Comparison

SamoDiary vs Lumea

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

Head to head
About

SamoDiary

This app offers a warm and healing mood journaling experience with a virtual Samoyed companion. It guides users through morning intentions and evening reflections, tracks emotions, and allows interaction with a pet that grows as you journal. Explore a magical forest and engage in mini-games for self-healing.

Highlights
  • Guided morning journaling
  • Evening reflection prompts
  • Intuitive mood tracking
  • Interactive Samoyed companion
  • Magical forest exploration
  • Self-healing mini-games
  • Device and iCloud storage
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SamoDiary is a warm and healing mood journaling app. It is not only a diary, but also a magical Samoyed companion who stays by your side, helping you record your feelings, heal your heart, and explore an enchanted forest. 【Journaling & Emotions】 - Morning guided journaling to set goals and intentions - Evening reflections to gently organize your thoughts and treasure happy moments - Intuitive mood tracking to observe and better understand your emotional patterns 【Companionship & Interaction】 - Interact with your Samoyed, who responds differently based on your moods and entries - Writing your diary feeds your pet and helps it grow through different life stages - Long press to enter meditation mode, listen to calming audio, and enjoy inner peace 【Fantasy & Exploration】 - Unlock chapters of the magical forest, from desolation to renewal - Practice self-healing through mini games and earn gentle rewards 【Privacy & Security】 Your diary is stored only on your device and in iCloud, keeping it private and secure — your own safe garden of emotions. 【About the Developer】 SamoDiary is completely free, created independently by a psychology student with a humanities background. May it become a gentle companion for you. 【Stay Updated】 Follow the developer on Xiaohongshu (ID: 7251358474) or reach out by email (samodiary@gmail.com ) to get the latest updates and new stories.

About

Lumea

Features
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While you focus, it adventures. Lumea is an iPhone app that combines a focus timer, focus history, and pet raising. For study, work, and reading: focus on your task while your pet explores, then see what this time brings. ◆ Start focusing at your own pace • Set a 5–120 minute countdown in 5-minute steps, or start counting up without a preset duration • End a count-up session when you’re done; it ends automatically 12 hours after starting. Pausing does not extend that deadline • When leaving Lumea or locking your screen, choose to keep timing or auto-pause. After auto-pausing, return to the app and tap Resume • Track study, work, reading, exercise, or your own custom focus categories • If you end early, completed full focus minutes still count toward stats and base rewards ◆ Every return may bring a new discovery After an adventure, it may return with Outfits, Tools, or Melodies—a small surprise for the journey. Finish a full session to create a saveable, shareable watercolor Moment. ◆ It remembers every focus session A session is recorded after at least one full focus minute. Revisit each record in the Footprints timeline, and use weekly category totals to see where your focused time went. ◆ Make room for focus today Daily Promise is optional. Set a daily goal of 5–120 minutes; after granting access, choose apps or categories to set aside on this device. Selected apps unlock automatically when you reach your goal. • Valid on-device focus minutes from both count-up and countdown sessions count—no need to finish in one sitting • Unlock temporarily when needed, or turn Daily Promise off anytime; no membership required • Your goal and selected apps stay on this device and are never synced Reach your goal at your own pace. ◆ Let focus hatch new pets Completed sessions give your pet XP and add hatching progress to the current egg. Hatch and collect 24 watercolor pets; hatching a pet you already own gives Gleam instead. Steady focus also advances pets, places, collections, and milestones. ◆ Style its adventures, your way Mix keepsakes, outfits, tools, and available badges in any slot—up to 3 per pet for free users or 6 with Membership—and adjust each item's position, size, rotation, and layer order. Lumea has no hunger meter, energy limit, or required daily chores. Taking time away from the app never makes your pet worse or removes progress you already earned. ◆ Apple Health boosts (optional) You can choose to connect Apple Health. If yesterday's steps or last night's sleep meet the goals, the current session receives a boost to pet XP and the current egg's hatching progress. Not granting access does not affect core features or base rewards. ◆ Free features and optional membership Start immediately in Guest mode. Free users can access every core feature. Lumea Membership is an optional monthly auto-renewable subscription that adds 50% to pet XP and hatching progress earned from focus time, a one-time Starisle Cloak welcome outfit per Lumea account, and a member badge. Fixed hatching bonuses are not multiplied. Membership does not change drop rates, pity counters, or the range of free features. Eligible Apple accounts can receive one 7-day free trial. Unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, the subscription renews automatically. Your Apple account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. A free trial converts to a paid subscription when it ends; cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends to avoid a charge. Manage or cancel in Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions. Terms of Service: https://getlumea.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://getlumea.app/privacy

Screenshots

SamoDiary4 screens
Lumea4 screens

Verdict

The call

SamoDiary and Lumea are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. SamoDiary sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Lumea sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SamoDiary ships an update every 5 days, Lumea every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
SamoDiary versus Lumea: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSamoDiaryLumea
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB214 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer芊 舒You Lu

In-app purchases

4 purchases

SamoDiary

One-time4
  • Magic Pack (10 Magic)$0.99
  • Magic Pack (60 Magic)$0.99
  • Magic Pack (120 Magic)$1.99
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  • Magic Pack (300 Magic)$3.99
1 purchases

Lumea

Subscriptions1
  • Lumea Membership7 Days trial$1.991 Month

Questions

Is SamoDiary free?
SamoDiary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lumea free?
Lumea is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SamoDiary or Lumea have ads?
Neither SamoDiary nor Lumea shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SamoDiary or Lumea?
SamoDiary ships an update every 5 days, and Lumea every 4 days. Most recently, SamoDiary was updated on October 30, 2026 and Lumea on November 1, 2026.

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