Comparison

Echo vs Crying Diary

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

Head to head
About

Echo

Features
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Echo is a simple emotion journal that helps you notice and name what you feel. Write down what happened, which emotion it triggered and how strong it was — then watch how your mood changes over time. What you can do: • Add entries: situation, emotion and its intensity. • Choose from many named emotions — from joy and calm to sadness or anger. • Create your own categories and emotions to match your language. • See weekly summaries and your dominant emotion. • Explore insights: emotion frequency, intensity over time and top triggers. • Mark entries to revisit in a calmer moment or bring to a therapy session. • Browse and search your full history. Gentle habit support: • An optional daily reminder helps you check in with yourself. • Export your journal to JSON, CSV or PDF whenever you want. Private by default: • Your entries are stored locally on your device in encrypted storage. • No selling of data. • Device pairing is free. Optional Premium adds an end-to-end encrypted cloud backup — the recovery phrase stays with you. Echo Premium (optional): • Premium removes ads. • Encrypted cloud backup and restore. • Sync between your devices with end-to-end encryption. • Annual plan or one-time lifetime purchase; the free version stays fully usable. Available in 11 languages, with light and dark themes. Echo is a journaling and reflection tool. It is not therapy, diagnosis or crisis support and does not replace professional help. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Crying Diary

Features
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Some days you cry and you don't know why. Crying Diary helps you see the pattern. Log a cry in about ten seconds: how many tears, sad or happy, why, and a note if you want one. Then let the charts show you what you couldn't see day to day — which weekday is hardest, how the months compare, what keeps coming up as the reason. Your data never leaves your phone. Not as a promise — as a fact. The app has no network access at all. No account, no cloud, no ads, no trackers. Everything is stored locally on your device, and backups are files you control. • Calendar with a teardrop on every day you logged • Happy vs sad tears, weekday patterns, tears per month, top reasons • Longest streak without crying • Custom categories with your own names and emoji • Shareable stats card • Light and dark theme • English, French, German, Serbian, Slovenian • Free, no in-app purchases Export your diary any time, including to the Day One format.

Screenshots

Echo4 screens
Crying Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Crying Diary at none against Echo's 3. Crying Diary also leads on ads (none vs shown). Echo's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Echo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per year. Crying Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Echo ships an update every 4 days, Crying Diary every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Echo versus Crying Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEchoCrying Diary
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaciej SieminskiIvan Antonijevic

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Echo

Subscriptions1
  • Echo Premium Annual$12.991 Year
One-time2
  • Echo Tip$0.99
  • Echo Premium Lifetime$29.99
None

Crying Diary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Echo free?
Echo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Crying Diary free?
Crying Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Echo or Crying Diary have ads?
Echo shows ads; Crying Diary does not.
Which is updated more often, Echo or Crying Diary?
Echo ships an update every 4 days, and Crying Diary every 10 days. Most recently, Echo was updated on October 28, 2026 and Crying Diary on October 31, 2026.

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