Comparison

dairoo vs PenDate Notes

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

Head to head
About

dairoo

Features
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A visual journal for everyday life. See your life in colors. dairoo is a simple and powerful visual journal that transforms your calendar into a clear, color-coded overview of your life. Track your mood, habits and daily activities in one clean space. Understand your days at a glance, recognize patterns and stay more aware of how you live your time. A COLOR-CODED CALENDAR THAT MAKES SENSE Instead of long lists and complex dashboards, dairoo helps you track your life visually. Assign a color to each day and instantly see what is happening. Quickly recognize productive days, low-energy days, workout sessions, study time, creative moments or personal milestones. Your life becomes easier to understand just by looking at your calendar. A COMPLETE DIGITAL JOURNAL dairoo is more than a simple diary app. It is a complete digital journal where you can capture everything that matters. Add text notes, images, videos, audio recordings and documents to create a rich and organized daily record. Keep your memories, reflections and logs in one secure place. TRACK WHAT MATTERS TO YOU Use dairoo as a mood tracker, habit tracker, daily journal, productivity tracker or personal life log. Build your own system and keep it simple. Whether you want to improve your habits, reflect on your emotions, document your progress or simply stay organized, dairoo helps you see the bigger picture of your everyday life. Simple. Visual. Clear. One day. One color. One overview. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.dairoo.com/privacy-policy

About

PenDate Notes

Features
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A digital planner, calendar notes and journal in one app. Plan by date, write by hand, and keep every note with the day it matters. PenDate Notes brings your calendar, notes, to-do lists and handwritten pages together. Keep a meeting note with the day it happened, a packing list with your trip, or a sketch beside the date you want to come back to. PLAN BY DATE Move between year, month, week and day views. Add events with times, repeats and reminders, and see your PenDate events in your phone's calendar app if you choose. WRITE, CHECK OFF OR SKETCH Choose a text note, a checklist or a handwriting canvas. Take study notes, plan meals, sketch ideas or keep a shopping list with quantities and totals. Write with a stylus or your finger, with pens, highlighters and a smooth eraser. FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS Sort notes and tasks into Do now, Plan, Handle and Later. Drag them between categories, switch between Cards and Compact views, and use filters to see one folder, tag or kind of note at a time. DIGITAL PLANNERS AND JOURNALS Write in beautiful planner and journal pages for every part of life: everyday planning, daily life, work sprints, study, wellness and habits, budget and savings, fitness, travel, gratitude, creative work, home and meals. Tappable links jump straight to the page you need. FIND IT AGAIN Search your notes, checklists and canvas text. Organise with folders, tags, covers and Archive, and restore deleted notes from the Recycle Bin. SYNC AND BACK UP Turn on optional Google Drive sync to keep your library on your other devices. Prefer to stay offline? PenDate works fully without an account. SHARE AND EXPORT Export notes and planner pages as PDF or images to print or share. FREE EVERYDAY NOTES, OPTIONAL PRO Everyday notes, checklists, the calendar and handwriting are free. PenDate Pro, a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase, adds every planner and journal family, Signature stickers and covers, saved Focus views, Split Workspace for two notes side by side on tablets and wide screens, and selected-page PDF export. Individual planners and Signature packs are also available as one-time purchases. Subscription prices and billing periods are shown in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before that period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Canceling renewal keeps access until the end of the paid period. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pendatenotes.com/privacy-policy.html

Screenshots

dairoo4 screens
PenDate Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PenDate Notes at none against dairoo's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. dairoo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and PenDate Notes sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
dairoo versus PenDate Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterdairooPenDate Notes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 6 weeks
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better15.5
Further details โ€” not scored
Size62 MB158 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatteo SchiattiSAMUEL NANA ESHUN

In-app purchases

2 purchases

dairoo

Subscriptions2
  • dairoo premium monthly$3.991 Month
  • dairoo premium yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
10 purchases

PenDate Notes

Subscriptions2
  • PenDate Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • PenDate Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time8
  • Signature Stickers$2.99
  • Signature Covers$2.99
  • Gratitude Journal$5.99
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  • Student Planner$6.99
  • Travel Memory Journal$6.99
  • Home & Meal Planner$6.99
  • Budget & Wealth Journal$7.99
  • Creative Studio Journal$7.99

Questions

Is dairoo free?
dairoo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PenDate Notes free?
PenDate Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do dairoo or PenDate Notes have ads?
dairoo shows ads; PenDate Notes does not.

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