Meraki Diary vs PING
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Meraki Diary
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Meraki Diary — Capture memories, track goals, share your journey Meraki turns life’s moments into a clean, searchable timeline. Create “tasks” with target dates, record daily memories with photos and location, stay on track with smart reminders, and share beautiful cards of your progress. Key features (Free) - Task timeline - Create tasks with target dates and tags - See remaining or passed days at a glance - Memories - Add notes with title, content, photos, and optional location - Auto-grouped by date in a smooth, scrollable timeline - Maps and location - View memories on a map and auto-focus to your latest geo-tagged memory - Reminders - Reminder time, repeat, advance alerts, and end date - Local notifications following iOS best practices - Sharing - Generate a shareable image of your task card and (optionally) recent memories - Share via the native iOS share sheet - Refined UI - Clean visual design, light-mode optimized - Fast, focused writing experience Pro features (One-time purchase) - Task Highlight: visual emphasis for important tasks - Task Icons: personalize each task with custom icons - App Lock: extra security for your notes and tasks - Export & Import Data: back up and restore across devices In‑App Purchase - Optional one‑time purchase to unlock Pro features (no subscription, no recurring charge). - Purchases are tied to your Apple ID and can be restored on new devices. Privacy - Your data stays on your device. Export/Import is user‑initiated and fully under your control. Organize goals, capture memories, and share progress—CleverNote keeps it simple, with optional Pro tools when you need more.
PING
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PING turns important events, monitors, scripts, and automations into rich notifications on your devices. It supports actionable alerts, links, replies, images, callback actions, and Live Activities so ongoing updates can stay visible on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. SEND NOTIFICATIONS - Personal notification endpoint for your devices - Rich push notifications with titles, subtitles, images, and actions, including callbacks and text replies - Urgent alerts break through Focus modes with Time Sensitive notifications LIVE ACTIVITIES - Keep track of long-running processes right from your Lock Screen - Display progress and status updates in your Dynamic Island QUICK & EASY - No login, no dashboard, just one endpoint for all your notifications - Fully documented API with sample payloads PRIVACY PING takes your privacy seriously. Your notifications are saved only on your device, and nowhere else.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PING at none against Meraki Diary's 1. PING also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Meraki Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PING asks for nothing beyond the download.
Meraki Diary ships an update every 6 months, PING every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meraki Diary | PING |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 187 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 晨波 张 | Roy Tay |
In-app purchases
Meraki Diary
- Meraki PRO$2.99
PING
No in-app purchases









