative collages, My Diary has options to make every page feel like home. ▶ What Makes My Diary Stand Out – Intuitive, clean, and user-friendly design – Strong privacy and security features – Flexible customization options – Perfect for personal growth, gratitude journaling, and self-reflection ▶ Get Started Today! My diary with lock is free to download and offers many features without cost. For those who want even more creative options, exclusive colorful backgrounds, stylish fonts and premium designs are available through My Diary Premium Membership. Download now to keep track of your day and emotions. Privacy policy https://crecode.uk/privacy-policy/ Terms of use https://crecode.uk/terms-of-use/

About

Nightink

This private diary app keeps your thoughts secure on your device with PIN or Face ID protection. It offers a dark theme, customizable writing styles, and features to reflect on past entries and future messages.

Highlights
  • Offline journaling
  • PIN and Face ID lock
  • Customizable writing styles
  • Mood tracking
  • Future sealed letters
  • On this day feature
  • Data export
Features
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Nightink is a private diary that never leaves your phone. No ads. No account. No subscription. Write what you like, lock it behind a PIN or Face ID, and take everything with you whenever you want. YOUR WORDS STAY YOURS Entries are written to storage on your device. There is no server to send them to and no account to create. Export everything to plain text, Markdown or a full backup — free, always — because a diary you cannot take with you is not really yours. WRITTEN AT NIGHT Nightink is dark by default, because that is when people actually write. Choose from eleven covers, nine papers, five writing hands and six inks named after real fountain pen inks. A DAY IN ONE TAP Mark how the day went with a single tap — ink swatches, faces, weather or hearts. Add a title, a photo, tags and stickers if you want them. Or just the mark, if that is all today deserves. IT COMES BACK TO YOU On this day brings back the same date from every year before it. Your year in ink shows twelve months as a single picture, coloured by how each day felt. In numbers counts what you have built up — words written, your longest run of days, the weekday you write on most. SEAL A LETTER Write something to yourself and choose a date. It stays shut until then, and you get a nudge on the morning it opens. A year out, five years out, or the day before a birthday. PAY ONCE Writing, moods, search, reminders, On this day, In numbers and every export format are free forever. One payment adds the covers, papers, hands, inks, sealed letters and the year view. There is no subscription and there never will be. Made by ClearPath Advisory.

Screenshots

My Diary4 screens
Nightink4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nightink at 100% against My Diary's 53%. Nightink also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and ads (none vs shown). My Diary's advantage is ratings volume (59 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. My Diary sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per 7 days and Nightink sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nightink holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Diary has 59 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of My Diary's written reviews are positive against 100% of Nightink's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Diary ships an update every 3 weeks, Nightink every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
My Diary versus Nightink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy DiaryNightink
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (59 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings59 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size148 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCRECODE IT PROFESSIONALS (Private) LTDJoshua Matesun

Customer experience

My Diary

All ratings44 ratings
Positive77.3%
Neutral4.5%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive53.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative30.0%

Nightink

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

My Diary

Subscriptions6
  • Diary Weekly Premium$2.497 Days
  • Diary Monthly Premium3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Diary Monthly Premium$3.991 Month
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  • Diary Monthly Premium$4.991 Month
  • Diary Yearly Premium$13.991 Year
  • Diary yearly Premium3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Diary Lifetime Plan$49.99
1 purchases

Nightink

One-time1
  • Nightink, complete$9.99

Questions

Is My Diary free?
My Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nightink free?
Nightink is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, My Diary or Nightink?
Nightink is rated higher. My Diary averages 4.2 out of 5 from 59 ratings, while Nightink averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do My Diary or Nightink have ads?
My Diary shows ads; Nightink does not.
Which is updated more often, My Diary or Nightink?
My Diary ships an update every 3 weeks, and Nightink every 6 weeks. Most recently, My Diary was updated on October 30, 2026 and Nightink on October 6, 2026.

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