Comparison

Mydary vs KeepThoughts

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

Head to head
About

Mydary

A minimalist writing app offering a blank canvas for your thoughts, with support for multiple languages, sketching, and multimedia additions. It prioritizes privacy with offline functionality and encrypted sharing.

Highlights
  • Multilingual writing and transcription
  • Sketching and doodling integration
  • Add photos, weather, and location
  • Freeform page layout
  • Monthly word cloud visualization
  • 100% offline functionality
  • AES-256 encrypted entries and sharing
Features
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Some thoughts come in Korean. Some in English. Some in a sketch, a doodle, a line across the page. Mydary is just a page. No templates. No prompts. No cloud. No account. Open it, and write. [Write your way] • Speak in 38+ languages — your voice becomes text instantly • Mix Korean, English, Japanese in one entry, naturally • Open a new entry and recording starts. That's it. [Express more] • Sketch alongside your words • Add a photo, the weather, your location • Move anything anywhere on the page [Word Cloud] • Your most-used words float as bubbles each month • Tap one to revisit the entries behind it [Keep it yours] • Everything stays on your device. No cloud. No tracking. • Hidden entries are AES-256 encrypted • Share entries encrypted — only who you choose can read them One blank page. That's the whole app. Mydary is a quiet space for people who love to write — aspiring writers, language learners, and anyone who still carries a notebook. No templates. No prompts. No cloud accounts. Just a clean page that gets out of your way. [Write your way] • Speak and write in 38+ languages with real-time transcription • Mix Korean, English, Japanese in a single entry, naturally • Voice-first — recording starts automatically when you open a new entry [Express more] • Sketch and doodle directly alongside your words • Add photos, weather, and location to your entries • Freely rearrange text, drawings, and images on the page [Word Cloud] • Your most-used words appear as animated bubbles each month • The more you write, the richer your word cloud grows • Tap any bubble to jump to entries containing that word [Keep it yours] • 100% offline — no cloud, no accounts, no tracking • AES-256 encryption for hidden entries • Encrypted sharing — private entries stay private even when shared For writers who carry notebooks. Now in your pocket.

About

KeepThoughts

This private journaling app allows you to write, format, and tag entries, with options to add photos, videos, and documents. Secure individual entries with a passcode and protect your entire journal with app-level security. Your data stays on your device, with options for manual or iCloud backups.

Highlights
  • Markdown formatting
  • Photo and video attachments
  • Individual entry passcodes
  • Tagging and filtering
  • App-level passcode/Face ID
  • iCloud backup and restore
  • Document attachments
Features
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Some thoughts are for everyone. Some are for no one but you. KeepThoughts is a quiet journal for both. Write a line or a long entry, tag how you felt, and lock the ones meant only for you behind their own passcode. WRITE THE WAY YOU THINK • Start with a title and write as much or as little as you like • Format with simple Markdown: headings, bold, lists and quotes • Add photos from your library or straight from the camera • Pin the one entry that matters most to the top of your list • Star your favourites and filter down to them in a tap TAG A THOUGHT, FIND IT LATER • Mark an entry as a Note, an Idea or a Plan • Or tag how you felt: Happy, Grateful, Calm, Anxious, Sad or Angry • Filter your journal by any tag to see a mood take shape over time • Browse by date in the calendar and open any day you wrote LOCK A THOUGHT, NOT JUST THE APP • Lock individual entries with a passcode used only for locking • A locked entry is encrypted on your device, and its title and text are unreadable until you open it • Locked entries stay locked inside your backups, and open on a new device with the passcode that sealed them • Unlock one for a moment to read or edit it, then let it seal itself again • Separately, you can ask for a passcode or Face ID when the app opens YOUR ENTRIES STAY YOURS • No account, no sign-up, no profile to fill in • Your journal lives on your device • Export everything to a single backup file and protect it with a password • Import that file on another iPhone to move your journal across KEEPTHOUGHTS PREMIUM Pay once, keep it forever. No subscription. • Remove ads and write without banners or interruptions • Dictate entries instead of typing them • Add videos from your library, or record a 10-second clip • Attach PDFs, Word documents and spreadsheets, up to 25 MB each • Back up automatically to your own iCloud, and restore on a new iPhone EIGHT LANGUAGES KeepThoughts follows your iPhone's language: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Portuguese (Brazil). Write a line a day, or write when it matters. KeepThoughts keeps it.

Screenshots

Mydary4 screens
KeepThoughts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mydary at none against KeepThoughts's 1. Mydary also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. KeepThoughts sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mydary asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mydary against 5.0 for KeepThoughts. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mydary ships an update every 2 days, KeepThoughts fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mydary versus KeepThoughts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMydaryKeepThoughts
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperYong Wook ShinMashqur Habib Himel

Customer experience

Mydary

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

KeepThoughts

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mydary

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

KeepThoughts

One-time1
  • KeepThoughts Premium$3.99

Questions

Is Mydary free?
Mydary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KeepThoughts free?
KeepThoughts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mydary or KeepThoughts?
Mydary and KeepThoughts are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Mydary or KeepThoughts have ads?
Neither Mydary nor KeepThoughts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mydary or KeepThoughts?
Mydary ships an update every 2 days, and KeepThoughts fortnightly. Most recently, Mydary was updated on November 5, 2026 and KeepThoughts on November 5, 2026.

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