Comparison

Quick Journal vs Don't You Dare

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

Head to head
About

Quick Journal

This app offers a straightforward journaling experience with extensive customization options. Personalize themes, fonts, icons, and layouts to create your ideal digital notebook. Widgets and draft saving features enhance usability for daily reflection.

Highlights
  • Customizable themes and fonts
  • App icon and layout personalization
  • Home screen widgets
  • Save entries as drafts
  • Copy and share entries
Features
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Quick Journal is the simplest way to keep a journal. You can customize your journal's theme, fonts, app icon, layout, and even where the composer button is placed. To help you write or keep track of your entries, the app features widgets you can put on your home screen. You can copy or share your entries. You can always come back to an entry later by saving it as a draft, just swipe down and the entry will be saved. Hope you enjoy! EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Don't You Dare

Features
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One brave thing a day. That's the whole app. Every morning Don't You Dare gives you a dare, the same one everyone else gets. Ask a stranger for a book tip. Order the dish you can't pronounce. Wear the color you never wear. Go somewhere without GPS. Small, real, a little scary. BEFORE: rate how scary it feels. AFTER: rate how scary it actually was. Watch the gap. That gap is courage, measured. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT - Can't do it today? Tell us why (at work, no money, alone, stuck indoors) and pick from two dares that fit. No shame, no streak loss. - Hold to dare. Commit to it, feel the buzz, get the stamp. - Forgiving streaks: two freezes every week, and a bonus freeze when you come back. - Courage Levels from Warm-up to Fearless. You unlock Fearless by earning it. - The 14-day Fear Sprint: two weeks of dares that get braver as you go. - Running on empty? The 14-day Recharge sprint swaps dares for random feel-good stuff for your body and mind. End it anytime. - 366 dares across social, food, style, nature, learning, switch-ups and more. - Dare a friend, or share your result in one tap. - Win log: streaks, a 35-day heatmap, and your fear shrinking over time. HONEST BY DESIGN Free. No account. No ads. No subscription. Your progress stays on your phone. Not therapy, not a grind. Just daily proof you're alive.

Screenshots

Quick Journal4 screens
Don't You Dare4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Quick Journal at every 9 days against Don't You Dare's every 6 months. Quick Journal also leads on ratings volume (24 vs 1). Don't You Dare's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Don't You Dare holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Journal has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick Journal ships an update every 9 days, Don't You Dare every 6 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Quick Journal versus Don't You Dare: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick JournalDon't You Dare
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (24 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB31 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperCharlie DeetsMind Games Lab LLC

Customer experience

Quick Journal

All ratings24 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive86.4%
Neutral4.5%
Negative9.1%

Don't You Dare

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Quick Journal

No in-app purchases

None

Don't You Dare

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quick Journal free?
Quick Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Don't You Dare free?
Don't You Dare is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Quick Journal or Don't You Dare?
Don't You Dare is rated higher. Quick Journal averages 4.7 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Don't You Dare averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Quick Journal or Don't You Dare have ads?
Neither Quick Journal nor Don't You Dare shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quick Journal or Don't You Dare?
Quick Journal ships an update every 9 days, and Don't You Dare every 6 months. Most recently, Quick Journal was updated on October 24, 2026 and Don't You Dare on October 24, 2026.

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