Comparison

PhoneDiary Tagebuch vs Weekfolio

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

Head to head
About

PhoneDiary Tagebuch

Features
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I make daily notes, plan projects, set keywords. PhoneDiary is your simple and secure daily journal for quick notes, thoughts, and memories. Designed to be fast, distraction-free, and easy to use β€” so you can capture your day in seconds. Write short or long entries, browse your monthly overview, and quickly find what you’re looking for with the built-in search. Your private notes stay protected with a 4-digit PIN lock. Everything is stored locally on your device for maximum privacy.

About

Weekfolio

Features
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Weekfolio is a quiet companion for people who plan on paper. If you love writing by hand but wish your planner didn’t disappear into a drawer at the end of the week, Weekfolio helps you keep what you write β€” without changing how you plan. Simply take one photo of your weekly planner. Weekfolio stores it securely in your personal iCloud and turns it into a searchable, week-by-week archive. For supported planner layouts, Weekfolio can also recognize events you’ve written down and let you review and add them to your digital calendar β€” no retyping required. On supported devices, Apple Intelligence can provide optional smart insights: gentle summaries of your week, detected themes, and helpful context β€” all processed directly on your device. Nothing is sent to external servers. What Weekfolio does β€’ Back up your paper planner, one week at a time β€’ Organize weeks automatically by date β€’ Search across handwritten planner pages β€’ Detect events from your planner and add them to your calendar β€’ Offer optional smart summaries powered by Apple Intelligence β€’ Sync safely via your personal iCloud Designed with care Weekfolio works with many common weekly planner layouts and lets you choose or calibrate your planner style for better results. Everything runs on device wherever possible, with privacy as a first principle. Use Weekfolio alongside your planner β€” or simply as a quiet archive of weeks that mattered. Paper planning, understood.

Screenshots

PhoneDiary Tagebuch4 screens
Weekfolio4 screens

Verdict

The call

PhoneDiary Tagebuch and Weekfolio are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

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

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
PhoneDiary Tagebuch versus Weekfolio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoneDiary TagebuchWeekfolio
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS18.5 β€” better18.6
Further details β€” not scored
Size1 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeorge-Daniel MareFabio Huwyler

In-app purchases

None

PhoneDiary Tagebuch

No in-app purchases

None

Weekfolio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PhoneDiary Tagebuch free?
PhoneDiary Tagebuch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Weekfolio free?
Weekfolio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PhoneDiary Tagebuch or Weekfolio have ads?
Neither PhoneDiary Tagebuch nor Weekfolio shows ads.

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