HiDay vs NoteGarden

HiDay opens each day with a fresh greeting and keeps your voice or text entries together with the weather of the moment — privately, with no developer servers anywhere in the loop. ▷ A different greeting, every day · Weather is captured with each entry (powered by Apple WeatherKit on iPhone, iPad, and Mac for accurate local data) · Add your own background photos — applied instantly. Tap a thumbnail to switch, long-press to delete · Soft card tone keeps your text readable even over rich photo backgrounds ▷ Security is the default Every entry lives only in an encrypted on-device database (SQLCipher · AES-256). No developer server exists; no accounts, no logins, no telemetry, no ad SDKs. ▷ Sync only through your own iCloud (optional) Sync between iOS, iPadOS and macOS via your own iCloud Private Database. With one option on, the body itself is encrypted again before it leaves the device — only ciphertext reaches the cloud. ▷ App lock Lock the app behind Face ID, Touch ID, fingerprint, or your device PIN. The app re-authenticates every time it comes back from background. ▷ Photo backgrounds + glass UI 7 bundled landscape photos rotate each launch. You can add your own. A frosted glass card floats over the photo for a hand-set, paper-like feel. ▷ Pro (1-month free trial) Bring your own Gemini key (BYOK) and unlock Old Friend mode (a one-line check-in informed by your past entries), AI insights, AI voice, and random recall stories. The first month is free for everyone; after that it is $4.99 / year. ▷ Your data is yours Delete the app and everything goes with it — entries, metadata, BYOK keys. Manual JSON export / import is built in so you can leave with your own data at any time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

NoteGarden is a gentle journaling app that lets you quickly save today’s mood, photos, and notes, then look back on them later. It is designed to feel lighter than a traditional diary, while keeping your records safely stored. Choose your mood, add photos, and write a short note — your entry is saved automatically. [ Key Features of NoteGarden ] Record today in under a minute • Quickly choose today’s mood with 10 mood icons • Add photos and notes to simply capture your day • Write notes neatly line by line with bullet lists • Organize entries more easily with tags • Keep your writing safe with automatic saving Look back with calendar and timeline views • Review past entries with daily moods and previews • Browse older records more easily with monthly section headers • Jump quickly to a specific year when you have entries across multiple years • See the time written and whether an entry was edited • Find the records you need with favorites and search • Revisit memories from the same date with the “On This Day” card Photo timeline • View photos added to your entries by date • Look back on past moments in chronological order from the Photos tab • Keep photos safely stored together with your records Reflect on your records with statistics • View your records by This Month, Last Month, This Year, Last Year, or All Time • Check record count, photo count, character count, and average character count • See your mood distribution at a glance with a donut chart • Track your journaling habit with your writing streak Safe backup and sync • Continue viewing your records and photos across devices with iCloud sync • Keep a single backup file with file export and import • Protect your private records with app lock • Restore deleted entries from the 30-day trash NoteGarden is made for people who find it hard to write a long diary every day. A mood, a photo, and a short note can be enough to remember your day. Save today in a small way, and quietly return to it later.