Comparison

Budly! vs Diena Journal

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

Head to head
About

Budly!

This app helps you nurture your relationships by visualizing friends as plants. Log time spent together to help them bloom, and receive gentle reminders for those who need attention. Organize friends into groups and track your shared activities.

Highlights
  • Visualize friends as plants
  • Log shared activities
  • Group friends into beds
  • Set custom check-in cadences
  • Pause growth with Greenhouse Mode
  • Private, offline functionality
Features
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Budly turns your friendships into a garden you actually want to tend. Every friend is a plant. Spend time together and they bloom. Let too much time slip by and they get thirsty, then start to wilt — so you always know exactly who could use a call, a text, or a coffee. PLANT YOUR PEOPLE Add friends by hand or import them from Contacts. Each bud gets its own plant — its shape and color are unique to them, or pick your own in the appearance editor. BEDS FOR YOUR CIRCLES Group friends into garden beds — Close Friends, Work, or any bed you create — and see the health of each circle at a glance. LOG YOUR HANGS Coffee, calls, game nights: log a hang in seconds, tag everyone who was there, and watch the whole group perk up. Your Activity tab becomes a little journal of time well spent. SET YOUR OWN PACE Choose a check-in cadence per friend — weekly for your inner circle, monthly for far-flung friends. Watering reminders arrive as a gentle daily digest, never a guilt trip. GREENHOUSE MODE Life gets busy. Flip on Greenhouse Mode to pause the clock for everyone while you catch your breath — no wilting, no ghosting. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no feeds, no followers. Your garden lives on your device and syncs privately through your own iCloud. Works fully offline. Friendships grow when you show up. Budly helps you show up.

About

Diena Journal

Features
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Diena Journal is a collaborative journal. Create memories and invite your friends to contribute. Together, add photos, text and musique on the pages of your shared album ! Explore memories using the zoomable timeline, a new interaction experience that lets you explore time in an intuitive manner. Long-press anywhere on the timeline to add a memory. The app does not require an account to work, but it's recommended to take advantage of the collaborative features and back-up your memories. Its unique design lets you work offline and synchronize your changes when your network is stable.

Screenshots

Budly!4 screens
Diena Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Diena Journal at 16.0 against Budly!'s 18.0. On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Budly! versus Diena Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBudly!Diena Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Every 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB91 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDaniel LuoLUCAS RED PLUVINAGE

In-app purchases

None

Budly!

No in-app purchases

None

Diena Journal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Budly! free?
Budly! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Diena Journal free?
Diena Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Budly! or Diena Journal have ads?
Neither Budly! nor Diena Journal shows ads.

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