Comparison

Diary vs Lunaria

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

Head to head
About

Diary

Features
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Rich Text Journaling Beautiful Writing Experience: Create stunning journal entries with professional formatting options. Creative Expression: Use bold, italic, underline, headings, lists, quotes, and colors to make your entries come alive. Visual Storytelling: Add photos and images to capture memories alongside your words. Flexible Formatting: Customize your writing with indentation, links, and text highlighting for a truly personal touch. Smart Task Management Plan Your Days: Create and organize tasks with due dates and reminders to stay on track. Recurring Tasks: Automate your routines with daily, weekly, or custom recurrence options. Priority Labels: Highlight what matters most using customizable priority levels. Seamless Organization: Group and sort tasks by date, priority, or completion status—just like Google Tasks. Focus & Productivity: Keep your journal, goals, and daily plans all in one place for a calm, organized mind. Quick Actions: Check off completed tasks instantly and feel the satisfaction of progress. Mood Tracking & Self-Discovery Daily Mood Check-ins: Track your emotional well-being with an intuitive 5-point mood scale. Emotional Insights: Discover patterns in your mood and identify what affects your happiness. Visual Progress: See your emotional journey through beautiful charts and graphs. Personal Growth: Understand your emotional triggers and celebrate your progress over time. Multimedia Memory Keeping Photo Integration: Attach meaningful photos to your journal entries. Visual Gallery: Browse all your cherished memories in one beautiful gallery. Seamless Uploads: Easily add and manage images without disrupting your writing flow. Smart Organization Custom Tags: Create personalized tags to categorize your thoughts, moods, and tasks. Easy Search: Quickly find specific entries or tasks by tags, dates, or content. Time Travel: Relive past moments by filtering entries from any time period. Premium Benefits Cloud Sync & Peace of Mind Automatic Backup: Never lose your precious memories with seamless cloud backup. Access Anywhere: Continue your journaling and task planning across all your devices. Data Security: Your personal thoughts remain private and secure. Personal Security Biometric Unlock: Quick access with fingerprint or face recognition. PIN Protection: Extra security layer for your most intimate entries. Auto-Lock: Automatic protection when you're away. Personalization Dark/Light Mode: Comfortable writing in any lighting condition. Color Themes: Choose the perfect color scheme for your creative space. Font Selection: Select beautiful fonts that match your writing style. Universal Accessibility Global Language Support 18+ Languages Thoughtful Experience Gentle Reminders Daily Motivation: Optional gentle notifications to help you maintain your journaling and task habits. Guided Start: Helpful example entries and tasks to inspire your first steps. Why You'll Love It Transform your daily reflections, moods, and goals into a beautiful, organized journey of self-discovery. Whether you’re tracking your emotions, planning your day, or documenting life’s moments, this app helps you stay balanced, mindful, and inspired. Start your journey today—your future self will thank you for every note, mood, and task you complete.

About

Lunaria

Features
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Lunaria is a calm health diary with a caring AI companion. Log your mood, symptoms, meals and water in seconds, and the app quietly adds the context around you: weather, air-pressure trend, air quality, pollen, moon phase, and sleep and activity from your watch. • Log moments of your day with a single tap — no spreadsheets, no effort. • See yourself on an interactive body figure and mark where it hurts. • Discover real patterns (“headaches often follow fast pressure drops”) — computed privately on your phone. • Talk to your companion about how you feel; attach a photo or a voice note. • Prepare a clear summary for your next doctor’s visit. Privacy first: your diary stays on your device. Tracking is, and always will be, free. Lunaria is a diary and companion — it does not replace medical advice or diagnosis. In an emergency, contact medical help. Lunaria Plus (optional): unlimited AI companion, full pattern analysis and predictions, calorie and macro goals, doctor export, biometric lock and themes. Monthly or yearly subscription with a 7-day free trial; renews automatically, cancel any time in App Store settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://lunaria.valer.pl/#polityka

Screenshots

Diary4 screens
Lunaria4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Lunaria at none against Diary's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Diary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Lunaria sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diary ships an update every 4 days, Lunaria every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Diary versus Lunaria: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiaryLunaria
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB36 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFelipe AlmeidaKrystian Szozda

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Diary

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • 3 months$2.993 Months
  • Annual$5.991 Year
2 purchases

Lunaria

Subscriptions2
  • Lunaria Plus$3.991 Month
  • Lunaria Plus$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Diary free?
Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lunaria free?
Lunaria is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Diary or Lunaria have ads?
Diary shows ads; Lunaria does not.
Which is updated more often, Diary or Lunaria?
Diary ships an update every 4 days, and Lunaria every 3 days. Most recently, Diary was updated on October 14, 2026 and Lunaria on October 25, 2026.

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