Simple Diary vs Gratitude Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Diary
Record your daily moments, thoughts, and moods in a private, minimalist journal. Add photos, track your emotions, and visualize your life with a calendar view. Secure your entries with a password and back them up to Google Drive.
- Simple daily journaling
- Calendar view
- Photo attachment
- Privacy protection
- Google Drive backup
- Dark/Light modes
- Font & reminder options
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SimplyToday — your clean, private space to record every day. Write, reflect, and save your moments in a calm, simple way. Track your thoughts, moods, and memories — all in one minimalist journal designed for peace of mind. Capture daily notes, add photos, and view your life at a glance in the calendar. Your data stays safe with password lock and Google Drive backup. Customize your style with fonts, reminders, and dark/light modes to build your perfect journaling routine. Key Features • Simple daily journaling — write, add photos, and record your mood effortlessly • Calendar view — see all your days in one clean view • Photo attachment — store memories visually • Privacy protection — lock your diary with a password • Google Drive backup — secure access from anywhere • Dark / Light modes — choose your preferred style • Font & reminder options — make journaling a gentle habit Perfect for those who: • Want to easily track emotions and thoughts • Prefer a digital diary over paper journals • Like organizing daily routines or reflections • Appreciate minimalist, aesthetic design Start your day with clarity and end it with reflection — SimplyToday, your simple daily diary. Contact: sangwoo.lee.dev@gmail.com
Gratitude Guide
This app guides you through nightly reflections by prompting you to identify three things you are grateful for and explain why. It includes features like a breathing animation, reminders, and the ability to log your progress and sync across devices. Your reflections can be exported in various formats.
- Guided 'what' and 'why' prompts
- Moon phase breathing animation
- Optional nightly reminders
- Photo attachment to entries
- Calendar of reflections
- Searchable journal
- Streak counter
- Apple Health integration
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Most gratitude apps want a list of three things and that's it. Gratitude Guide asks why and forces you to answer to move on. It takes longer so you take longer. What's in the app: - Three guided entries each night, with a "what" and a "why" prompt - A moon phase breathing animation between entries to slow you down - Optional nightly reminder - Optional photo on any entry - A calendar of every night you showed up - Search across all your reflections - A streak counter that forgives missed days - Logs to Apple Health as Mindful Minutes - iCloud sync between iPhone and iPad - Export everything as CSV, JSON, or Markdown — your reflections are yours Free. No ads. No forced upgrades. One $1.99 upgrade if you want customizable breathing times. Gratitude Guide is the night app in a small ritual stack. There are two others: - Waking Words — for the start of the day - Mantra Mirror — for the middle of the day You don't have to use all three. They aren't a system. They're three small things for three different kinds of moments. Some nights it will be hard to find three things. Find three anyway.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Diary at none against Gratitude Guide's 1. Simple Diary also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 weeks) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Gratitude Guide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simple Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Simple Diary against 5.0 for Gratitude Guide. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Diary has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Simple Diary ships an update every 2 days, Gratitude Guide every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Diary | Gratitude Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | sangwoo lee | Brutechild LLC |
In-app purchases
Simple Diary
No in-app purchases
Gratitude Guide
- Breathing Customization$1.99
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