Moodnotes vs Quitstone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Moodnotes
A private digital journal that allows you to securely store your thoughts, secrets, and memories with a locking mechanism. It offers a clean interface for writing and reflection, ensuring your personal space remains protected.
- Secure locking mechanism
- Private storage for thoughts and memories
- Clean writing interface
- Photo journaling capabilities
- Auto-renewable subscription options
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Experience the freedom of expression with our premium Lock Diary. Designed for those who value privacy, this diary features a secure locking mechanism to keep your deepest thoughts, secrets, and personal reflections safe from prying eyes. With a clean interface and secure storage, it’s your personal space to write, reflect, and protect your memories. Subscription Information: Premium Subscription (Auto-Renewable) Weekly Plan: $0.99 per week Monthly Plan: $1.99 per month Yearly Plan: $7.99 per year This is an auto-renewable subscription. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the same price. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/diary-aprivatephotojournal/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/diary-aprivatephotojournal/terms-of-service
Quitstone
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Quitstone is a private, offline counter and recovery journal for habits, substances, spending patterns, or routines you are leaving behind, including smoking, alcohol, soda, sugar, vaping, doomscrolling, and more. Add multiple quits with a quit date, category, optional cost, and optional frequency. Quitstone shows a live counter, estimated money saved, time reclaimed, current and best streaks, milestones, check-ins, restart history, and a weekly insight summary. Version 2.0 adds a source-linked recovery evidence library: * Citation cards inside the app for smoking, alcohol, caffeine, sugar, cannabis, craving support, progress math, and privacy. * Tappable source links from the Recovery Timeline and Settings. * Clear safety notes for health-adjacent timelines, including alcohol withdrawal and severe-symptom guidance. * Refreshed source library screenshots and app metadata. Core tools include: * Live Streak: pin a quit to the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island with streak, savings, and next milestone progress. * Recovery Timeline: offline, source-attributed milestones for general wellness context. Individual recovery varies and this information is not medical advice. * Craving SOS: box breathing, an urge timer, coping prompts, and personal reasons. * Check-ins and Insights: mood trend, trigger breakdown, and a 28-day activity calendar. * Honest restart handling: log a slip, keep prior attempts, and preserve your best-ever streak. * Local reminders, JSON export/import, App Intents, VoiceOver labels, Dynamic Type support, and Reduce Motion handling. Quitstone stores data locally on the device. There is no account requirement, advertising SDK, analytics SDK, cloud sync, or developer server.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Moodnotes at Free against Quitstone's $0.99. Moodnotes also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Quitstone's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6). On update cadence, ads 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
Moodnotes is free to download; Quitstone costs $0.99 up front. Moodnotes sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Quitstone asks for nothing beyond the download.
Moodnotes ships an update every 10 days, Quitstone weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Moodnotes | Quitstone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (18 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Jabed Hasan | Robert Corbin |
In-app purchases
Moodnotes
- Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$0.997 Days
- Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Monthly Premium3 Days trial$1.991 Month
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- Yearly Subscription$7.991 Year
- Yearly Premium3 Days trial$17.991 Year
- Life time FreeFree
Quitstone
No in-app purchases









