Hook vs Photo Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hook
A private journal for your intimate life, keeping all entries securely on your device. Track partners, moods, locations, and protection details to gain insights into your personal story. Optional iCloud backup and STI test reminders are available.
- Private intimacy journal
- On-device data storage
- Partner profiles
- Mood and location tracking
- Protection and notes
- Visual insights and patterns
- Optional iCloud backup
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Your private intimacy journal. On your device. Yours alone. Hook is a private journal for your relationships and intimate life. Reflect on the moments that matter and see your story unfold over time. Everything stays on your device, locked behind Face ID. No accounts, no cloud, no sharing. Hook is a personal journal — not a dating service or social network. It's built for adults who want a private space for personal reflection: couples keeping a shared journal, individuals reflecting on their relationships, anyone who values a truly private place for their own story. PRIVACY FIRST Your entries live on your device. No accounts, no servers, no sync unless you turn it on. Face ID or passcode locks the app from launch. iCloud Backup is optional, off by default. Private health reminders on your own cadence. WHAT YOU CAPTURE The moments that matter — when, where, and how you felt. Notes, moods, and tags you build yourself. Personal entries, or shared entries with a partner. WHO'S IN YOUR STORY Every partner gets a profile: a color, emoji, or photo avatar, plus the details you choose to remember — birthdays, preferences, and cycle tracking. WHAT YOU SEE A heatmap of your year. Patterns over time. Mood and location breakdowns. A clear view of your own story. YOUR STORY, MAPPED Pin meaningful moments to a map and revisit the places that have been part of your story. HOOK+ Unlimited profiles. Full stats. Map view. No ads. BUILT FOR Adults of every gender, orientation, and relationship structure. If you want a private place to capture and reflect on your own story, this is for you. Available in 12 languages, including English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. Your story, clearly. Yours alone. Privacy Policy: https://hook.tantostudio.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Photo Journal
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Your life's yearly book. Thirty seconds a day. One photo. Two lines. A mood emoji. That's the whole ritual. Almanac turns those thirty seconds into an illustrated book of your year — one page for every day, without the pressure of a blank journal. A day takes thirty seconds Open the app, pick today's photo, tap a mood, write a line. Done. If you want more, everything else is optional: a day score from 1 to 10, the weather as a single emoji, a place, the people you were with, activity tags, and a daily question to unlock a memory when you don't know what to write. Your book fills itself in Almanac can scan your photo library on-device and suggest the best frame from each day, so you can complete pages you missed instead of starting from zero. Nothing leaves your phone during the scan. See your year, not just your days A mosaic of every day at a glance. Streaks that reward showing up. "A year ago today" reminders. A Wrapped-style yearly recap you can scroll through. Badges, statistics, a map of where your days happened, and insights that quietly show which activities line up with your better days. Made to be kept Export your year as a print-ready PDF almanac, or share a single day, month, or year as a beautiful 9:16 card. Offline and private by design Every entry, photo, and video lives in local storage on your device. There is no account to create and no cloud sync — your almanac is yours alone. Almanac is free to download, and the daily ritual — a photo, a note, and a mood — is free to keep up. Not everything in the app is free: Premium unlocks additional features for capturing, understanding, and keeping your year, with subscription plans. Subscription options, pricing, and renewal terms are shown in the app before purchase. Every day you don't write down is a page torn out of your book. Start tonight. Contact: trackit.tr@gmail.com EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://almanac.trackit.tr/privacy Terms of Use: https://almanac.trackit.tr/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Photo Journal at 16.4 against Hook's 18.0. 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
Both are free to download. Hook sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Photo Journal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Hook | Photo Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andre Suhartanto | Hasan Kose |
In-app purchases
Hook
- Monthly$3.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Lifetime$24.99
Photo Journal
- Premium Annual$19.991 Year
- Almanac Lifetime$49.99









