Comparison

Sundialbum vs Path Journal

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

Head to head
About

Sundialbum

Features
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Record a photo every day to connect ordinary daily life into a timeless chapter of light and shadow. The touching moments of photos, the vitality of live photos, and the laughter recorded in videos can all become exquisite covers for your diary. Write down a few lines of text about your unique mood, weather, or story of the day, and you can also sync it to Apple Health. By continuously recording a single theme (such as three meals a day, sky colors), perceiving subtle changes in repetition, regaining awareness of life, and building the bricks and tiles of your life museum. Apple's native interface for accessing photos protects privacy and security. [Timeline Cinema Mode] All photos are automatically archived to the corresponding date according to the shooting time, making your growth process more intuitive through the "Calendar View". The hidden "time capsule" allows you to unintentionally see the diary of the same month and day in the past in the future. The review function allows you to reunite with your past self and discover the beauty that was once overlooked. Record daily life and also keep accounts. The number type will automatically capture the operation symbols and numbers of the input content for real-time calculation. Results support long press one-click copy, sharing and checking is as fast as lightning! Expenses and benefits will be clear at a glance! Immersive sharing Pearl Card: Automatically exclude unfilled content and save daily records as art cards with text layout. Media types not only make diaries more colorful, but also serve as a platform for you to post Moments. It supports one-click sharing to major social platforms in the future. Synchronized Pitu marking Select the cover and the heart mark of the personal collection when you want to add pictures and videos in addition to displaying iOS photos. It will also prioritize displaying pictures and videos organized by "Pitu - Mark Gallery Organize". And it will display corresponding unique tags, allowing you to select more intuitively and efficiently. From the baby's first cry to the white-haired smile, every ordinary moment is meaningful because of recording. "- User @CATTEN狸猫 Easy as a note, yet with a movie-level healing feeling. "- User @偃歆歆歆 One picture every day, tears in my eyes when I look back after three years... I never knew I had so many shining daily lives. "- User @Mrmemr Download now and start writing your life script. Hope you like it, any questions and suggestions please contact: ohonhon@doulike.world User Licensing Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Path Journal

Capture thoughts, memories, and insights with a clean, distraction-free interface. This minimalist journaling app offers quick entry creation, powerful search, and organized views for effortless reflection. It provides peace of mind with iCloud backup and helps you revisit past moments.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free interface
  • Full-text search
  • Quick entry creation
  • Filtered views
  • iCloud backup
  • On This Day feature
Features
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A Journaling App for Minimalists Capture insights, highlights, and memories with a fluid, distraction-free interface. Designed for clarity and speed, this app makes journaling feel effortless. – Minimalist design for focused writing – Full-text search across all entries – Pull down to quickly create a new entry – Filtered views to stay organized – iCloud backup for peace of mind – “On This Day” to revisit past entries No clutter. Just your thoughts—beautifully organized.

Screenshots

Sundialbum4 screens
Path Journal3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Path Journal at none against Sundialbum's 3. Path Journal also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). Sundialbum's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.1). On price, ads 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. Sundialbum sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Path Journal asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sundialbum ships an update every 3 weeks, Path Journal every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Sundialbum versus Path Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSundialbumPath Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.1
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer虹 刘Hummingbird Labs Ltd

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Sundialbum

Subscriptions2
  • 按月订阅$0.991 Month
  • 按年订阅$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • 终身订阅$24.99
None

Path Journal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sundialbum free?
Sundialbum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Path Journal free?
Path Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sundialbum or Path Journal have ads?
Neither Sundialbum nor Path Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sundialbum or Path Journal?
Sundialbum ships an update every 3 weeks, and Path Journal every 8 days. Most recently, Sundialbum was updated on October 28, 2026 and Path Journal on October 30, 2026.

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