Comparison

Lately In Print vs mySongDiary

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

Head to head
About

Lately In Print

Transform your photos and stories into beautifully designed, physical magazines. Create monthly, seasonal, or single issues, or collaborate with friends. Preserve your life's moments in a tangible keepsake delivered to your door.

Highlights
  • Turn memories into magazines
  • Add stories to photos
  • Monthly, seasonal, and single issues
  • Group magazines with friends
  • Editorial-inspired layouts
  • High-quality print delivery
Features
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Turn your memories into magazines. Your camera roll is full of moments worth keeping. Choose your favorite photos, add the stories behind them, and we'll take care of the rest. Every month, we design a brand-new issue so your magazine feels like a real publication, not a template. Choose how you print • Monthly issues • Seasonal issues • Single issues • Group magazines with friends Every issue includes • Editorial-inspired layouts • High-quality print magazines • Stories and captions alongside your photos • Delivered straight to your door Whether you're documenting everyday life, a trip, your favorite people, or a special occasion, Lately helps you create something you'll keep long after it's printed.

About

mySongDiary

Features
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SongDiary is a private journal for music. Write long-form entries about specific songs — what they mean to you, when you first heard them, the memories they’re tied to. No star ratings. No comments. No followers. Just you and what the song made you feel. WRITE • Search any song in Spotify’s catalog, or pick one from your recently-played list • Long-form composition with auto-saving drafts, so nothing’s ever lost • Save songs for later when you’re not ready to write yet • Edit any entry whenever you want BACKDATE ANY MEMORY • Add an entry for today, last week, or twenty years ago • Three date precisions: a specific day, a specific month, or just the year • The diary groups your entries by date, with sections for Today, Yesterday, and every month and year before SEE A SONG’S HISTORY • Tap any song name in an entry to see every entry you’ve ever written about it • Watch the same song mean different things to you over time YOUR DIARY, YOURS ALONE • No social features. No public profile. Nothing shared without you choosing to. • Connect Spotify if you want, or just use search — Spotify isn’t required. • Cancel anytime. Delete your account from inside Settings; everything goes. DESIGNED FOR THE WRITING • Dark, premium iOS design built around the typography • Album-art-tinted hero region above the writing surface, so the song sets the mood • Native iOS date picker, haptic feedback, 30-second previews when Spotify provides them • Floating tab bar with iOS 26 Liquid Glass support PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • Your entries live encrypted in transit on our infrastructure (Supabase). They’re scoped to your account and can’t be read by anyone else. • We don’t sell your data, share it with advertisers, or use it to train models. • Full privacy policy in Settings. Built for people who treat music as autobiography.

Screenshots

Lately In Print4 screens
mySongDiary3 screens

Verdict

The call

Lately In Print and mySongDiary are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lately In Print ships an update every 3 weeks, mySongDiary fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Lately In Print versus mySongDiary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLately In PrintmySongDiary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLately In Print LLCMichael Schiano

In-app purchases

None

Lately In Print

No in-app purchases

None

mySongDiary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lately In Print free?
Lately In Print is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is mySongDiary free?
mySongDiary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lately In Print or mySongDiary have ads?
Neither Lately In Print nor mySongDiary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lately In Print or mySongDiary?
Lately In Print ships an update every 3 weeks, and mySongDiary fortnightly. Most recently, Lately In Print was updated on October 31, 2026 and mySongDiary on October 31, 2026.

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