Comparison

DiaryVault vs Schlummer

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

Head to head
About

DiaryVault

Capture and organize life's moments with photos, videos, voice notes, and text. AI helps create memory cards from your media, allowing you to revisit and share your stories through time, themes, and places. Keep memories private or share them with others.

Highlights
  • AI-generated Memory Cards
  • Photo, video, and voice note capture
  • Organize memories by time, people, themes, places
  • Share memories via secure links
  • Collaborate on shared 'Stars' of memories
  • Optional passcode protection for shared content
Features
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Your life in memories. A first word. A family trip. An ordinary afternoon you want to remember. DiaryVault brings your photos, videos, voice notes and words together, so you can keep the story around each moment. CREATE MEMORIES FROM YOUR PHOTOS Select photos and choose Create memories. With your permission, AI creates and saves Memory Cards with suggested titles, descriptions and keywords. Edit them anytime to make the story your own. Choose Save originals only to keep your media without creating AI Memory Cards. CAPTURE THE DETAILS Browse your photos and videos in Quick Capture, take a photo, record a voice note or write a few words while the moment is fresh. Add a saved note to your current draft when you want more context; the original note stays unchanged. Manage imported photos and videos in Library, including removing completed items while keeping existing Memory Cards and device photos. EXPLORE YOUR CONSTELLATION Revisit your memories through time, people, themes and places. Search for a moment, open its Memory Card and explore the memories within a Star. Add people by their DiaryVault username or profile link, or keep a private person without an account. You choose which memories to associate and share. REMEMBER TOGETHER Share a full Memory Card with a link. Add an optional voice question or written message, and let someone reply with text or voice in their browser without downloading the app or signing in. Full-memory links include later edits and added media. Replies are private to you by default. If you enable shared replies, recipients can choose to make their reply visible to others with the link. Guest names are self-reported. An optional passcode can protect the link. SHARE A STAR WITH ONE LINK Share selected Memory Cards or a Star of connected memories with a website link. Add an optional passcode to a Star link. Recipients can view the shared Star, and users who sign in can save one independent private copy to their own constellation. If they already have a copy, they can open it again. Keep memories personal or invite people into a shared Star through Together. Saving a memory does not publish it. Adding a person does not grant access to your vault. Anyone with a working share link and, when required, its passcode can view the content shared through it. Public Discover rankings display your account username and points; your memories stay private unless you choose to share them. MAKE IT YOURS Update titles, descriptions and keywords whenever you like. AI memory creation uses Google Gemini with your permission. You can manage AI permission in Settings. DiaryVault is available in English, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese. Optional monthly and yearly storage subscriptions are available. Eligible plans, local prices and plan details are shown before purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple account settings. Privacy Policy: https://diaryvault.com/privacy/ Terms of Service: https://diaryvault.com/terms/

About

Schlummer

Features
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Schlummer is a sleep tracker app for iPhone that combines sleep-stage analysis, a gentle smart alarm, and on-device snore and sleep-talk recording in one app, plus 12 built-in sleep soundscapes. The smart alarm wakes you during light sleep inside your chosen window, and every night gets a readable sleep curve and a sleep score. Sleep analysis runs on your iPhone without an account, and your sleep data stays on your device. A banner and an occasional full-screen ad keep the free version going, and Schlummer Pro removes them. WAKE UP GENTLY, OR NOT AT ALL The smart alarm wakes you during light sleep inside your personal window so you start the day more rested. Snooze works even in gentle-wake mode. Pick your own alarm sound: three built-in tones, any song from your music library, or an audio file. It fades in gently rather than jolting you awake. And if you only want to see how you slept, switch the alarm off entirely and Schlummer simply measures your night. UNDERSTAND YOUR NIGHT A beautiful, readable sleep curve and a sleep score show how your night went at a glance. We treat the numbers as a wellness trend, not a medical measurement. HEAR WHAT YOU DO AT NIGHT Snoring and sleep-talk are recorded on-device only at loud moments. Play them back in the morning, tag a partner, and share as a video with a waveform. Rather not record anything? Switch it off: your sleep stages keep working and nothing is written to your iPhone. FALL ASLEEP CALMLY 12 on-device generated soundscapes (rain, ocean, wind and more) with a sleep timer. SEE EVERY NIGHT The Morning tab keeps your nights in one list with a score trend. The free version holds the last seven nights; Schlummer Pro keeps the whole archive and the long-term trend. HONEST, NOT GREEDY The smart alarm, your own alarm sound, snore recording, your sleep score and sharing a night as a video are free. Schlummer Pro adds your full night archive, the long-term trend, all 12 soundscapes and removes the ads: monthly, yearly, or a one-time Lifetime with no subscription. We never raise the price on features you already own. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account is needed for sleep tracking. Your sleep data stays on your iPhone. Ads are delivered by Google AdMob and you are asked for consent first; Schlummer Pro removes them. Note: Schlummer is a wellness product, not a medical device. For a reliable alarm we recommend charging your iPhone overnight and keeping the ringer on. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Schlummer Pro is available as an auto-renewable subscription: Monthly (4.99 EUR per month) or Yearly (29.99 EUR per year, approx. 2.50 EUR per month, includes a 3-day free trial). A one-time Lifetime purchase (69.99 EUR) is also available and is not a subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://web-ten-rouge-90.vercel.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Where available, you can explore recommendations for our other apps. They load online; views and taps are counted as daily totals without personal profiles or user/device identifiers. Our privacy policy explains this feature and existing advertising.

Screenshots

DiaryVault4 screens
Schlummer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: DiaryVault at none against Schlummer's shown. DiaryVault also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and in-app purchases 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. DiaryVault sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Schlummer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DiaryVault ships an update every 3 days, Schlummer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
DiaryVault versus Schlummer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiaryVaultSchlummer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDiaryVault, Inc.Levin David Schwab

In-app purchases

4 purchases

DiaryVault

Subscriptions4
  • Starter Monthly$3.991 Month
  • DiaryVault Plus Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Starter Annual$29.991 Year
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  • DiaryVault Plus Annual$89.991 Year
3 purchases

Schlummer

Subscriptions2
  • Schlummer Pro Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Schlummer Pro Yearly3 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Schlummer Pro Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is DiaryVault free?
DiaryVault is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Schlummer free?
Schlummer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DiaryVault or Schlummer have ads?
Schlummer shows ads; DiaryVault does not.
Which is updated more often, DiaryVault or Schlummer?
DiaryVault ships an update every 3 days, and Schlummer every 3 weeks. Most recently, DiaryVault was updated on November 5, 2026 and Schlummer on October 31, 2026.

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