Comparison

Journal for iPad vs My Diary

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

Head to head
About

Journal for iPad

This app provides a private digital space for journaling on your iPad. It offers features like mood tracking, daily prompts, and photo integration to help you capture thoughts and memories. Security options like Face ID ensure your entries remain confidential.

Highlights
  • Private diary with Face ID/passcode lock
  • Mood tracker with history
  • Daily writing prompts
  • Photo and media support
  • Search and tag entries
  • iCloud sync
  • Apple Pencil support
Features
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Journal for iPad - Diary+ is your personal writing space, designed exclusively for iPad. Whether you're tracking daily thoughts, recording memories, or building a gratitude practice, this app makes it effortless. WRITE with pencil or keyboard Capture your thoughts, moods, and memories in a clean, distraction-free editor. Add photos to bring your entries to life. STAY PRIVATE Protect your journal with Face ID, Touch ID, or a passcode. Your entries are yours alone. DAILY PROMPTS Never face a blank page. Thoughtful prompts inspire reflection and help you build a consistent writing habit. MOOD TRACKING Log how you feel each day and discover patterns over time. Understand what lifts your mood and what drains it. ORGANIZED & SEARCHABLE Tag entries, search instantly, and browse by date. Find any memory in seconds. iPAD OPTIMIZED Built for the large iPad screen with a split-view layout, Apple Pencil support, and keyboard shortcuts. KEY FEATURES: - Daily journal & diary entries - Private diary with Face ID / passcode lock - Mood tracker with history - Daily writing prompts - Photo & media support - Search & tags - Widgets for quick entry - iCloud sync across devices - Apple Pencil support Start your journaling journey today. Support: hello@britetodo.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://britetodo.com/legal/PrivacyPolicyBrite.pdf

About

My Diary

This app provides a secure space to record daily thoughts, memories, and life experiences. It offers features like password protection, mood tracking, and the ability to attach photos and voice recordings to entries. Organize your life and keep your personal reflections safe and easily accessible.

Highlights
  • Password and fingerprint lock
  • Journal themes and customization
  • Mood tracking and gratitude journal
  • Photo and voice recording attachments
  • Speech to text functionality
  • Offline access
  • Task checklists and reminders
Features
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My Diary is a private diary app where you can write your thoughts, daily memories, notes, and life experiences in one place. Use it as my daily diary, daily planner, diary notebook, gratitude journal, diary with lock, diary with password, or a personal journal. Keep your diary private with a password lock or fingerprint lock. Organize your entries with tags, change the look with journal themes, and make each memory more personal by adding emojis, gallery photos, recording, and speech to text. Write whenever you want and keep your memories safe and easy to find. 2- Features of My Dairy: • Write daily diary entries with a simple editor. • Keep a private diary, personal diary, or diary journal. • Protect your diary with password lock, fingerprint lock, and diary with password. • Choose from different journal themes and custom themes. • Record your feelings with a mood diary, mood tracker, and gratitude journal. • Create daily goals, daily notes, and use it as a daily planner. • Organize your diary with tags and quickly find any entry. • Add emojis to your diary entries. • Attach photos from your gallery. • Save voice recording and use speech to text for writing. • Create a check list for tasks and reminders. • Use templates for different journal styles. • Write and edit text with an easy writing experience. • Access your diary offline. • Keep memories, notes, recordings, and journal entries in one place. 3- How it helps users: My Diary helps you keep your daily thoughts and memories organized. You can write about your day, save important moments, create daily notes, manage daily goals, and make a check list for your tasks. Use tags to find older entries quickly whenever you need them. If typing is not convenient, you can use speech to text or save a voice recording. You can also add photos from your gallery to your diary entries. Templates help you start writing quickly, and journal themes let you change the look of your diary. Offline access allows you to continue writing without an internet connection. 4- Why it is better than competitors: My Diary brings together diary writing, mood tracking, daily planner, check list, tags, templates, gallery support, recording, speech to text, password protection, fingerprint lock, and journal themes in one app. You can organize your notes, write about your daily life, save personal memories, and keep everything in one place. Whether you use it as a private diary lock, my daily diary, diary with lock, diary with password, gratitude journal, or a personal journal, My Diary helps you write, organize, and protect your thoughts and memories in a simple way. 5- Premium Subscription Information: Subscription Plans: We offer flexible premium subscription options, including Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly plans. (Prices may vary depending on your region and are explicitly displayed inside the app paywall prior to purchase). - Payment: Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Auto Renewal: Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. - Renewal Charge: Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. - Managing Subscriptions: You can manage or turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your Apple ID Account Settings after purchase. Cancellations take effect at the end of the active subscription period. - Terms of Use (EULA): https://sites.google.com/view/my-diary-term/home - Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/privacy-policy-of-my-diary-app/home

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: My Diary at 5.0 against Journal for iPad's 4.6. My Diary also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Journal for iPad's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (142 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Journal for iPad sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and My Diary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

My Diary holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Journal for iPad has 142 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Journal for iPad ships an update every 2 days, My Diary every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Journal for iPad versus My Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJournal for iPadMy Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (142 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings142 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrite Technologies LLCcodesbunny

Customer experience

Journal for iPad

All ratings68 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral2.9%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative62.5%

My Diary

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Journal for iPad

Subscriptions2
  • Journal Premium Weekly$5.997 Days
  • Journal Premium Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time8
  • Self-Care Stickers$1.99
  • Paper Backgrounds$2.99
  • The Morning Pages Month$6.99
Show 5 more
  • Gratitude, Specifically$6.99
  • 30 Days to Clear Your Head$7.99
  • Shadow Work: 30 Sessions$7.99
  • The Worry Trial$7.99
  • Lifetime Premium$39.99
3 purchases

My Diary

Subscriptions3
  • Premium - Weekly$2.497 Days
  • Monthly Premium$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Journal for iPad free?
Journal for iPad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My Diary free?
My Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Journal for iPad or My Diary?
My Diary is rated higher. Journal for iPad averages 4.6 out of 5 from 142 ratings, while My Diary averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Journal for iPad or My Diary have ads?
Neither Journal for iPad nor My Diary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Journal for iPad or My Diary?
Journal for iPad ships an update every 2 days, and My Diary every 6 weeks. Most recently, Journal for iPad was updated on November 10, 2026 and My Diary on October 31, 2026.

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