Comparison

Things To Write vs Done Diary

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

Head to head
About

Things To Write

Explore yourself and your life through over 600 curated writing prompts. This app helps improve writing skills, practice mindfulness, and release emotions by encouraging reflection from multiple perspectives.

Highlights
  • 600+ curated writing topics
  • Self-exploration and life recording
  • Emotional release and stress reduction
  • Mindfulness practice
  • Improve writing skills
  • Automatic cloud sync
Features
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"ThingsToWrite" is an app that integrates thinking, writing, and self-exploration, featuring over 600 curated topics to help you reflect on yourself, record your life, and release your emotions from different angles. Whether you're looking to improve your writing skills, enhance mindfulness, or simply pass the time and release inner pressure, "ThingsToWrite" offers a unique writing experience. Each question can be your autobiography, can be your story, can reflect your values, can unleash your imagination. Will your answers to the same question be more mature, more refined, or purer a year from now? How would your friends answer the same question? Don’t know what to talk about on a date? Pick a few questions. Can’t sleep at night? Write a few questions. Feeling anxious? Use questions to organize your thoughts. Main Features: Diverse Topics: Covering self-exploration, emotional memories, life records, creative writing, and more, offering endless inspiration. Answer from Different Angles: Each topic can be answered from multiple perspectives, helping you gain a comprehensive understanding of yourself. Improve Writing Skills: Enhance your language expression and creative thinking by practicing writing continuously. Mindfulness Practice: Record your feelings and thoughts to stay focused, reduce anxiety, and improve mental health. Emotional Release: Use writing to release stress, organize your emotions, and find inner peace. Automatic Cloud Sync: Sync across multiple devices seamlessly.

About

Done Diary

Features
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Done Diary is a simple diary app for recording what you accomplished today and giving yourself credit for the small things. It is not made to push you to do more. It is made to help you notice what you finished, what you kept up with, and the small steps you took today. You can record what you did today, things you want to do later, and daily habits. At the end of the day, you can also add your mood and a short note to gently reflect on your day. Your records can be reviewed in Days by month. Use the list or calendar view to look back on what you have been building over time. Recommended for people who: ・want to focus on what they did, not what they could not do ・want a diary that is easy to continue ・want to track habits and small actions gently ・want to end each day with a little more self-recognition Done Diary is not about trying harder. It is about noticing what you already did today. Keep small records, and look back on your everyday progress.

Screenshots

Things To Write4 screens
Done Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Things To Write at none against Done Diary's shown. Things To Write also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.4). On price, 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. Things To Write sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Done 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
Things To Write versus Done Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThings To WriteDone Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer嘉胜 陈Kaito Yoshimura

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Things To Write

One-time1
  • Unlock All Topics$8.99
2 purchases

Done Diary

Subscriptions2
  • PremiumPlan(MonthlyPayment)$2.991 Month
  • PremiumPlan(YearlyPayment)$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Things To Write free?
Things To Write is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Done Diary free?
Done Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Things To Write or Done Diary have ads?
Done Diary shows ads; Things To Write does not.

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