Comparison

Nute Pad vs DIARYit

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

Head to head
About

Nute Pad

Features
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Nute is a notepad that calculates. Type like you think - "hotel = 89 * 2", "240 km in miles", "salary / 12", "today + 90 days" - and Nute solves it on the line next to you. No buttons. No modes. Just words and numbers. WHAT IT DOES • Variables - name a number once, reuse it everywhere • Units - km↔mi, kg↔lb, °C↔°F, and more • Currency - live rates for major currencies • Date math - "today + 6 weeks", "Mar 1 - Jan 15" • Comments with // for context that doesn't compute • Plain text - your notes stay yours EVERYWHERE YOU ARE • iPhone, iPad, Mac - one app, three windows • iCloud sync keeps every note up to date, instantly • Scratchpad always one tap away for quick thinking MADE TO LIVE WITH • Seven hand-picked paper themes • JetBrains Mono typography • Light, dark, and everything in between ONE PAYMENT Try Nute free. Keep it forever with a single purchase - every future update included. No subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

DIARYit

A private, offline daily journal app that allows you to write one entry per day and revisit past entries through a calendar. Your entries are kept on your device and backed up via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Daily journal entries
  • Calendar navigation
  • Color-coded date marking
  • Continuous record of entries
  • Private and offline design
  • iCloud backup integration
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Write what matters. Keep your days in a single stream. DIARYit is a private daily diary with one entry per day and just enough room for what you want to remember. A LITTLE SPACE. A CLEARER FOCUS. You don’t need to record everything to remember something. Each day gives you a deliberately limited writing space. Capture a moment, a thought, or what the day meant to you, without a page you feel obliged to fill. YOUR LIFE, IN ORDER Write in the present. Let the past stay as it was. Once a day has passed, its entry can no longer be edited. This is intentional. Your diary keeps what you wrote then, not what you might write now. The days ahead are visible, but you cannot write in them until they arrive. The days behind you remain there to revisit. Looking back is your choice. LOOK BACK WITH CONTEXT Find days with writing in the calendar and jump directly to an entry. Press and hold a date with writing to mark it green, yellow, red, or leave it unmarked. Give each day a meaning of your own. PRIVATE. SIMPLE. YOURS. No account to create. No ads, social features, or streaks to maintain. Your writing is stored on your device. Write and read available entries offline, in a quiet interface that follows your device’s light or dark appearance. Your entries can be included in your iPhone’s iCloud Backup when backup is enabled for DIARYit. This is device backup, not live syncing between devices. START WITH TODAY Write today’s entry and read your most recent past entry for free. An optional Access subscription unlocks your full history. Scroll through earlier days or return to an entry from the calendar. Choose monthly or yearly. Your saved entries are not deleted when your subscription ends. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Nute Pad4 screens
DIARYit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Nute Pad at every 9 days against DIARYit's every 3 weeks. DIARYit's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Nute Pad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and DIARYit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nute Pad ships an update every 9 days, DIARYit every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Nute Pad versus DIARYit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNute PadDIARYit
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS1715.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTildSeunghoon Baek

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Nute Pad

One-time1
  • Nute Pro$14.99
2 purchases

DIARYit

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Yearly$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Nute Pad free?
Nute Pad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DIARYit free?
DIARYit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Nute Pad or DIARYit have ads?
Neither Nute Pad nor DIARYit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nute Pad or DIARYit?
Nute Pad ships an update every 9 days, and DIARYit every 3 weeks. Most recently, Nute Pad was updated on November 9, 2026 and DIARYit on November 10, 2026.

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