Junk Mail vs dab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Junk Mail
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Junk Mail is a private photo journal for curating one photo and a short note each day. Think of it like sending a postcard to yourself, without the pressure to share it on the internet.
dab
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your journal, your stickers, your page a day. dab-dab is a warm little journal you actually get to decorate. snip the subject out of any photo into a sticker โ right on your phone โ or doodle one from scratch, then keep them in your own tin and reuse them on any day. it's your sticker book and your diary, in one. make your own stickers cut anyone (or anything) out of a photo with a tap, or draw a sticker by hand. dress it with an outline, a dashed cut-out edge, a torn-paper rim, or a puffy pop. then drop it in your tin โ your growing little collection โ and pull it back out to decorate any page, any day. a page to fill, your way โข doodle across two layers with soft vintage inks and pens โข write a note in a warm handwriting font โข add a postmark for a place, a feeling, or a small occasion โข set a photo โ or a live photo โ behind the day โข look back on the year wall: every page you kept, like a scrapbook of your year calm, never a chore no streaks, no scores, no chain to keep. show up however small โ it's a place to land, not one more thing to keep up with. yours, and only yours no account, no sign-up, no cloud. everything stays on your phone, and nothing is collected. free dab-dab is a real, everyday journal. dab-dab+ opens the studio: an unlimited sticker tin, every writing font and size, the full drawing kit, the year wall reading view, live-photo backgrounds, more notes and photos a day, and the home-screen widget. โ dab-dab+ is a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription (yearly includes a 7-day free trial) or a one-time lifetime purchase. payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. subscriptions renew automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel anytime in Settings. Privacy Policy: https://reveriearchive-studio.github.io/dab-dab-privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Junk Mail at none against dab's 3. Junk Mail also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. dab sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Junk Mail asks for nothing beyond the download.
Junk Mail ships an update daily, dab weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Junk Mail | dab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Daily โ better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 โ better | 18.6 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Olivia Pawlowski | Antheia Li |
In-app purchases
Junk Mail
No in-app purchases
dab
- dab-dab+ Monthly$2.991 Month
- dab-dab+ Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- dab-dab+ Lifetime$29.99









