Comparison

Depression Diary vs Life Backup Plan

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

Head to head
About

Depression Diary

Monitor your emotional well-being and identify patterns in your mood. Log your feelings, add notes, and generate shareable reports for your healthcare provider. Personalize your tracking experience with custom attributes and daily reminders.

Highlights
  • Track depression levels
  • Add custom attributes
  • Write notes
  • Visualize statistics
  • Generate PDF/CSV reports
  • Daily reminders
  • Journal lock (Face ID/Touch ID)
Features
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Take control of your depression. Track your feelings, take notes, and visualize any changes with just a few simple taps. Want to share it with your doctor? No problem, just generate a printable report! Want to track something more? Just add it as a custom attribute! HOW IT WORKS: - Track your depression by a few simple tap - Track additional attributes by a simple tap - Write notes - Have an easy overview of how you are doing - Recognize any changes - Analyze your statistics over time - Create PDF or CSV reports and share them with your doctor - Define your own depression levels - Personalize your tracker by editing or creating custom attributes - Collect new achievements - Stay on track with daily reminders - Lock your journal with Face ID or Touch ID We value your privacy. Your journal entries are just yours, only accessible with your device. Consult with your doctor if you are experiencing any symptoms of an illness. This software is not a replacement of a medical treatment. It is intended for informational purposes only and comes with no warranty. You can read the terms of use and privacy policy here: http://adamcziko.com/depression-diary-privacy-policy-and-terms-of-use/

About

Life Backup Plan

This app integrates digital health, safety, and wellness features for coordinated support. It offers features like post-discharge monitoring, emergency response, and community assistance, aiming to improve health outcomes and reduce costs.

Highlights
  • Integrated health, safety, and wellness
  • Post-discharge monitoring
  • Emergency response system
  • Community assistance network
  • Unlimited safety check-ins
  • EHR integration for faster diagnosis
Features
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Smarter Safety. Better Health. Lower Costs. Safety apps leave you without personal health records when a safety issue requires medical intervention. Health and wellness apps leave you without the monitoring and metrics of a safety app. And community apps leave you hoping someone sees your assistance request amidst a sea of lost cat notices and neighbourhood complaints. No single app integrates all three. No app has unified these essential features—until Life Backup Plan. Live Life Unlimited. Life Backup Plan is an end-to-end, fully integrated digital health, safety, wellness, and care app—designed for coordinated, easily accessible support. Whether you need post-discharge monitoring, early detection and emergency response, unlimited safety check-ins, or faster diagnosis and treatment, Life Backup Plan does it all.
 What is community assistance?
 Remember the pandemic’s early days, when seniors and immunocompromised people were advised to stay home? They still needed prescriptions or groceries, and Uber and Instacart didn’t reach everyone. They relied on the kindness of neighbours. That’s what community assistance is: people helping people. Life Backup Plan includes a structured, reliable system that works every day, for everyone—from borrowing items or wellness support to summoning healthcare workers when shut in or unable to access facilities.
 Who is it for? • Employers & Insurers – Reduce absenteeism, improve wellness, and lower healthcare costs through proactive monitoring and early detection. • Colleges & Universities – Strengthen campus safety and provide reliable wellness and emergency tools for students and staff. • Families & Caregivers – Stay connected through safety check-ins, family monitoring, and emergency response features that deliver peace of mind. • Seniors & Individuals – Increase independence with unlimited check-ins for elder, dating, travel, or outdoor safety—and get rapid access to care if needed. • Government Health Plans & Agencies – Support population-level safety, reduce readmissions, and lower costs for Medicaid, Medicare, Medi-Cal, and VA Health programs. • Hospitals & Health Systems – Enable post-discharge monitoring, improve outcomes, and ease staffing burdens. • Emergency & Disaster Response – Equip FEMA, DHS, and local agencies with community-wide monitoring, faster response, and reliable data. The 5M’s of Healthcare – Covered by Life Backup Plan
 • Monitoring – Unlimited safety check-ins, wellness tracking, caregiver support, and early detection keep families connected and employees healthier. • Medicine – Integrates with EHRs to give doctors and hospitals the right data for faster diagnosis and safer treatment. • Metrics – Actionable health, safety, and lifestyle insights that capture both clinical and social determinants of health. • Membership – One platform that scales from individuals to organisations: families, employers, universities, hospitals, insurers, and agencies. • Money – Reduces ER visits, readmissions, and absenteeism—saving costs for individuals, employers, and healthcare systems.
 Life Backup Plan isn’t just another app. It’s a next-generation, life care platform that eliminates the silos between safety, health, and community—helping you live smarter, healthier, and safer every day. Stay safe with Life Backup Plan—unlimited check-ins to monitor well-being and summon help when needed. Your safety is our priority!
 By using this app, you agree to Apple’s Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Depression Diary4 screens
Life Backup Plan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Depression Diary at none against Life Backup Plan's 2. Depression Diary also leads on ratings volume (96 vs 1). Life Backup Plan's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, device support 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. Life Backup Plan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Depression Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Life Backup Plan holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Depression Diary has 96 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Depression Diary versus Life Backup Plan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDepression DiaryLife Backup Plan
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (96 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews96.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings96 — better1
Update frequency—Every 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB85 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperAdam CzikoLife Backup Plan

In-app purchases

None

Depression Diary

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Life Backup Plan

Subscriptions2
  • Life Backup Plan Discounted$9.991 Month
  • Life Backup Plan Monthly$14.991 Month

Questions

Is Depression Diary free?
Depression Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Life Backup Plan free?
Life Backup Plan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Depression Diary or Life Backup Plan?
Life Backup Plan is rated higher. Depression Diary averages 4.7 out of 5 from 96 ratings, while Life Backup Plan averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Depression Diary or Life Backup Plan have ads?
Neither Depression Diary nor Life Backup Plan shows ads.

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