Comparison

Quick Journal vs Daytale

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

Daytale

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Daytale - Mood Tracker, Daily Journal and Self Care Diary Daytale helps you capture your daily life, understand your emotions, and build better habits with a calm and simple journaling experience. Record your mood, write about your day, and discover patterns that help improve your wellbeing over time. Start your personal diary today and turn everyday moments into meaningful insights. Daytale is a modern mood tracker and private journal designed to support self-reflection, emotional awareness, and personal growth. Use it as your daily diary, mental wellness tracker, gratitude journal, or habit reflection companion. Track how you feel, what you did, and what matters most — all in one peaceful space. Daytale helps you: Build awareness of your emotions and daily patterns Reflect on experiences and understand what affects your mood Create a consistent journaling habit without pressure or complexity Whether you want to improve mental wellbeing, track daily habits, or simply remember your days, Daytale adapts to your lifestyle. HOW DOES IT WORK Log your mood in seconds and add activities, daily notes, photos, or voice recordings about your day. Over time, Daytale transforms your entries into visual insights and statistics that help you understand yourself better. Your journal becomes a timeline of memories, emotions, and experiences. You can review your past through calendars, charts, and personalized insights that reveal how your routines influence your mood and happiness. FEATURES Daytale helps you build a mindful daily routine: Quick mood tracking with multiple emotional states Daily journal entries with notes and reflections Activity tracking to understand mood triggers Gratitude journaling for positive reflection Photo and audio memories attached to entries Beautiful calendar view of your emotional history Year-in-Pixels mood overview Weekly, monthly, and yearly mood insights Activity and mood analytics with visual charts Personalized insights to understand patterns Clean, minimal design focused on calm and clarity Secure cloud backup and sync across devices Private and secure journaling experience Daytale stores your journal data locally on your device to ensure offline access and privacy. When you sign in, your entries and media are securely synced to encrypted cloud storage for backup and cross-device access. We do not sell your data, share it with third parties for advertising, or access your personal content. Privacy Policy - https://northernmonkey.thegigletter.com/privacy-policy/ Terms - https://northernmonkey.thegigletter.com/terms/

Screenshots

Quick Journal4 screens
Daytale4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quick Journal at none against Daytale's 3. Quick Journal also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Daytale sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Quick Journal asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Quick Journal versus Daytale: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick JournalDaytale
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (24 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.4 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB33 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperCharlie DeetsAvirath Pinjarkar

In-app purchases

None

Quick Journal

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Daytale

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
  • Monthly - 30 Days$4.991 Month
  • Annual Plan$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Quick Journal free?
Quick Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Daytale free?
Daytale is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Quick Journal or Daytale have ads?
Daytale shows ads; Quick Journal does not.

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