Comparison

Simple Planner Pro vs Diary & Journal

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

Head to head
About

Simple Planner Pro

Features
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Achieve more every day with Simple Task Planner — your go-to app for quick task creation, prioritized reminders, and clear daily planning.

About

Diary & Journal

Features
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ThreeLines is a beautifully simple daily journal app built on one principle: three lines is all you need. Each day, open the app and write three lines about your day. That's it. No templates, no word counts, no pressure. Just three lines to capture what matters. WRITE • Daily 3-line entries — what happened, how you felt, what you noticed • Attach a photo with a caption to any entry • Edit any past day from your calendar BROWSE • Calendar with List, Month, and Year views • Photo gallery view of every captured moment • Visual streak tracking and 12-month heatmap EXPORT & SHARE • Export your full journal as plain text or CSV • Share entries to X, Threads, Mastodon, Instagram, and Facebook • Formatters tailored to each platform's character limits PERSONAL • System / Light / Dark theme picker, persisted across launches • Apple Intelligence integration on capable devices (coming soon) PRIVACY FIRST Your entries stay on your device. No accounts, no sign-ups, no ads, no tracking, no data selling. Your thoughts are yours alone.

Screenshots

Simple Planner Pro3 screens
Diary & Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Diary & Journal at 3 against Simple Planner Pro's 1. Diary & Journal also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Simple Planner Pro versus Diary & Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Planner ProDiary & Journal
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIgor StojanovicJames Cooper

In-app purchases

None

Simple Planner Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Diary & Journal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple Planner Pro free?
Simple Planner Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Diary & Journal free?
Diary & Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Simple Planner Pro or Diary & Journal have ads?
Neither Simple Planner Pro nor Diary & Journal shows ads.

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