Year Note vs Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Year Note
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Year Note is an app can mark your one-year timeline with symbols. One-page overview of your year: weather, travel, sports, and hobbies, all marked with symbols. No Ads | No Sign-Up Needed | Fully Offline | Data Stays Only on Your Device Features: * Show year progress with dots * Change year * Mark days with symbols * Edit description * Share one-year image Email: feedback@luanlujizhi.com https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Diary
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Keep your thoughts, memories, and everyday moments private with a simple diary designed for personal journaling. Write freely, add photos and moods, and protect your memories with a passcode and Face ID or Touch ID. PRIVATE & SECURE • Protect your diary with a 4–6 digit passcode • Unlock with Face ID or Touch ID • Automatic locking keeps your entries private • Privacy mask protects your screen when the app goes to the background • Your diary data is stored locally on your device • No account and no cloud storage required WRITE YOUR WAY • Write, edit, and read diary entries • Add titles, text, dates, and times • Quickly record a thought, photo, or mood • Add multiple photos, tags, locations, weather, and categories • Use writing templates for today, gratitude, weekends, travel, and more • Customize paper colors, font size, and text color • Favorite important entries • Export an entry as an image to your Photos FIND & RELIVE YOUR MEMORIES • Search titles, entries, categories, tags, and locations • Filter entries by date or photos • Use the calendar to see your journaling history • Discover memories from this day in previous years • Review your month at a glance • Travel through your memories with Time Machine by year • Browse your favorite entries • View statistics for entries, photos, writing streaks, moods, categories, and popular tags BUILD A DAILY JOURNALING HABIT • Track consecutive journaling days • Set a daily reminder • Look back on your writing and memories whenever you want PERSONALIZE YOUR DIARY • Light mode, dark mode, or follow the system • Multiple themes • Customize the look and feel of your journal BACKUP & EXPORT • Back up and restore your diary, photos, and tags • Export your memories as JSON, TXT, or PDF • Keep a copy of your personal memories whenever you need it A private space for everyday thoughts, feelings, photos, and memories—without an account or subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Diary at none against Year Note's 1. Diary also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Year Note's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Year Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Year Note | Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hangzhou Luanlu Several Network Technology Co., Ltd | 思宇 赵 |
In-app purchases
Year Note
- Pro$0.99
Diary
No in-app purchases









