Comparison

My Diary With Lock vs Pink Mark

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

Pink Mark

Features
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Picking the line for you needs an iPhone 15 Pro or newer (or an iPad with M1 or later) on iOS 26 or later, with Apple Intelligence turned on. Scanning pages and saving quotes work on every iPhone and iPad. Pink Mark turns physical book pages into a year quotebook. WHAT IT DOES - Point the camera at a page and Pink Mark reads the text - With Apple Intelligence, it picks the most striking line for you - Save the quote with one tap, with its book and page if you like - Your year quotebook keeps every quote you marked, newest first WORKS ON EVERY iPHONE - With Apple Intelligence (iPhone 15 Pro or newer), the line is picked for you - Without it: scan the page, trim the text to your quote, save - Either way the year quotebook gets built WITHOUT PRO - Everything is unlocked for your first 3 days - After that, saving more than 3 quotes needs Pro PRO ($4 monthly / $25 annual / $59 lifetime) - Unlimited quotes 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-mark/terms Privacy Policy: https://danielius.studio/pink-mark/privacy

Screenshots

My Diary With Lock4 screens
Pink Mark4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pink Mark at every 3 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. My Diary With Lock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Pink Mark sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Diary With Lock ships an update every 3 months, Pink Mark every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
My Diary With Lock versus Pink Mark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Diary With LockPink Mark
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.9K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMEETFIRE LIMITEDDanielius 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 Mark

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

My Diary With Lock

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly VIP$1.991 Month
  • Yearly VIP$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime VIP$9.99
3 purchases

Pink Mark

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$4.001 Month
  • Pro Annual$25.001 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$59.00

Questions

Is My Diary With Lock free?
My Diary With Lock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pink Mark free?
Pink Mark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do My Diary With Lock or Pink Mark have ads?
Neither My Diary With Lock nor Pink Mark shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Diary With Lock or Pink Mark?
My Diary With Lock ships an update every 3 months, and Pink Mark every 3 days. Most recently, My Diary With Lock was updated on October 25, 2026 and Pink Mark on October 24, 2026.

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