Comparison

MemoryDay. vs Nenrin

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

Head to head
About

MemoryDay.

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MemoryDay is a simple and reliable tool for recording anniversaries and important dates, suitable for recording birthdays, anniversaries, love days, anniversary days, countdown days, and significant moments in life. You can use it to organize every memorable day and make important events easier to see and manage through reminders, tags, archiving, and calendar views. Main Features: Record important dates Create birthday, anniversary, progress items, and custom date events, clearly view how much time is left until the target date or how long ago a certain day has passed. Local Reminders Set notification reminders for important events and receive system reminders at the right time, so you won't miss birthdays, anniversaries, and important arrangements. Tag and Category Management Use tags to organize different types of events, such as family, friends, love, work, life, and travel, making the list clearer. Privacy Policy:https://hsi6qo93b6.feishu.cn/docx/D5pfdFzMaoB9gmxQxOWcGFGinXg Terms of Use:https://hsi6qo93b6.feishu.cn/docx/GKFSdI9e9oz2M2xjJqHcuTT6nmb?from=from_copylink

About

Nenrin

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Nenrin (年輪, "tree rings") is a diary made of just 365 files: one Markdown file for each day of the year. Whatever you write on a given day goes into that day's file under a "## year" heading — so every year's entry for today stacks on the same page. Write today, and next year's you opens this page and reads it. The more years you keep it, the better it gets. TODAY The app opens on today's page. Past years sit in a row of chips above the entry; tap one to switch, or hold the text and pull down to go back a year. Years you skipped on this day are pointed out, and you can fill them in any time. The entry is a Markdown editor: headings, lists, quotes and bold are highlighted as you type, with a row of marks above the keyboard for quick insertion. Photos you took on this day appear below the entry — read from your library, never written into the file. YEAR A heatmap of all twelve months. Each cell is one file; the darker it is, the more years that day has been written in. One ring a year, deeper each time. Full-text search covers every year in all 365 files: search a word and watch it cross the years. ON THIS DAY A home-screen widget that shows what you wrote on today's date in past years. NIGHTLY REMINDER A nudge at the time you choose to write today's lines. YOUR FILES, YOUR RULES • Plain Markdown you can open in any editor • Keep it on your iPhone (visible in the Files app) or point it at a folder in iCloud Drive • Point Nenrin for Mac at the same folder and both write the same diary; saves replace only the current year's section, so writing on two devices never overwrites the other • No account, no server of ours — your diary lives only on your devices and in your own iCloud Drive

Screenshots

MemoryDay.4 screens
Nenrin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nenrin at none against MemoryDay.'s 5. Nenrin also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, 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. MemoryDay. sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 3 months. Nenrin asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MemoryDay. ships an update every 2 months, Nenrin every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
MemoryDay. versus Nenrin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemoryDay.Nenrin
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer思明 李鹏鹏 任

In-app purchases

5 purchases

MemoryDay.

Subscriptions2
  • MemoryDay 季度会员$0.993 Months
  • MemoryDay 年度会员$1.991 Year
One-time3
  • 年度会员升级永久会员$1.99
  • 季度会员升级永久会员$2.99
  • MemoryDay 永久会员$3.99
None

Nenrin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MemoryDay. free?
MemoryDay. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nenrin free?
Nenrin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MemoryDay. or Nenrin have ads?
Neither MemoryDay. nor Nenrin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MemoryDay. or Nenrin?
MemoryDay. ships an update every 2 months, and Nenrin every 5 days. Most recently, MemoryDay. was updated on October 2, 2026 and Nenrin on October 14, 2026.

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