Comparison

Plural Log vs Emotional Journal

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

Head to head
About

Plural Log

This app provides a private, offline-first journaling and system management tool designed for individuals experiencing dissociative identity. It allows users to track who is fronting, manage detailed member profiles, keep a shared journal, and visualize mood trends securely on their device. Optional federation enables selective sharing with trusted individuals.

Highlights
  • Detailed member profiles
  • Front tracking and timeline view
  • Shared journal with markdown support
  • System decision polls
  • Mood and activity analytics
  • Granular sharing permissions
  • Biometric app lock
Features
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PluralLog is a private, offline-first journal and system management app built for plural systems and those who experience dissociative identity. Track who's fronting, manage detailed member profiles, keep a shared journal, run polls, and visualize mood trends — all stored on your device, encrypted, with no account required. When you're ready to share, PluralLog's optional federation lets you connect to a community relay server of your choosing and selectively share with trusted people using the PluralLog Friend companion app. Every piece of data is encrypted before it leaves your device. The server never sees your plaintext. Features: • Member profiles with pronouns, roles, custom fields, and profile images • Front tracking with co-fronts, timeline view, and switch notes • Journal with emotion tags, author attribution, and markdown support • Polls for system decisions • Mood and activity analytics • Granular sharing permissions per friend • Instant revocation — keys are re-generated, old access is gone • Biometric app lock • Dark theme, calm design — trauma-informed throughout PluralLog is made by and for plural systems. We avoid diagnostic framing, and assumptions about your structure. Just a tool that works the way you do - with the privacy you deserce. Federation is completely optional. The app works fully offline, forever, without it.

About

Emotional Journal

Features
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Develop the superpower of emotional intelligence. Being in touch with your emotions is the key to peace, freedom, and success in life. Recognizing, communicating, and validating emotions and needs is the gateway to connecting with yourself and with others. IF THIS SOUNDS FAMILIAR, THIS APP IS FOR YOU: - You react badly and then beat yourself up for hours. - You've spent years trying to understand yourself and you're still going in circles. - You feel anxiety but can't put a name to why. - You swallow what you need because you don't even know how to ask for it. FIVE TOOLS. ONE GOAL: understand what's happening to you and what you need. - Emotional translator. Almost everyone uses evaluative language that blames others for how we feel, and that pushes us away from other people and from meeting our needs. Learn to break that vicious circle: write in your own words and get a clearer reading. - Journal of emotions and needs. Build the habit of staying connected with what you feel and what you need. Log it from the app or through WhatsApp. - Gratitude journal. Giving thanks for each day's blessings trains you to focus your attention on what you already have, neutralizing fear and the brain's natural tendency toward negativity. - Patterns and charts. See which emotions repeat, when they appear, and what triggers them. Spot the pattern before it controls you. - Private AI coach. A companion available 24/7 that listens without judging and gives you useful questions in return. 100% private. A private journal for calm introspection. It's not a social network or a quiz: no noise, no comparisons. START YOUR JOURNAL NOW. 7 days free. No card. No commitment. Then choose a monthly or annual plan. Cancel anytime. YOUR PRIVACY. Your entries are yours. You can use the app without sharing your location, and delete your account and your data anytime from the settings. Privacy policy: https://emotionaljournal.app/privacidad Terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Plural Log4 screens
Emotional Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Plural Log at none against Emotional Journal's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Emotional Journal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.00 per month. Plural Log asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Plural Log versus Emotional Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlural LogEmotional Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (97 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings97 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB27 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperArcade Armor LLCJavier Alejandro Martin Ramos

In-app purchases

None

Plural Log

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Emotional Journal

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$6.001 Month
  • Premium Annual$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Plural Log free?
Plural Log is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Emotional Journal free?
Emotional Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Plural Log or Emotional Journal have ads?
Neither Plural Log nor Emotional Journal shows ads.

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