DailyMark vs Strolls
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
DailyMark
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A diary that converses with the past. DailyMark is not a social feed and not a blog. The words here are not meant to be shown to anyone. They keep the facts that existed only in that moment, for the self yet to come. The moment you brace yourself to keep a diary, you start erasing the thoughts that embarrassed you, searching only for the good memories, and wearing yourself out trying to recall what you were too busy to write down last week. This app does not allow that. The immaturity, the hesitation, the contradiction β each is engraved as the reality of that moment. So a record can be kept only as that same day's entry, and once engraved it can be neither edited nor deleted. This is not just a diary. It is a log that keeps the traces of change, so the future you can converse with it. [How a record works] - Text only (no photo, no video, no location) - Up to 400 characters per record - A URL may be included (URLs do not count toward the limit) - No editing, no deletion [Records per day] - Free: twice a day - Pro: five times a day (the same during the 14-day trial) This is not a place to write a great deal. It is a place to record how today, and how now, really was. [Asking your past self] Pose a question such as "What have I been worried about lately?" or "A year ago, what was on my mind?" and the AI reads back through your past records and answers in the voice of who you were then. - Free: 5 times in total - Pro: up to 30 times a month [A monthly reflection (Pro)] On Pro, the AI reads back over a past month's records and returns the recurring themes, the signs of change, and the lingering tone in a short passage. [The color of feeling] Each record's text is read for its emotional tendency, based on the circumplex model of affect, and kept quietly on the calendar as the color of that day. Looking back across time, a restless season or a calm one comes through, letting you review your past for yourself. [Exporting records (Pro)] Your own records can be exported at once in three formats β JSON, Markdown, and CSV β and saved through the share sheet (up to 3 times a month). [Privacy] - No ads, no third-party tracking - Records are not used to train AI (assured by the OpenAI and Anthropic API terms) - Each record is visible only to its author (Row Level Security) - Deleting the account removes the data permanently (within 30 days, with no recovery) [Requirements] - iOS 15 or later - iPhone only (iPad and Mac are not supported) - Japanese and English (following the device language) [Subscription] - DailyMark Pro: a monthly subscription, auto-renewing (see App Store for local pricing) - Cancellation is handled in the standard iOS Subscriptions settings - Pro features remain available through the paid period [Support and legal] For questions: kokujitsuki@five-birds.com Privacy Policy: https://five-birds.com/kokujitsuki/privacy Terms of Service: https://five-birds.com/kokujitsuki/terms Specified Commercial Transactions Act notice: https://five-birds.com/legal/tokushoho To keep, for the future self, the feeling and the thought and the hesitation that exist only in this moment. Not a life smoothed into order, but the process of change itself, engraved as it happens.
Strolls
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A walk becomes a card. The app interface is currently available in Japanese. Strolls turns the route you walked and the photos you took into a Walk Card. Start walking, capture what catches your eye, finish, and choose a cover photo. WALK CARDS Route, distance, time, steps and photos come together automatically. Add a title and labels to preserve the character of the day. THE CITY IS THE MAIN CHARACTER Strolls quietly records your route. With background location permission, recording can continue while the screen is off. If location access is declined, you can still save a walk without GPS data. PHOTOS ON THE MAP Review photos together with their positions on your route, whether they were captured during the walk or added later. LOCAL STORAGE Walks, app-managed photo copies and your display name are stored on your iPhone. There is no account, advertising or analytics SDK. When a map is displayed, information for the visible map area and ordinary network request data are sent to OpenFreeMap. See the privacy policy for details. SHARING Export a Walk Card as an image and send it with the iOS share sheet. You choose the content and destination before sending. PERMISSIONS Location records the route. Motion counts steps. Camera and Photos add pictures. Add-only Photos access saves an original captured with the in-app camera to your photo library. Strolls is not a map app and not a social network. Walk, and the city gets more interesting. Map data: OpenFreeMap / Β© OpenMapTiles / Β© OpenStreetMap contributors
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Strolls at none against DailyMark's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. DailyMark sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Strolls asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | DailyMark | Strolls |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | β |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 β better | 16.4 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | five-birds.com | YUKI OGINO |
In-app purchases
DailyMark
- DailyMark ProMonthly14 Days trial$1.991 Month
Strolls
No in-app purchases









