Comparison

CalenderView vs Daily Journal

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

Head to head
About

CalenderView

Features
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With a simple, clean design and powerful features, CalendarView makes it easy to manage both your time and your budget. Perfect for students, professionals, and anyone who wants clarity in their everyday life.

About

Daily Journal

This app provides a structured and beautiful space for daily reflection, mood tracking, and habit building. It offers guided templates, rich editing tools, and AI-powered summaries to help you understand your patterns and find calm. Your thoughts are kept private with biometric locks and full data ownership.

Highlights
  • Rich text editor with photos and stickers
  • Voice-to-text dictation
  • 100+ guided journal templates
  • Mood logging and insights
  • Habit and task tracking
  • AI-powered summaries
  • Biometric and entry-level locking
Features
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Daily Journal: Secure Diary: Your Path to Self-Discovery Turn reflection into a habit you love. Most journal apps leave you staring at a blank screen. Mind gives you the structure, beauty, and tools to understand your patterns, celebrate your wins, and find your calm — one entry at a time. --- WRITE YOUR WAY --- A distraction-free space designed for deep thought and creative expression. * Rich Editor: Photos, stickers, elegant fonts, colours, and text styling. * Voice-to-Text: Journal on the go with seamless dictation. * 100+ Guided Templates: End "blank page" syndrome with templates for gratitude, weekly reviews, goal setting, and self-care. * Daily Prompts: A fresh question every morning for the days you don't know where to start. * Personalised Aesthetics: 130+ page backgrounds and 100+ cover arts — Minimal, Nature, Abstract, Celestial. --- TRACK MOODS & BUILD HABITS --- Go beyond words — see your inner world and stay consistent. * Mood Insights: Log one of 24 moods and follow your emotional trends over weeks and months. * Streaks & Achievements: Milestones, badges, and a streak freeze for the day life gets in the way. * Challenges: 7, 14, 21, and 30-day writing challenges. * Habits & Tasks: Build habits with their own streaks, and keep to-dos with repeats beside your reflections. * Smart Reminders: Gentle, customisable notifications that fit your lifestyle. --- REMEMBER MORE --- * Time Capsule: Write to your future self and choose the day it opens. * On This Day: Revisit what you wrote on this date in past years. * Monthly Recap: Your month, summed up. * AI Recap & AI Polish: Let AI summarise your month or refine what you wrote. * My Books: Collect entries into beautiful books with their own covers. * Home Screen Widgets: Today's prompt, your streak, and your last entry at a glance. --- EVERYTHING IN SYNC --- * Account-based sync: Sign in once and your entries, photos, tasks, and habits follow you to iPhone and iPad. * Offline First: Write anywhere; everything syncs when you're back online. * Backup & Restore: Keep a copy whenever you want. --- STAY ORGANIZED --- * Visual Calendar: A bird's-eye view of your month, colour-coded by mood. * Powerful Search: Filter by date, mood, tag, or photo in seconds. * Favourites: Keep your most meaningful moments one tap away. * Location & Weather: Saved with each entry, if you allow it. --- PRIVACY: NON-NEGOTIABLE --- Your thoughts are for your eyes only. * Biometric Lock: Face ID, Touch ID, or PIN — plus locks on individual entries. * Full Ownership: Export as Plain Text free, or PDF and JSON with Pro. * Zero Data Selling: Your data belongs to you. Period. --- 17 LANGUAGES --- English, Hindi, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Arabic, Turkish, Greek, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. --- FREE & PRO --- Journaling, moods, habits, to-dos, reminders, calendar, search, sync, and text export are free. Mind Pro unlocks the full theme and cover library, every font, all templates, My Books, AI recaps, and PDF/JSON export. Mind Pro is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. --- WHY CHOOSE MIND? --- Whether you're practising gratitude, tracking mental health, or simply capturing daily memories, Mind adapts to you. More than a diary — a beautiful, functional companion for your personal growth journey. Download Daily Journal: Secure Diary today and start writing your story. Privacy Policy: https://appaspect.com/apps/dailyjournal/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://appaspect.com/apps/dailyjournal/terms-of-service.html

Screenshots

CalenderView4 screens
Daily Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CalenderView at none against Daily Journal's 3. Daily Journal's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.2). 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. Daily Journal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. CalenderView asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CalenderView versus Daily Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalenderViewDaily Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB157 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarkus RydalAppAspect Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

CalenderView

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Daily Journal

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium Subscription$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Life Time Premium Subscription$19.99

Questions

Is CalenderView free?
CalenderView is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Daily Journal free?
Daily Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CalenderView or Daily Journal have ads?
Neither CalenderView nor Daily Journal shows ads.

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