Comparison

ZyNotes vs DayMark

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

Head to head
About

ZyNotes

This app offers a secure, offline note-taking experience with no account required. It features a rich editor, to-do lists, image insertion, and PDF export. Customize your workspace and protect sensitive entries with a password.

Highlights
  • Fast and frictionless note-taking
  • Private and offline by default
  • Optional iCloud backup
  • Advanced note editor with rich formatting
  • Built-in to-do lists
  • Add photos to notes
  • Share notes as PDF
  • Lock and secure your notes
Features
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ZyNotes is a private offline notes app for your thoughts, diary and study notes. No account, no internet needed, and nobody else can read what you write. • PRIVATE NOTES THAT STAY ON YOUR DEVICE Your notes live on your iPhone or iPad, not on someone else’s server. No sign-up, no login and no data collection. Start writing the moment you open the app. • A THOUGHT JOURNAL AND STUDY DIARY IN ONE Sort every note into Diary, Study or Journal with one tap. Keep your private thoughts, daily journal and homework notes separate, and find any of them in seconds. • LOCK ANY NOTE Lock a single note with a password, a 4-digit PIN or Face ID. Only someone who can unlock it can read it. Perfect for a secret diary or anything personal. • WRITE THE WAY YOU LIKE Use headings, bold and italic text, checklists, numbered and bulleted lists, quotes and highlights. Add photos right inside a note and turn it into a study notebook you’ll actually want to reread. • VOICE NOTES Record a voice note when typing isn’t an option and keep it next to your written notes. • PRIVATE AI HELPER Ask the built-in note summarizer to shorten a long note, or chat with your notes to find what you wrote. It’s designed for privacy, like the rest of ZyNotes. • MORE YOU’LL LIKE To-do checklists inside any note, share a note as a PDF, light and dark themes, custom backgrounds and fonts. Made for students, journal writers and anyone who wants a simple, private place for their notes. Download ZyNotes and keep your notes yours. Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy https://zynotes.pntapps.com/privacy

About

DayMark

This app encourages daily reflection with a concise 50-word limit per entry. Capture significant moments through voice or text, with optional daily reminders and Face ID privacy. Revisit your past entries anytime.

Highlights
  • 50-word daily entry limit
  • Voice or text input
  • Daily reflection reminders
  • Face ID privacy protection
  • Journal history browsing
  • Dark mode support
Features
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Some days are big. Most are small. All of them matter. DayMark is a journaling app built around one simple idea: 50 words is enough. No pressure to write pages. No blank-screen anxiety. No streaks, gamification, or noise. Just one small, honest moment captured before the day slips away. One entry. Every day. That’s it. Fifty words is just enough to focus on what truly mattered today — the moments that moved the needle — without getting lost in everything else. Features 50 Word Limit A gentle constraint that helps you focus on what actually mattered, not everything that happened. Voice or Text Entry Type your entry or use voice recognition when you’d rather just speak the moment. Daily Reminders Choose a time and receive a single reminder each day to reflect. Face ID Privacy Your entries stay yours. Secure DayMark with Face ID. History Browse past days and months and revisit your entries over time. Dark Mode Comfortable journaling day or night with full dark mode support.

Screenshots

ZyNotes4 screens
DayMark4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DayMark at none against ZyNotes's 3. DayMark also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). ZyNotes's advantage is ratings volume (28 vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads 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. ZyNotes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. DayMark asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DayMark holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ZyNotes has 28 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ZyNotes versus DayMark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZyNotesDayMark
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (28 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings28 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMd Imran AnsariKevin Li

Customer experience

ZyNotes

All ratings28 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral10.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive86.2%
Neutral10.3%
Negative3.4%

DayMark

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ZyNotes

Subscriptions2
  • Zynotes Weekly Premium$3.997 Days
  • Zynotes Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Zynotes Lifetime Access$39.99
None

DayMark

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ZyNotes free?
ZyNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DayMark free?
DayMark is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ZyNotes or DayMark?
DayMark is rated higher. ZyNotes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while DayMark averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do ZyNotes or DayMark have ads?
Neither ZyNotes nor DayMark shows ads.

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