Comparison

Secret Diary vs My Diary

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

Head to head
About

Secret Diary

This app provides a secure and customizable space for journaling, mood tracking, and memory keeping. Enhance your entries with photos, stickers, and personalized themes. Organize your thoughts with tags and find them easily with smart search.

Highlights
  • Secure passcode, pattern, or password lock
  • Mood tracking and emotional analytics
  • Add photos, stickers, and backgrounds to entries
  • Organize entries with tags
  • Customizable themes, fonts, and colors
  • Backup and restore functionality
  • Daily writing reminders
Features
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Your thoughts deserve a private, beautiful home. My Private Diary - Mood Journal is a calm, secure, and customizable diary app designed to help you write freely, track your emotions, and protect your memories — all in one peaceful space. It’s not just a diary. It’s your personal companion for reflection, growth, and self-care. What You Can Do - Write journals and daily reflections anytime, anywhere - Add photos, stickers, frames, and backgrounds to make each page special - Record your emotions using the mood tracker and view your emotional journey over time - Organize entries by tags, moods, or dates - Keep your diary safe with a passcode, pattern, or password lock Key Features: Mood Tracker & Analytics With mood journal you can track how you feel every day and visualize your emotional patterns with charts and mood calendars. Private Lock System Your memories are yours alone. Secure them with pattern, PIN, or password protection. There is also a recovery question which is used to recover your password incase you forget it. Backup & Restore Safely back up your entries and restore anytime. Never lose your memories again. To backup visit setting then backup and restore. Themes, Fonts & Customization Choose from elegant themes, unique fonts, and rich colors. Create a writing space that reflects you. You can set it via setting - themes, or on homepage open side navigation and click on themes then choose your theme and click apply. Photo Diary with Stickers & Frames Turn your daily journal into a visual story. The free version lets you add 2 images per entry, and with Premium you can add up to 30. You can use it with frames, animated stickers, and custom captions. In the entry page you can find related buttons like sticker, add image, tags, backgrounds etc, click on any to view and add items you want. To add frames or change size of you photo click on it then choose the frame or click on resize button to change the size. Tags for Easy Organization Group your entries with tags — track travel, love, goals, gratitude, or any moment that matters. Calendar & Smart Search Easily find past entries by date, mood, tag, or keyword. Write minimum 3 words to search, choose a tag or choose any mood emoji to filter — your entire story at a glance. Reminders & Notifications Stay consistent with gentle reminders to write every day. You can set custom reminder at any time of the day going to setting - reminder. Journaling for Mind & Mood Writing helps you clear your mind, reduce stress, and understand yourself better. Use your diary as a daily self-care and mindfulness tool. Premium Features • Auto Backup • Add up to 30 photos per entry • Unlock all premium themes, backgrounds and colors • Exclusive sticker packs and photo frames • Custom app backgrounds • Tag icons & extra moods • No Ads — pure, focused journaling. Why You’ll Love It Your diary should be as private and personal as your thoughts. With My Diary – Daily Mood Journal, you get a calm, safe space to reflect, express, and rediscover yourself — wherever you want. Write your heart out. Track your emotions. Your story, your feelings — locked, safe, and beautifully yours.

About

My Diary

Features
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My Diary: Private Journal Lock is a beautiful and private diary app designed to help you write, reflect, and keep your personal thoughts safe. Create a calm space for your daily journaling with a secure passcode, elegant themes, decorative fonts, mood tracking, drawing tools, and gentle writing prompts. Whether you want to record your feelings, save memories, write daily reflections, or simply express your thoughts, My Diary gives you a clean and comfortable writing experience. Key features: • Private diary with passcode lock Protect your personal journal with a secure PIN and keep your thoughts private. • Beautiful themes and colors Personalize your diary with soft, elegant, and premium themes that make writing more enjoyable. • Decorative fonts Choose fonts that match your mood and create a diary style that feels personal. • Mood calendar Track your feelings and view your entries in a clear calendar layout. • Comfortable writing editor Write freely with a clean editor, mood selection, colors, drawing tools, and style options. • Smart writing prompts Get gentle writing ideas and reflection prompts to help you start writing when you need inspiration. • Drawing tools Add a creative touch to your diary with simple drawing tools. • Daily journaling habit Build a peaceful writing routine and keep your memories beautifully organized. Premium features may include access to all premium themes, decorative fonts, unlimited writing assistance, premium drawing tools, and an ad-free experience. Your diary is your private space. Write your thoughts, protect your memories, and enjoy a beautiful journaling experience every day. Terms of use : https://sites.google.com/view/mydiarydailyjourna/home Pilicy Privacy: https://sites.google.com/view/my-diary-daily-journal-ios/home

Screenshots

Secret Diary4 screens
My Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Secret Diary at 3 against My Diary's 1. Secret Diary also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Secret Diary sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and My Diary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Secret Diary versus My Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecret DiaryMy Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (11 ratings) — better
Number of ratings11 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChandan KumarALILOU DIgital LTD

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Secret Diary

Subscriptions3
  • Diary Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Diary Premium Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Diary Annual Subscription$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Diary Premium - Lifetime$19.99
  • Diary premium lifetime$39.99
2 purchases

My Diary

Subscriptions2
  • My Diary Premium Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • My Diary Premium Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Secret Diary free?
Secret Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My Diary free?
My Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Secret Diary or My Diary have ads?
Both Secret Diary and My Diary show ads.

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