Comparison

Journaldotech vs footnotes

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

Head to head
About

Journaldotech

Features
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Journal is a calm, private space for your daily thoughts. No accounts. No cloud. No ads. Every word you write stays on your device — and only yours. Open the app, breathe, and write. Whether it's a single line before bed or a long reflection on a hard day, Journal is built to get out of your way and let the words come. — PRIVATE BY DESIGN — Your entries are stored locally on your iPhone and never leave it. There's no sign-up, no tracking, and nothing is uploaded to a server. What you write is for you alone. — GENTLE PROMPTS WHEN YOU'RE STUCK — A fresh "prompt of the day" greets you on the home screen, and thoughtful suggestions appear on a blank page — so a quiet mind never has to face a blank one. — CAPTURE HOW YOU FEEL — Tag each entry with a mood — joyful, calm, grateful, reflective, tired, low, or excited — and start to notice the patterns in how your days actually feel. — INSIGHTS THAT ENCOURAGE, NEVER PRESSURE — See your writing streak, total words written, and favourite entries at a glance. A 30-day activity chart and a mood-balance breakdown turn your habit into something you can quietly watch grow. — FIND ANY ENTRY IN SECONDS — Search your whole journal instantly, filter to your favourites, or browse a calendar view to revisit any day. — MADE TO FEEL LIKE YOURS — - Light, dark, and system themes - A pure-black AMOLED mode to save battery on OLED screens - Hand-picked accent colours - Choose your reading font and text size for comfortable writing and re-reading - Smooth, considered animations throughout — SIMPLE, FOCUSED, YOURS — - Favourite the entries that matter most - Mark moods and watch your trends emerge - One-tap delete-all if you ever want a fresh start - Works completely offline, anywhere Journal isn't a social network or a productivity tracker that nags you. It's a quiet room for your thoughts — fast, beautiful, and completely private. Start your first entry today.

About

footnotes

Capture the full texture of everyday moments with words, photos, video, and voice. Organize these memories into notebooks and create a timeline of your life. Share your moments as little stories.

Highlights
  • Capture moments with text, photos, video, and voice
  • Organize notes into different notebooks
  • Build a timeline of life's moments
  • Create shareable stories from moments
  • Edit and add to old notes
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footnotes is a quiet notebook for the photographs, voices, passing thoughts, ideas, and ordinary moments that make up a life. you can: - capture the full texture of a moment: in words, photos, video, and voice, all together. - return to old notes, add new moments, and watch a timeline of your life slowly take shape. - make notebooks for different parts of your life, and - turn moments into little stories to share. slices of light sizzling on a wall. laughter of friends sloppy and gold. the loosey goosey fragments. all of which you look back on with tenderness, kept whole. footnotes makes space for the footnotes of a life. the little things that become the story of who you are.

Screenshots

Journaldotech4 screens
footnotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

Journaldotech and footnotes are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Journaldotech versus footnotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJournaldotechfootnotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (158 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—97.4% of reviews
Number of ratings—158 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChandan VermaDoppler HQ, Inc

In-app purchases

None

Journaldotech

No in-app purchases

None

footnotes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Journaldotech free?
Journaldotech is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is footnotes free?
footnotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Journaldotech or footnotes have ads?
Neither Journaldotech nor footnotes shows ads.

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