Journal for iPad vs Scrapwell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Scrapwell
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Your pages. Nobody else's. Scrapwell is an aesthetic scrapbook journal and private diary for iPhone and iPad. Pick a vibe, add photos, stickers and washi tape, record a voice note, drop in the song that was playing. It's locked with your code, and there's no account to make. KEEP THE REAL STUFF • Take a photo of the ticket, the receipt, the wrapper you couldn't throw away • Cut your friend or your dog straight out of a photo and keep the cut-out for next time • Record a voice note onto the page and hear it later • Add a song card from Apple Music with a thirty-second preview • Tuck a voice note, song or link onto a photo in a little thought bubble PICK A VIBE • Pastel, Cottagecore, Dark Academia, Kawaii, Space Explorer, Pixel Arcade and more • Twelve kinds of paper, 300+ stickers and 30 washi tapes • Flip through each journal like a real book, upright or sideways • Year in review turns a year of pages into one book to flip through WRITE HOW YOU WANT • Tap Write and start typing, with your words big above the keyboard • Pens and crayons, and handwriting that turns into typed text when you want it to • Apple Pencil on iPad LOCKED • Your code, a picture code or Face ID • Everything is encrypted on your device: no account, no ads, no tracking • Backups go only to your own iCloud, encrypted first, so nobody else can read them, including us • Brothers and sisters on the same iPad each get their own journals and lock SCRAPPY, IF YOU WANT IT A bookworm that cheers when you finish a page and tells jokes you won't laugh at. Scrappy never reads your journal. Hide it in Settings. FOR PARENTS • A simpler look for younger writers, with bigger buttons, prompts and a picture code • A grown-up check before purchases, song search and web links for children under 13 • A recovery card for a forgotten code, and an optional parent master password • No streaks or guilt; the Help screen points to trusted adults and free helplines FREE TO START Two journals, six papers and the starter stickers, free for as long as you like. Scrapwell Plus is a one-time purchase: unlimited journals, all 300+ stickers, 30 tapes and 12 papers, a lock for each journal and whole-journal PDF export. Sticker packs are sold separately. Family Sharing is on. No subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://zephystudio.com/Scrapwell/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Journal for iPad at every 2 days against Scrapwell's fortnightly. Journal for iPad also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, 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. Journal for iPad sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and Scrapwell sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Journal for iPad ships an update every 2 days, Scrapwell fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Journal for iPad | Scrapwell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (137 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 137 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brite Technologies LLC | Vishal Sinha |
In-app purchases
Journal for iPad
- Journal Premium Weekly$5.997 Days
- Journal Premium Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Self-Care Stickers$1.99
- Paper Backgrounds$2.99
- The Morning Pages Month$6.99
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- 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
Scrapwell
- Seasons sticker pack$0.99
- Pets sticker pack$0.99
- Celebrate sticker pack$0.99
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- Scrapwell Plus (lifetime)$19.99
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