D vs NoteGarden
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
D
Easily track important dates like anniversaries, birthdays, and trips with a customizable home screen widget. Add photos and choose from various themes to personalize your countdowns. Optional cloud backup ensures your memories are safe across devices.
- D-Day countdown for past/future dates
- Home screen widget for at-a-glance viewing
- Customizable photo backgrounds
- Multiple theme options
- Milestone alerts
- Optional cloud backup
- Support for 20 languages
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D-Day Keep β a beautiful countdown widget for every day that matters. Anniversaries, birthdays, exams, trips β keep every important date at your fingertips. # Key features β’ D-Day countdown β register any date, past or future. Days are calculated automatically every day. β’ Home screen widget β see your D-Days at a glance, no need to open the app. β’ Photo backgrounds β place a memory on your D-Day card. β’ 8 themes β Coral, Ocean, Forest, Sunset, Gold, Midnight, Blossom, Ivory. β’ Milestone alerts β D-100, 1-year, the day itself, and more. β’ Cloud backup (optional) β sign in to keep your D-Days across devices. β’ 20 languages β Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish and more. β’ Minimal ads β light and unobtrusive. # Perfect for β’ Couples tracking 100-day & anniversary milestones β’ Family birthdays and wedding anniversaries β’ Exam prep β college entrance, certification, professional tests β’ Trips, concerts, military discharge, big events β’ Diet, quit-smoking, workout β track when you started β’ Keeping memories of someone special, with a photo # Why D-Day Keep? β’ Start instantly β no sign-up required β’ Sign in is optional β Google, Apple, or Kakao for cloud backup β’ Beautiful cards with photos & themes β every day feels like a memory β’ Home widget β your D-Days stay visible every day β’ Localized for 20 languages β naturally, not auto-translated # Privacy-first If you don't sign in, your D-Days never leave your phone. Cloud backup only applies after sign-in, and you can delete your account at any time to permanently erase all data. β’ Privacy policy: https://codesand.co.kr/app/dkeep/privacy β’ Terms of service: https://codesand.co.kr/app/dkeep/terms β’ Support: dkeep@reply.codesand.co.kr
NoteGarden
Easily capture your day with mood icons, photos, and short notes. Revisit past moments through a calendar view, photo timeline, and "On This Day" memories. Secure your entries with app lock and sync across devices via iCloud.
- Mood tracking with icons
- Photo and short note entries
- Calendar and timeline views
- Search and favorites
- iCloud sync
- App lock security
- 30-day trash recovery
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NoteGarden is a gentle journaling app that lets you quickly save todayβs 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 β your entry is saved automatically. [ Key Features of NoteGarden ] Record today in under a minute β’ Quickly choose todayβs mood with 10 mood icons β’ Add photos and notes to simply capture your day β’ Write notes neatly line by line with bullet lists β’ Organize entries more easily with tags β’ Keep your writing safe with automatic saving Look back with calendar and timeline views β’ Review past entries with daily moods and previews β’ Browse older records more easily with monthly section headers β’ Jump quickly to a specific year when you have entries across multiple years β’ See the time written and whether an entry was edited β’ Find the records you need with favorites and search β’ Revisit memories from the same date with the βOn This Dayβ card Photo timeline β’ View photos added to your entries by date β’ Look back on past moments in chronological order from the Photos tab β’ Keep photos safely stored together with your records Reflect on your records with statistics β’ View your records by This Month, Last Month, This Year, Last Year, or All Time β’ Check record count, photo count, character count, and average character count β’ See your mood distribution at a glance with a donut chart β’ Track your journaling habit with your writing streak Safe backup and sync β’ Continue viewing your records and photos across devices with iCloud sync β’ Keep a single backup file with file export and import β’ Protect your private records with app lock β’ 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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: NoteGarden at none against D's shown. NoteGarden also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). D's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. D sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and NoteGarden sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
D ships an update every 4 days, NoteGarden every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | D | NoteGarden |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days β better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | Yes | No β better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free β better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 β better | 16.1 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CodeSand Co. Ltd. | ChanGyu Kang |
Customer experience
D
NoteGarden
In-app purchases
D
- A Coffee$2.99
- Remove Ads$3.49
- A Slice of Cake$5.99
NoteGarden
- NoteGarden Pro Lifetime$1.99









