Comparison

Quick Journal vs Amicacciu

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

Amicacciu

Features
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Amicacciu — Corsican for "good friend" — is your resilience companion. Not a coach, not a therapist, not a feed. Your good friend: always available, one who listens, doesn't judge, or tell you what to do. Most days don't need fixing. They need noticing. Amicacciu gives you a few quiet minutes to check in with yourself across the core domains of daily life — from work and relationships to the people who depend on you and your inner self. Over time, it gently reflects back the patterns it notices, and what they might mean, so you can draw your own conclusions. The idea at its heart is your "buffer" — your capacity to absorb what life brings. Some days build it up; some days draw it down. Amicacciu helps you see that rhythm clearly over time. What you can do: Check in daily in a couple of minutes See how you're holding up across the core domains of daily life Notice what restores you and what depletes you, over time Reflect on a worry, reframe a fear, or think through a difficult message before you send it Look back over your history and see how far you've come A good friend isn't only for the hard days. Amicacciu is there in the ordinary ones too. Your data: Amicacciu is local-first. Your journal entries are stored on your device, not on our servers. The written reflections — including your daily check-in — are generated by AI, so when AI is on, the text needed for each response is sent securely to our AI provider, and is never used to train any model. You can turn AI off entirely in Settings; when it's off, nothing leaves your device. Amicacciu is free to start, with no ads. Amicacciu Plus adds deeper reflections and richer pattern analysis for those who want to go further. Amicacciu is a wellbeing and self-reflection tool, not a medical or crisis service. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://amicacciu.com/privacy

Screenshots

Quick Journal4 screens
Amicacciu4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quick Journal at none against Amicacciu's 2. Amicacciu's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.4). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Amicacciu sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Quick Journal asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Quick Journal versus Amicacciu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick JournalAmicacciu
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (24 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB9 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCharlie Deetseric scotto di rinaldi

In-app purchases

None

Quick Journal

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Amicacciu

Subscriptions2
  • Amicacciu Plus7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Amicacciu Plus7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Quick Journal free?
Quick Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Amicacciu free?
Amicacciu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Quick Journal or Amicacciu have ads?
Neither Quick Journal nor Amicacciu shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quick Journal or Amicacciu?
Quick Journal ships an update every 9 days, and Amicacciu every 9 days. Most recently, Quick Journal was updated on October 15, 2026 and Amicacciu on October 1, 2026.

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