Comparison

Pet Journal vs Aimo

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

Head to head
About

Pet Journal

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Make everyday care easier with TailNotes. Keep a diary for your pets, save notes and documents, track weight, and organize care reminders. See today’s tasks across your pets while keeping each pet’s history together. Save a feeding plan using the daily amount from the food package or your veterinarian. Divide it into meals, choose feeding times and mark who has fed your pet. TailNotes does not prescribe the daily amount. Invite a loved one to care together. Both caregivers can update the shared diary and feeding plan. Feeding marks help you check whether a meal has already been recorded. Create pet cards and missing-pet posters to share the information you choose. TailNotes Plus includes multiple pets of your own, inviting a caregiver and exporting pet cards. Your first pet’s diary, weight, reminders, feeding plan and natural-food calculator remain free. Accepting an invitation is free. Saved pets and existing shared access remain available after your subscription ends. Plus offers weekly, monthly and yearly auto-renewable subscriptions. Prices are shown in the app for your region. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/tailnotesprivacy Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/tailnotesterms

About

Aimo

Features
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Aimo β€” Pet Journal is a quiet journal for the years you spend with them. Not a social app. Not gamified. Not a feed. Just one private, soft place to keep their whole life β€” from Gotcha Day to forever. β€” Today β€” A hello in the morning. The day's first photo. A small thing to write, if you'd like β€” or speak it, on the days words come easier said than typed. And on the days that mean something β€” 100 days together, 365, their birthday β€” a soft draft is already waiting, in case you want to write to them about it. β€” Book β€” Every day they had with you, kept in order. Look back by list, by month, by year. On any day, see "this day across years" β€” a quiet bridge to the same date in the past. The years build into a thing you'll want to read. β€” Keepsakes β€” Letters you wrote them. Promises you made. Time capsules for them to open on a date, on their next birthday, the year they turn ten, or after the seasons turn. The day comes. It opens by itself. Words too soft to forget. β€” Together β€” Some books are kept by one person. Others are kept by two. Invite a partner or family member with three quiet words, and they'll see the whole book β€” read-only, like a grandparent who wants to see how the little one's doing, or writing alongside you, like the partner you actually live with. The invite words are encrypted. We never see them. β€” Profile β€” An archive, not a settings page. Their breed, their birthday, the things they love and fear. The story of how they came home. β€” Health, gently held β€” Vaccine reminders. Vet visit log. Weight trend. After a vet visit, one calm flow captures everything that happened β€” meds, next vaccine, the bill β€” without typing it five times. We surface what matters; we never diagnose. β€” On the watch β€” For the small moments. Pick the three quick taps you actually use, out of nine. The last thing you noted shows quietly on the watch face. β€” Every kind, side by side β€” Cat, dog, rabbit, bird β€” every animal in your house, equal in the same book. β€” Yours, always β€” Local-first. Synced through your own iCloud, no account to create. We don't see your photos, your words, or their name. Aimo grows with them. And after β€” when the time comes β€” it stays gentle. A place to remember, in your own time. Kept gently, kept always.

Screenshots

Pet Journal4 screens
Aimo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Aimo at none against Pet Journal's 3. Aimo also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Pet Journal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Aimo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pet Journal ships an update monthly, Aimo weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Pet Journal versus Aimo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPet JournalAimo
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch β€” better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size70 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElena AnghelXiao Lang

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Pet Journal

Subscriptions3
  • TailNotes Plus Weekly$2.997 Days
  • TailNotes Plus Monthly$6.991 Month
  • TailNotes Plus Yearly$19.991 Year
None

Aimo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pet Journal free?
Pet Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Aimo free?
Aimo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pet Journal or Aimo have ads?
Neither Pet Journal nor Aimo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pet Journal or Aimo?
Pet Journal ships an update monthly, and Aimo weekly. Most recently, Pet Journal was updated on November 8, 2026 and Aimo on October 31, 2026.

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