mySongDiary vs DearPins
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mySongDiary
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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.
DearPins
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DearPins is your new home to collect all the moments that matter to you & your loved ones. Add a DearPins widget to your home screen, & whether it’s meaningful photos, notes, or links; you can keep them all within your reach on one beautiful, customizable shared board. Pin a photo, jot a note, record a voice memo, or drop a link. Everything you share lands on a board you shape together with whoever your choose, and shows up immediately on each other's Home Screen. No feed. No likes. No pressure to reply. Just a curated little digital corner that's always there on your phone screen when you need a pick me up! -Keep every kind of memory together- It’s amazing what can trigger a memory in you. It can be a note, a photo, a voice memo, a magnet, even a link, that gains significance over time. Unlike other Widget board or note sharing apps - DearPins lets you collect photos, notes, links, and more, in one shared visual space ~ Rather than leaving these potential memories scattered across group chats, albums, and notes, destined to be forgotten. -Make the board feel like yours- Write your notes on textured paper, place your photos in Polaroid-style frames, and arrange them yourself with pins and magnets we designed especially for the app. Every board you share with someone, or even the boards you make just for you, are fully customisable. -Keep your favorite moments within hands reach- Add a DearPins widget to your home screen and your boards will automatically update - when someone pins something new, it appears straight away. No noisy notifications; with DearPins we’re trying to recreate the feeling of ‘noticing at your own pace’ in a world full of interruptions. -Made for your inner circle- DearPins is private by design. We made it for the people you want to keep close and share the little things with, nobody else. Each board lets you invite new members with a link. Once they join, you can start filling it with moments that feel uniquely yours and won’t be viewed by anyone else. We created DearPins for: - Families sharing everyday moments, family updates, and memories worth passing on - Best friends collecting photos, notes, plans, and inside jokes in a shared scrapbook - Couples staying close through ordinary days, whether nearby or long-distance - Trips, anniversaries, birthdays, and new chapters you want to remember together - Solo-creators who like to organize spaces and have full control of the widgets on their homepage But ultimately, everyone is welcome. We built DearPins for the people we text least and miss most, and put them back in plain sight, on your Home Screen. Download DearPins and start curating the living digital spaces of your shared lives. From the creators of PicCollage (trusted by 280M+ users) Terms of Service: https://cardinalblue.com/tos Privacy Policy: https://cardinalblue.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: DearPins at none against mySongDiary's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
mySongDiary ships an update fortnightly, DearPins every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mySongDiary | DearPins |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Schiano | Cardinal Blue |
In-app purchases
mySongDiary
No in-app purchases
DearPins
No in-app purchases









