My Diary With Lock vs Purrer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My Diary With Lock
This app provides a secure and private space to record daily thoughts, moods, and memories. It offers password protection, mood tracking with emotion icons, and a calendar view to revisit past entries. Customize your journal with various artistic styles.
- Password and Face ID protection
- Mood tracking with emotion icons
- Quick notes with photos and emojis
- Calendar view for browsing entries
- Customizable fonts, backgrounds, and covers
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The cute diary app specially designed for you, with mood tracking and password protection features. Whether it’s daily moods, memorable moments, or deep reflections, everything is safely stored here. Private & Secure Your diary is protected with a password lock and Face ID. Everything you write stays private and visible only to you. Mood Diary Record your moods using adorable emotion icons inspired by Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions, allowing you to record moods in a soothing and easy way. Quick Notes Capture your feelings anytime with photos, text, and emojis. Calendar View Browse your diary by day or month and easily revisit memories from any specific date. Personalized Journal Customize artistic fonts, font size, background letter styles, and diary covers to create your own exclusive journal. If you have suggestions or feedback, please contact us in the app!
Purrer
A virtual cat petting app designed for relaxation and stress relief. Choose your favorite cat breed and enjoy calming purrs and petting anywhere, anytime. It's a hypoallergenic pocket companion for moments of calm.
- Virtual cat petting
- Choose cat breeds
- Relaxation and stress relief
- Pocket-sized companion
- Use anywhere
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Pet, purr, and relax… no hairballs Purrer is a virtual cat petting app, a simple way to relax and wind down with pets and purrs anywhere you go. A moment of calm while traveling, at work, school, or waiting on hold. Choose your favorite cat breed and pet your purring pocket pet. Carry your hypoallergenic pocket cat wherever you go. • Choose your favorite cat breed and pet until calm • Use Purrer anywhere, between tasks or before sleep for a quick reset1 • Petting and purring cue a natural relaxation response, a physiological counter to stress2 • Pet, purr, and unwind3 with your virtual pocket cat • All purrs, no scratches, no litterbox
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Purrer at none against My Diary With Lock's 3. Purrer also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). My Diary With Lock's advantage is ratings volume (1.9K vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. My Diary With Lock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Purrer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Purrer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Diary With Lock has 1.9K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
My Diary With Lock ships an update every 3 months, Purrer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My Diary With Lock | Purrer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.9K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MEETFIRE LIMITED | Reason Interactive |
Customer experience
My Diary With Lock
Purrer
Bugs and requests
My Diary With Lock
Reported bugs
2 issues- Submitted diary entries sometimes reset font settings
- Occasional data loss when switching devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add more journal cover options
- Implement backup and restore functionality
- Improve font customization options
- Introduce a dark mode theme
Purrer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
My Diary With Lock
- Monthly VIP$1.991 Month
- Yearly VIP$7.991 Year
- Lifetime VIP$9.99
Purrer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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