Comparison

Daily Mind Diary vs SmileLine

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

Head to head
About

Daily Mind Diary

Cultivate mindfulness by tracking moments of awareness and distraction. This app helps you notice when your mind is present, allowing you to live more intentionally and gain command over your thoughts and life.

Highlights
  • Track heedful and unheedful moments
  • Quick recording via home screen widget
  • Record moments from Apple Watch
  • View statistics to observe patterns
  • Share records with friends
  • Write personal diary entries
Features
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We are excited to introduce Daily Mind Diary. Daily Mind Diary is a reflection and training app for cultivating heedfulness—the practice of being aware of one’s thoughts and actions, a concept rooted in Won-Buddhist teachings. Rather than being carried away by habits and distractions, this app helps you notice moments when your mind is present and moments when it wanders. By recording these moments, you can gradually learn to live guided by your thoughts, instead of letting circumstances and impulses guide them. Through consistent reflection, Daily Mind Diary supports you in becoming more aware, more intentional, and ultimately more in command of your mind and your life. Key Features - Track heedful and unheedful moments - Quick recording via home screen widget - Record moments directly from Apple Watch - View statistics to observe patterns in your awareness - Share records with friends using iCloud - Write a personal diary entry for each record Thank you for choosing Daily Mind Diary as your companion on the path of awareness. Privacy Policy: https://gist.github.com/gus1819/22eebca969bc352bdea6794c6f814812 Standard Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

SmileLine

Effortlessly track your mood with intuitive gestures. Simply slide on your iPhone or rotate the Digital Crown on your Apple Watch to log your feelings. Gain instant insights into your emotional patterns with a clean, minimal interface.

Highlights
  • Gesture-based mood logging
  • Minimalist one-screen interface
  • iPhone and Apple Watch compatibility
  • Instant emotional pattern insights
  • Haptic feedback on Apple Watch
Features
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A dial, a slide, your mood. The simplest mood tracker. No tapping. No typing. Just a smooth turn of the Digital Crown or a gentle slide on your screen. On iPhone: Slide up or down. That's it. Your mood, captured in one effortless gesture. On Apple Watch: Rotate the Digital Crown. Feel the haptic feedback as you move through your emotions. It's intuitive, discreet, and takes just seconds. Why SmileLine? Truly minimal: One screen. One motion. No clutter. Works everywhere: Use it on your iPhone or Apple Watch—seamlessly. Instant insights: Watch your emotional patterns emerge over time, without the effort. Your feelings matter. Tracking them shouldn't feel like work. Download SmileLine – free. Just move the dial.

Screenshots

Daily Mind Diary4 screens
SmileLine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: SmileLine at none against Daily Mind Diary's shown. SmileLine also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and device support (4 vs 2). Daily Mind Diary's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). On price and in-app purchases 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. Daily Mind Diary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month and SmileLine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daily Mind Diary ships an update every 4 days, SmileLine every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Daily Mind Diary versus SmileLine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaily Mind DiarySmileLine
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSDCoporation伟 沈

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Daily Mind Diary

Subscriptions2
  • Remove ads for 1 month$0.491 Month
  • Remove ads for 3 months$0.793 Months
One-time1
  • Remove ads lifetime$0.99
1 purchases

SmileLine

One-time1
  • SmileLine LifeTime Access$4.99

Questions

Is Daily Mind Diary free?
Daily Mind Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SmileLine free?
SmileLine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Daily Mind Diary or SmileLine have ads?
Daily Mind Diary shows ads; SmileLine does not.
Which is updated more often, Daily Mind Diary or SmileLine?
Daily Mind Diary ships an update every 4 days, and SmileLine every 10 days. Most recently, Daily Mind Diary was updated on November 5, 2026 and SmileLine on October 31, 2026.

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