Comparison

Private Journal vs PLTÉ Your Class

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

Head to head
About

Private Journal

This app helps you cultivate a more mindful life through daily journaling, mood and habit tracking, and creative sketching. It offers a private space to organize thoughts, set intentions, and review your life's journey with powerful search and media browsing tools.

Highlights
  • Rich text journaling with photos/videos
  • Mood and habit tracking with custom templates
  • Freeform drawing with Apple Pencil support
  • Intentions and task management
  • Location tagging and map view
  • Face ID/Touch ID security
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Your all-in-one journal for a more mindful life. Write freely, track your mood, build daily habits, and sketch ideas on a freeform canvas — all in one beautiful, private space. DAILY JOURNALING • Rich text editor with photos and videos • Writing prompts across 7 categories — gratitude, reflections, check-ins, and more • Multiple journals to organize your thoughts • Tags for easy discovery • Automatically tag your location so every memory has a place • Browse your life on a beautiful map view MOOD & HABIT TRACKING • Custom trackers for mood, sleep, water, exercise, study time, and more • 50+ tracker templates across 9 categories • Set daily goals, visualize streaks, and see patterns with charts • Apple Health integration — auto-sync steps, sleep, workouts, heart rate, calories, and distance CREATIVE CANVAS • Freeform drawing with full Apple Pencil support • Pen, pencil, marker, and eraser tools • Line straightening, minimap navigation, and lasso selection • Searchable handwriting — find notes even when you write by hand INTENTIONS & TASKS • Set intentions — how you want to feel, what deserves your time, your big goals • Link tasks to your intentions and track progress over time • Unfinished tasks carry over so nothing falls through the cracks SEARCH & MEDIA • Find any entry by title, content, tags, or text in photos and handwriting • Filter by journal, date, or location • Browse all media in a beautiful gallery, organized by date PRIVATE & SECURE • Face ID, Touch ID, and passcode lock • iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac • Your data stays on your devices — we never see it SWITCHING FROM DAY ONE? • Import your entire Day One library in one tap — entries, photos, tags, and metadata • Full JSON, ZIP, and Markdown export MINDSPACE PRO Unlock everything with Pro: • iCloud sync across all devices • Unlimited journals, photos & videos • Unlimited custom trackers and all templates • Apple Health integration • Custom theme colors • Canvas export • Custom prompts Start your journaling practice today. Your future self will thank you. Terms of Use: https://getmindspace.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://getmindspace.app/privacy.html

About

PLTÉ Your Class

Features
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Your Class is the calm class book for Pilates, yoga and barre instructors. Save what you teach, reuse it in seconds, and keep one place for all your classes. YOUR LIBRARY Save your own moves with reps, cues, positions and set-up. Add your own attributes. It all stays yours, in exactly your words. THE CLASS BUILDER Put a class together in minutes. The sections are laid out, you slide your moves in. Drag them into order, adjust reps or cues for this one class, and work at your own pace. Everything saves itself and you can always step back. TEACH MODE Teach from your phone. Calm slides with your cues, breath and variations. The screen stays awake, and the overview shows where you are and where you are jumping to. FOR REFORMER INSTRUCTORS Record your springs by colour and count, per move or for one class. Teaching in more than one studio? Set what counts as heavy and light per location, so your plan reads right everywhere. PLAN YOUR WEEK Put a class on a date and see on Today what is coming, what you have taught and what is still waiting. ALSO ON YOUR LAPTOP Prepare your classes on a bigger screen at app.plte.nl, with the same account. QUIETLY DESIGNED Dutch, English, German, French and Spanish. Light and dark mode. No ads, no tracking, no feed. Your classes are yours and nobody else's. SUBSCRIPTION Your first 14 days are free. After that a monthly or yearly subscription, with a discount on the year. Cancel any time. Terms: app.plte.nl/terms Privacy: app.plte.nl/privacy

Screenshots

Private Journal4 screens
PLTÉ Your Class4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Private Journal at 3 against PLTÉ Your Class's 1. PLTÉ Your Class's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Private Journal sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and PLTÉ Your Class sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Private Journal ships an update every 6 days, PLTÉ Your Class every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Private Journal versus PLTÉ Your Class: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrivate JournalPLTÉ Your Class
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (22 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArtefact Inc.PLTÉ

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Private Journal

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Quarterly$14.993 Months
  • Yearly1 Year trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Mindspace Pro Lifetime$69.99
2 purchases

PLTÉ Your Class

Subscriptions2
  • Your Class monthly14 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Your Class yearly14 Days trial$89.991 Year

Questions

Is Private Journal free?
Private Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PLTÉ Your Class free?
PLTÉ Your Class is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Private Journal or PLTÉ Your Class have ads?
Neither Private Journal nor PLTÉ Your Class shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Private Journal or PLTÉ Your Class?
Private Journal ships an update every 6 days, and PLTÉ Your Class every 2 weeks. Most recently, Private Journal was updated on October 22, 2026 and PLTÉ Your Class on October 9, 2026.

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