chalk vs DoddleDiary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
chalk
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Find the more playful side of life by making one drawing a day, and growing your garden of drawings throughout the year. Completely free. A journal that doesn't make you wonder what to write, now you get to wonder what to draw! chalk is my little love letter to being playful. You also get to admire my silly hand-drawn drawings. Make a drawing every day, then watch as your garden of drawings builds up. A garden full of little playful moments. Your great days, your bad days, all visualised with a bit more playfulness than you'd usually see.
DoddleDiary
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DoddleDiary is a simple drawing journal for saving ideas, sketches, and daily notes. Create lightweight entries, organize your thoughts, and keep a visual record of your day.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DoddleDiary at weekly against chalk's fortnightly. chalk's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
chalk ships an update fortnightly, DoddleDiary weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | chalk | DoddleDiary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jasper C A van Riet | GoBuildFast, LLC |
In-app purchases
chalk
No in-app purchases
DoddleDiary
No in-app purchases
