Junk Mail vs Daynote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — 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.
Daynote
This app allows you to create a multi-year diary, viewing past entries for the same date side-by-side. Decorate your entries with stamps and stickers, and track your writing habits over time. It offers secure storage and backup options, with an optional paid theme for enhanced customization.
- 3-year and 5-year diary views
- Month index calendar view
- Pre-printed rows for date, weather, and mood
- Handwriting font for entries
- Stamps and stickers for decoration
- Weekly writing habit overview
- Passcode and Face ID lock
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One date, several years, one page. Daynote is a 3-year and 5-year diary. Open today's page and you'll see what you wrote on this same date last year, and the year before, right there with today. Every time you write a few lines, you also get to read who you were a year ago. ■ 3 years · 5 years · one day · Switch between the 3-year, 5-year and one-page-a-day views at the top of the home screen. Your entries stay the same; only the view changes · On first launch, pick your book: 3 years or 5 years · The month index lays out a whole month as dots, one row per year. A dot is a day you wrote; a circle is today · Bottom tabs: Home, Calendar, Search, Look back, Settings ■ Circle it and start writing · Each page has printed rows for the weekday, the weather (8 kinds) and your mood (5 steps). Just circle today's with the pen · Your words appear in a handwriting font · Under the page, one line from "1 year ago today" · An empty page starts with a question for the day. There's one fixed question for each date, so every year you answer the same question on the same day · No save button. Everything saves as you type ■ Stamps and stickers · 12 free type stamps plus free sticker packs to decorate your lines · Stickers stick to the sentence, not the screen, so they move with it when you edit ■ Two themes · Typeset (free, default): blue-gray cover with printed pages · Deco Pink (paid, one-time): spiral binding, pastel month tabs, handwritten fonts throughout and 41 stickers in 6 sets. Try it on your own diary before you buy ■ Look back Your last 12 weeks at a glance, when and in what weather you tend to write, and the words you use most. No streaks, no scores. Tap any square to open that day's entry. ■ Storage and backup · Everything works without an account. Your diary is saved on this device · If you like, sign in with Apple, Kakao and more to keep the same diary across devices · A backup file is made automatically once a day in iCloud; the latest 7 are kept · Lock the app with a passcode or Face ID · Export your whole diary as a JSON file, or share today's page as an image ■ iPad On a wide screen the diary opens into a two-page spread: the same date across the years on the left, today's page to write on the right. ■ Only two purchases, both one-time · Remove ads · Deco Pink theme No subscriptions. The free version shows ads. A text-only diary: no photos, just your words. App languages: English, 한국어, 日本語
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Junk Mail at none against Daynote's 2. Junk Mail also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). Daynote's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Daynote sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Junk Mail asks for nothing beyond the download.
Junk Mail ships an update daily, Daynote every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Junk Mail | Daynote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Olivia Pawlowski | Junhyuk Lee |
In-app purchases
Junk Mail
No in-app purchases
Daynote
- Deco Pink theme$9.99
- Remove ads$9.99









