Joni vs DiaryThreads
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Joni
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Joni is the calm, simple way to track your baby's day — and get a heads-up on what's coming next. Built for tired parents, Joni makes logging fast enough to do one-handed at 3 AM. Track sleep, feeding, and diaper changes in a couple of taps, then let Joni learn your baby's rhythm and predict when the next nap or feed is due. TRACK EVERYTHING THAT MATTERS • Sleep — start a live timer or log naps and nighttime sleep after the fact, with sleep quality and notes • Feeding — breastfeeding (side and duration), bottles (oz or ml), and solids • Diapers — wet, dirty, or both, logged in seconds KNOW WHAT'S COMING NEXT Joni studies your baby's recent patterns and tells you when the next nap or feed is likely due — complete with a confidence level, so you know how much to trust it. The more you log, the smarter it gets. YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE • A clean dashboard with today's totals for sleep, feeds, and diapers • A running timer card while a sleep session is in progress • Charts of your baby's sleep timeline and feeding patterns • A full history with filters by activity type and date GLANCEABLE, EVEN WITH FULL HANDS • Home Screen widget with sleep, feeding, and diapers at a glance • Live Activity keeps the running sleep timer on your Lock Screen • Optional reminders so a busy day never makes you lose track PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your baby's data belongs to you. Everything is stored locally on your device — no account, no sign-up, no cloud, no ads. Export your data anytime, or import it to move to a new device. THOUGHTFUL DETAILS • Beautiful light and dark modes • Gentle haptics and a quick, friction-free logging flow • Notes on every entry for anything worth remembering Whether it's your first week home or you're deep into the fourth trimester, Joni keeps the answer to "when did they last eat?" one glance away. Download Joni and spend less time logging — and more time with your baby.
DiaryThreads
Transform your life into a series of shareable posts, just like social media. Capture thoughts, photos, videos, or voice notes in short entries organized into a private timeline. Gain insights into your journaling habits and revisit memories with customizable widgets.
- Post thoughts, photos, videos, voice notes
- Private timeline organization
- Insights into journaling habits
- Home Screen widgets for memories and new posts
- App Lock for enhanced privacy
- No account required, local storage
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DiaryThreads offers a new way to journal: capture life as easily as posting and let every entry become part of a timeline that is entirely your own. 【As Easy as Posting—Reply to and Quote Your Past Self】 -- Capture a thought, a photo, or a voice recording in the moment. A flexible editor helps you preserve life in richer detail. -- Find an earlier entry, reply to it or quote it, and see what has changed. -- When you have more to say, use an Article to publish a polished long-form card on your timeline. 【Understand Your Life】 -- Analytics brings together days recorded, total characters, posting frequency, and changes over the last 30 days. -- Your private trending list highlights the keywords and topics you have been returning to lately. -- State of Mind entries you choose to add also appear in Analytics, helping you look back on emotional changes. -- Topic Insights show when and how often each topic appears. 【Let Widgets Bring the Past Back】 -- The “Random Entry” widget brings an older entry to your Home Screen. Tap to shuffle or open its details. -- The “Write an Entry” widget puts writing on your Home Screen, so a new entry is always one tap away. Past and present stay close at hand. -- The “Photo Memory” widget brings treasured photos back into view. 【Light, Simple, and Entirely Yours】 -- DiaryThreads requires no account. Content is stored locally first; Premium can sync it across your Apple devices through your private iCloud. -- No ads, third-party analytics, or cross-app tracking. -- Premium imports and exports are processed locally on your device, keeping your content in your hands. 【Diary Threads Premium】 -- The free version keeps up to 30 current entries. -- Diary Threads Premium unlocks unlimited entries, share posters, keyword trends, private iCloud sync, local import and export, and all three Home Screen widgets. -- Premium is available as a monthly or annual subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Actual prices are shown in the App Store. Privacy Policy: https://foggy-bellflower-ae3.notion.site/Diary-Threads-Privacy-Policy-3aa1a28522d98112b480d81a7b2f74db?source=copy_link EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Joni at none against DiaryThreads's 3. Joni also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). DiaryThreads's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. DiaryThreads sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Joni asks for nothing beyond the download.
Joni ships an update every 2 months, DiaryThreads every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Joni | DiaryThreads |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RUESHELLE EMILIO FERGUSON | 世杰 戴 |
In-app purchases
Joni
No in-app purchases
DiaryThreads
- Monthly Premium$2.991 Month
- Yearly Premium$8.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$14.99









