Location Diary vs log.life
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Location Diary
This app automatically creates a daily journal by logging your locations, photos, and steps. It allows you to add moods and rename places later, offering insights into how you spend your time. Designed for those who struggle with traditional journaling, it prioritizes privacy by keeping all data on your device.
- Automatic daily logging
- Location, photo, and step tracking
- Mood and place customization
- Timeline view of daily activities
- Weekly and monthly reports
- Privacy-focused, on-device data storage
- Customizable themes
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Logless is a footprint diary you do not have to write. It drafts the places, photos, steps, and flow of your day on your device. Tidy only what matters, then revisit a day by date or from your own map. ■ Keep the shape of your day without writing With location access enabled, outings and possible stops appear on a simple timeline. Photos and steps add context, so even busy days leave something worth revisiting. ■ Refine only the places that matter Choose a place suggestion, rename a stop, split or merge a visit, or exclude a pass-through point. Confirmed places are learned on your device and gently improve suggestions when you return. ■ Remember familiar routes and travel times Keep routes and durations for trips you make often, such as home to a station, school, or work. Look back on days that took longer than usual or used a different route. When location data is sparse, Logless avoids claiming an exact path and keeps the useful timing instead. ■ Build a map that is yours Revisit saved places and footprints on My Map. Familiar cafes, new neighborhoods, walks, and trips gradually become a personal map of where life happened. ■ Look back by day, week, or month The timeline brings together each day's places, photos, and flow. Weekly and monthly reflections surface familiar places and rhythms without scoring your life. ■ Catch up when you return When you open Logless, it rechecks up to 30 days—today and the previous 29—using available Location and Health evidence on your device. Photo details are added gradually, so not every day is completed at once. “Updates since your last visit” shows past days that were added or changed. “Data Status” distinguishes “Recording · no log yet,” “Recorded,” “Limited evidence,” “Recently checked · no observation,” “Retry needed,” and “Not checked,” plus saved sources and “Automatic activity history.” iOS controls when and how often background work runs. ■ Backup under your control Export Logless records plus location and event history in one portable, unencrypted file; keep it in a trusted location. Logless validates it before restore. Restore replaces current data instead of merging it. Original photos, original HealthKit data, purchases, iOS permission state, UserDefaults, app settings, caches, notifications, and widget state are excluded. ■ Balance accuracy and battery Standard mode uses low-power location signals as its foundation, then briefly improves location detail around signs of movement. Turn on Detailed Route yourself on days when you want a closer path. ■ Privacy, explained clearly Precise movement history, photos, steps, and learned places stay on your device. To show weather, Logless may send a date and an approximate location rounded to about 1.1 km to a weather service. Logless does not use advertising tracking. [Logless is for people who] - Want a journal but cannot keep up with writing - Want to remember where they went last week - Keep memories of walks, cafes, weekends, and trips - Compare commute or school routes and travel times - Prefer looking back through places instead of paragraphs [Logless Pro] Unlock broader monthly, yearly, and city-level reflections and longer-term ways to revisit your history. Logless Pro is an optional monthly or yearly subscription. Purchases are handled by App Store and can be canceled anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://pomeranianstudio.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://pomeranianstudio.com/privacy
log.life
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You don’t see your patterns — yet. But they shape your entire day. Every day, you repeat the same behaviors without noticing: - bad sleep → low energy → more coffee → worse sleep. This app makes it visible. Log anything in one tap: - coffee - smoking - bad sleep - workouts - mood ...or anything that matters to you. No typing. No friction. No extra steps. Just tap - and move on. Over time, your data turns into powerful insights: - What actually affects your mood - Why your energy drops - Which habits are helping (or hurting) you - Patterns you’ve been blind to for years This isn’t a diary. It’s a clear view of your life. ----- Free to use, with optional premium features. The app contains advertisements. ----- Privacy Policy: https://loglife.tsoftfactory.com/privacy Terms and Conditions: https://loglife.tsoftfactory.com/terms Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Location Diary at none against log.life'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
Both are free to download. Location Diary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and log.life sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Location Diary | log.life |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | kurihara kazuki | Volodymyr Rebrov |
In-app purchases
Location Diary
- Logless Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Logless Pro Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Logless Pro Lifetime$79.99
log.life
- Log.life Premium3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Premium Annual3 Days trial$24.991 Year









