Comparison

Fading Ink vs OneLine

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

Head to head
About

Fading Ink

Features
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This is a diary that decays. Every word you write begins to disappear from the moment you set it down. Fading, displaced, repeating โ€” then nothing. Not because you deleted it. Because time decided. Open it tomorrow and you'll find yesterday's words are fewer. Last week's entry is barely legible. The one from three months ago is just a date. This is not a bug. This is the design. It's simple to use. Open the app, write what you want to say today. You can write a lot or just a line. Before midnight you can keep adding โ€” but you cannot edit what you've already written. At midnight, it locks. The decay begins. Tomorrow is a new page. This is a real diary. Write it. Then let it go.

About

OneLine

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Your life story, one line at a time. OneLine is the journal for people who don't have time to journal. Write a single line about your day โ€” it takes five seconds โ€” and watch your life story build itself, one day at a time. WHY ONE LINE? Big journaling apps fail because they ask too much. OneLine asks for one sentence. That's small enough to do every single day โ€” and a year from now, you'll have 365 tiny memories you'd otherwise have forgotten. โ€ข FIVE SECONDS A DAY โ€” One line, an optional mood, done. No pressure, no blank-page anxiety. โ€ข BUILD A STREAK โ€” Show up daily and watch your streak grow. Small habit, big memories. โ€ข ON THIS DAY โ€” Relive what you wrote a year ago, right when you open the app. โ€ข WIDGETS โ€” Your streak and memories on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. โ€ข DAILY REMINDER โ€” A gentle, friendly nudge at the time you choose. โ€ข 21 LANGUAGES โ€” Use OneLine in the language you think in. โ€ข PRIVATE BY DESIGN โ€” Your journal lives on your device. No account, no cloud, no tracking. ONELINE PRO Go Pro to unlock your full history and "On This Day" flashbacks, attach a photo to each day, use every widget, export your year as a beautiful PDF book, and lock the app behind Face ID. Weekly, monthly, or one single lifetime purchase โ€” yours forever. Start tonight. One line. Five seconds. Future-you will thank you. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://apps.ailancer.com/oneline/privacy.html Subscription Terms: https://apps.ailancer.com/oneline/terms.html

Screenshots

Fading Ink4 screens
OneLine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: OneLine at Free against Fading Ink's $3.99. Fading Ink's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

OneLine is free to download; Fading Ink costs $3.99 up front. OneLine sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Fading Ink asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Fading Ink versus OneLine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFading InkOneLine
Price$3.99Free โ€” better
Update frequencyโ€”Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size243 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMuheng LiAilancer

In-app purchases

None

Fading Ink

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

OneLine

Subscriptions2
  • OneLine Pro โ€” Weekly$0.997 Days
  • OneLine Pro โ€” Monthly$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • OneLine Pro โ€” Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Fading Ink free?
Fading Ink costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is OneLine free?
OneLine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fading Ink or OneLine have ads?
Neither Fading Ink nor OneLine shows ads.

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