TROPY vs NoteGarden
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TROPY
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트로피는 여론, 설문조사를 실시하고 보상을 통해 포인트몰에서 원하는 쿠폰을 받을 수 있어요. (* 본 조사는 마약, 성인물 등의 민감한 조사를 포함하고 있으므로, 성인 인증이 필수 입니다.)
NoteGarden
Easily capture your day with mood icons, photos, and short notes. Revisit past moments through a calendar view, photo timeline, and "On This Day" memories. Secure your entries with app lock and sync across devices via iCloud.
- Mood tracking with icons
- Photo and short note entries
- Calendar and timeline views
- Search and favorites
- iCloud sync
- App lock security
- 30-day trash recovery
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NoteGarden is a gentle journaling app that lets you quickly save today’s mood, photos, and notes, then look back on them later. It is designed to feel lighter than a traditional diary, while keeping your records safely stored. Choose your mood, add photos, and write a short note — your entry is saved automatically. [ Key Features of NoteGarden ] Record today in under a minute • Quickly choose today’s mood with 10 mood icons • Add photos and notes to simply capture your day • Write notes neatly line by line with bullet lists • Organize entries more easily with tags • Keep your writing safe with automatic saving Look back with calendar and timeline views • Review past entries with daily moods and previews • Browse older records more easily with monthly section headers • Jump quickly to a specific year when you have entries across multiple years • See the time written and whether an entry was edited • Find the records you need with favorites and search • Revisit memories from the same date with the “On This Day” card Photo timeline • View photos added to your entries by date • Look back on past moments in chronological order from the Photos tab • Keep photos safely stored together with your records Reflect on your records with statistics • View your records by This Month, Last Month, This Year, Last Year, or All Time • Check record count, photo count, character count, and average character count • See your mood distribution at a glance with a donut chart • Track your journaling habit with your writing streak Safe backup and sync • Continue viewing your records and photos across devices with iCloud sync • Keep a single backup file with file export and import • Protect your private records with app lock • Restore deleted entries from the 30-day trash NoteGarden is made for people who find it hard to write a long diary every day. A mood, a photo, and a short note can be enough to remember your day. Save today in a small way, and quietly return to it later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TROPY at none against NoteGarden's 1. TROPY also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.1). NoteGarden's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 5 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. NoteGarden sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TROPY asks for nothing beyond the download.
TROPY ships an update every 5 weeks, NoteGarden every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.
| Parameter | TROPY | NoteGarden |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nonce Lab Inc. | ChanGyu Kang |
In-app purchases
TROPY
No in-app purchases
NoteGarden
- NoteGarden Pro Lifetime$1.99









