Comparison

Gleegleam vs Inkday Diary

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

Head to head
About

Gleegleam

A private journaling app for personal reflection and secure sharing with select groups. Focuses on authentic connection without social media pressures.

Highlights
  • Private daily logs
  • Secure vault for reflections
  • Create 'Circles' for close connections
  • Share with select groups
  • No public feeds or profiles
  • Authentic connection focus
Features
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Own your reflections. Share with intent. Not every thought belongs on social media. Gleegleam is a social app for your daynotes, thoughts, and moments you want to write, reflect on, and share your way. Some thoughts are just for you. Some are worth sharing. Keep them private, share with your people, or share anonymously with the world. Write about your day, your relationships, your struggles, your wins, or whatever’s on your mind. No pressure to perform. No need to turn every thought into a post. Sometimes you just want to get something off your chest. Sometimes you want someone to understand. Sometimes you want to know you’re not the only one feeling it. Write what feels real. Choose who gets to see it. Connect with people who get it. With Gleegleam, you can: • Write personal daynotes and reflect on your thoughts over time • Create shared daynotes with the people you care about • Share thoughts publicly without revealing your identity • Discover real experiences from people who feel the same way • Track your personal goals and challenges through your daynotes Your thoughts don’t all belong to the same audience. Gleegleam gives each one a place.

About

Inkday Diary

Features
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Inkday is a private voice diary for iPhone. You speak one page a day. The recording becomes text on your device and stays there. There is no account and no cloud. Inkday has no developer servers, no analytics, and no subscription. Recording, transcription and mood detection run on Apple’s on-device frameworks. The last 30 days are always yours to read. Older pages stay on the phone and can be unlocked once. • One page a day, up to ten minutes • On-device speech-to-text • Original audio kept with each page • A haptic timeline through past days • A year of days as a quiet dot grid • Optional daily reminder — one, never a streak • Light and dark paper themes • Home-screen widget for the year Unlock the archive Pages older than 30 days can be unlocked with a single one-time purchase. Nothing is deleted if you wait. Restore Purchase is in Settings. Requires iOS 26 or later. — Unlock the archive (optional) One-time In-App Purchase to unlock diary pages older than 30 days, forever. No subscription. Price: $4.99 USD / €4.99. Price may vary by region. Restore purchases in Settings. — Privacy Policy: https://inkday-neon.vercel.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://inkday-neon.vercel.app/terms

Screenshots

Gleegleam4 screens
Inkday Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Inkday Diary at none against Gleegleam's 6. Gleegleam's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.5). On price, 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. Gleegleam sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Inkday Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Gleegleam versus Inkday Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGleegleamInkday Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB4 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSeungji JungFabian Gruss

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Gleegleam

Subscriptions6
  • Curator monthly$6.991 Month
  • Gleegleam Curator (Monthly)$6.991 Month
  • Gleegleam Influencer (Monthly)$8.991 Month
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  • Gleegleam Curator (Annual)$69.991 Year
  • Influencer yearly$89.991 Year
  • Gleegleam Influencer (Annual)$89.991 Year
None

Inkday Diary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gleegleam free?
Gleegleam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Inkday Diary free?
Inkday Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gleegleam or Inkday Diary have ads?
Neither Gleegleam nor Inkday Diary shows ads.

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