Comparison

mySongDiary vs Plotbed

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

Head to head
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.

About

Plotbed

Features
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Create a dated crop sequence using your variety, location, interval and maturity estimate. Record actual sowings and see their estimated maturity dates update. HOW IT WORKS 1. Open Field Desk, then Succession. 2. Create a plan with your crop, bed or location, sowing interval and maturity days from the seed packet. 3. Set an optional season end to flag estimates that fall too late. 4. Record actual sowings, correct their dates when needed and share the schedule. Keep raised-bed layouts, plant library, Field Desk season summaries, rotation history and harvest records. Saved sequences can be edited and deleted. WHAT TO KNOW Dates use your inputs and do not predict weather, frost, yield or harvest readiness. Defaults are placeholders. Check seed-packet and local growing guidance. This planning log does not automatically change the bed grid. iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

mySongDiary3 screens
Plotbed3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: mySongDiary at Free against Plotbed's $1.99. mySongDiary also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). Plotbed's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

mySongDiary is free to download; Plotbed costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

mySongDiary ships an update fortnightly, Plotbed monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
mySongDiary versus Plotbed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermySongDiaryPlotbed
PriceFree — better$1.99
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael SchianoRobert Corbin

In-app purchases

None

mySongDiary

No in-app purchases

None

Plotbed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is mySongDiary free?
mySongDiary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plotbed free?
Plotbed costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do mySongDiary or Plotbed have ads?
mySongDiary shows ads; Plotbed does not.
Which is updated more often, mySongDiary or Plotbed?
mySongDiary ships an update fortnightly, and Plotbed monthly. Most recently, mySongDiary was updated on October 7, 2026 and Plotbed on September 30, 2026.

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