My Diary With Lock vs Pink Trace
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!
Pink Trace
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One color a day. By December the year is a painting. Pink Trace turns each day into a single colored pixel. Tap a swatch in the morning, evening, whenever, and the day takes that color. Over a year the grid becomes a 365-pixel painting only you could have made. FEATURES - 12 by 31 grid for the full year - 25 hand-curated palettes (Vilnius Autumn, Neon, Sakura, Ash, Sienna and more) - A one-line note on any day - Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets that remind you to pick today's color - Fully on-device. No accounts, no analytics. WITHOUT PRO Everything is unlocked for your first 3 days. After that, you keep tracing with the Starter palette and see the current month. PRO All 25 palettes, the full year view and a note on any day. Subscription Details - Pro Monthly: $4 / month - Pro Annual: $25 / year - Lifetime: $59 one-time Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled in Settings at least 24 hours before the renewal date. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://danielius.studio/pink-trace/terms Privacy Policy: https://danielius.studio/pink-trace/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pink Trace at every 2 days against My Diary With Lock's every 3 months. My Diary With Lock's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. My Diary With Lock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Pink Trace sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
My Diary With Lock ships an update every 3 months, Pink Trace every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My Diary With Lock | Pink Trace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.9K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 91.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MEETFIRE LIMITED | Danielius Chalikovas |
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
Pink Trace
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
Pink Trace
- Pro Monthly$4.001 Month
- Pro Annual$25.001 Year
- Lifetime$59.00
Questions
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