Comparison

Today, a Note vs efilog

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

Head to head
About

Today, a Note

Capture your day with a single photo and a brief thought. This private journal offers a simple way to record memories, with features like filters, calendar integration, and home screen widgets. Your entries are securely stored on your device and in iCloud.

Highlights
  • Record day with photo and text
  • Add weather and filters
  • Calendar view of past entries
  • Search by word, place, tag, or date
  • Instagram Stories card sharing
  • Home screen widgets
  • Face ID/passcode app lock
Features
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A diary for keeping each day with one photo and one line. Write whenever you feel like it — your entries stay only on your device and in your iCloud. ■ EASY TO KEEP • Record your day with one photo and a few words • Add the day's weather • Five film-style filters with adjustable strength • Fill in past days from the calendar • No streaks — empty days are fine ■ LOOK BACK • A calendar that fills up with your photos — the whole month at a glance • Brings your past memories back to you • Search by words, place, tag or date ■ SHARE • Cards made for Instagram Stories ■ HOME SCREEN WIDGETS • Today's photo on your Home Screen • Your week's seven days at a glance • This month's diary photos at a glance ■ SAFE AND PRIVATE • Photos are copied into the app • Stored only on your own device and in your personal iCloud Drive • Lock the app with Face ID or a 4-digit passcode (immediately to 15 minutes) • Export your entries as a ZIP — text, photos and videos — that opens without the app ■ BIG SCREENS • On iPad, your list and your entry sit side by side

About

efilog

Features
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Capture the moment you're in now, and meet it again on some future day. efilog is a time-shifted lifelog service that seals your records away until a time you choose — so they're never instantly consumed or forgotten the moment you create them. Record today's thoughts and feelings, your photos and your voice, the moments you want to remember. After 24 hours, each record is sealed, and reopens at the future moment you've chosen. The you of today leaves a record for the you of tomorrow to discover — and the feelings you have right now travel across time to reach someone. ■ Record on your own timeline Choose exactly when a record will reopen. From the near future to the distant years ahead, set the moment you'd like to meet it again. ■ Sealed after 24 hours You can edit a record for 24 hours after creating it. After that, it's sealed — preserved exactly as it was, in that moment and that emotion, until the day it opens. ■ Records that reopen in the future When the release date you set arrives, the record your past self left behind opens once more. Meet the thoughts, feelings, and moments you'd forgotten, fresh again on some future day. ■ Moments in words, photos, and more Capture thoughts and feelings in writing, scenes worth remembering in photos and video, and the voice and mood of the day in audio. ■ For your future self, and for others Keep a record just for yourself, share it with the people you choose, or send it to one particular someone. ■ Quiet inspiration over quick reactions efilog doesn't have simple likes — it has "inspiration," left on the records worth remembering. Draw direction and inspiration for your own life from records that reach you across time and space. ■ Your personal archive Gather the records that build up over time in one place, organize them into folders, and create an archive of your own life. We record so many moments — but we consume and forget them far too quickly. efilog slows records down. Rather than showing something off for instant reactions, it's about records that help you live today more meaningfully. We're building a recording experience that connects the feelings and thoughts of today with another version of you in the future. "Today's record becomes tomorrow's gift." efilog Terms of Use (EULA): https://efilog.app/terms Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://efilog.app/privacy Translation of records and comments is powered by Google Translate. (https://cloud.google.com/translate)

Screenshots

Today, a Note4 screens
efilog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Today, a Note at none against efilog's 2. efilog's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. efilog sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Today, a Note asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Today, a Note versus efilog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToday, a Noteefilog
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMIAE SONGefilog

In-app purchases

None

Today, a Note

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

efilog

One-time2
  • Editkick$0.49
  • Time jump$0.99

Questions

Is Today, a Note free?
Today, a Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is efilog free?
efilog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Today, a Note or efilog have ads?
Neither Today, a Note nor efilog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Today, a Note or efilog?
Today, a Note ships an update weekly, and efilog weekly. Most recently, Today, a Note was updated on November 5, 2026 and efilog on October 31, 2026.

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