Comparison

SHIRUBE vs Daytail

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

Head to head
About

SHIRUBE

This app organizes your iPhone photos by date and location, transforming them into a daily diary. Easily revisit trips, events, and everyday moments with chronological browsing and map views. Add notes and tags for enhanced searching and memory recall.

Highlights
  • Organizes photos by date
  • Shows photo location
  • Browse by map
  • Calendar view
  • Chronological order
  • Add notes with tags
  • Search by place or tag
Features
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Shirube organizes the photos in your iPhone photo library by date, so you can look back on each day as a diary. Using each photo's capture date and location, Shirube shows when and where your photos were taken. Trips, walks, meals, events — everything from your day becomes easy to revisit later. Main features: - Automatically organizes photos by date - Shows where each photo was taken - Browse diary entries by photo location on a map - Browse daily records from the calendar - View photos in chronological order - Add notes with #tag support - Search by place name or tag Great for people who: - Take lots of photos and struggle to find them later - Can't keep up a daily diary but want to keep a photo record - Want to look back on their travel and outing history Privacy: - Photo library information is used to build your diary view - Imported data and notes are stored on your device - Nothing is automatically sent to the developer's servers

About

Daytail

Features
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Daytail is a calendar app that brings your photos, videos, and schedule together by date, making it easy to look back on each day. Key Features • View photos and videos taken on each day directly from the calendar • See events and photos together in the Schedule view • Browse photos and videos by month in the Timeline • Add titles and notes to selected photos and videos, then save them as Memories • Set start and end times based on the capture times of selected photos • Import events from the iOS Calendar and view or edit them in the app • Available in Japanese and English • Supports Light and Dark Mode Daytail asks for access to your photo library or calendar only when it is needed for the features you choose to use. Daytail is free to use. A one-time in-app purchase is available to remove ads.

Screenshots

SHIRUBE4 screens
Daytail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SHIRUBE at none against Daytail's 1. SHIRUBE also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). On price, 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. Daytail sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SHIRUBE asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SHIRUBE ships an update every 3 days, Daytail every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
SHIRUBE versus Daytail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSHIRUBEDaytail
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKensuke InoueYOSHIFUMI HOTTA

In-app purchases

None

SHIRUBE

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Daytail

One-time1
  • 広告を削除$4.99

Questions

Is SHIRUBE free?
SHIRUBE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Daytail free?
Daytail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SHIRUBE or Daytail have ads?
Daytail shows ads; SHIRUBE does not.
Which is updated more often, SHIRUBE or Daytail?
SHIRUBE ships an update every 3 days, and Daytail every 10 days. Most recently, SHIRUBE was updated on October 13, 2026 and Daytail on October 7, 2026.

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