Comparison

Diary Journey vs Daily Diary Notes

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

Head to head
About

Diary Journey

Features
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Diary Journey is a calm, private weekly planner and diary β€” laid out like a real spiral notebook. Open to a beautiful two-page weekly spread and write your days as simple notes, right where they belong. It's the unhurried, paper-like place to plan your week and journal what matters. FEATURES β€’ Weekly spiral spread β€” all seven days at a glance β€’ Quick notes per day β€” tap any day and start writing; add as many as you like β€’ A dedicated Notes space for longer thoughts and lists β€’ Search β€” find any entry and jump straight to its day β€’ Today, highlighted, so you always know where you are β€’ Adjustable text size, ruled or plain paper β€’ Four languages β€” English, Π£ΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ—Π½ΡΡŒΠΊΠ°, Polski, Deutsch β€” switch instantly PRIVATE BY DESIGN β€’ No account, no sign-up β€’ No ads, no analytics, no tracking β€’ Your entries stay on your device and sync through your own iCloud β€” we never see them SIMPLE AND FREE Diary Journey is free, with no in-app purchases. Just open it and write.

About

Daily Diary Notes

Features
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A private diary that behaves like a real book. Paper has grain. Ink sits on the line. Leaves turn in 3D with weight and a whisper of haptics. Every volume is bound differently, with its own paper stock, its own ink and its own foil stamping on the cover. Nothing ever leaves your phone. No account. No sync. No server. No analytics. Your diary is a file on your device and nowhere else. BOUND, NOT TEMPLATED β€’ Fourteen bindings: Midnight Velvet, Rose Gold, Sakura, Emerald Library, Vintage Parchment, Nordic Frost and more β€’ Six paper textures and five rulings, from single line to dotted to blank β€’ Foil-stamped titles, raised spine bands, silk ribbon markers β€’ Bind as many volumes as you like, one for each part of your life WRITING THAT FEELS LIKE WRITING β€’ Real page turns, with perspective, weight and haptics β€’ Ink that sits on the ruled line rather than floating between β€’ Write straight onto the paper, with no forms and no boxes β€’ 42 prompts for the days you do not know where to start WHAT A DAY HOLDS β€’ Mood and weather, place and tags β€’ Photographs, and 32 decorations to place, drag and resize β€’ Bookmark any page, favourite any entry β€’ Per-page paper and ruling, when one entry wants its own FIND IT AGAIN β€’ Search every volume at once, each result cut from its own book's paper β€’ A calendar with a mood-coloured dot on every day you wrote β€’ Streaks, word counts, a mood line and a 91-day heat map YOURS ALONE β€’ Face ID or Touch ID lock β€’ A daily reminder at whatever hour suits you β€’ Export everything as plain text, whenever you want β€’ Use your own photograph for the home screen and arrange it how you like Built entirely in SwiftUI, with no third-party code, no trackers and no ads.

Screenshots

Diary Journey4 screens
Daily Diary Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

Diary Journey and Daily Diary Notes are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Diary Journey versus Daily Diary Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiary JourneyDaily Diary Notes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS18.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size1 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEUGEN KOWALOfficial Vishwateja

In-app purchases

None

Diary Journey

No in-app purchases

None

Daily Diary Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Diary Journey free?
Diary Journey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Daily Diary Notes free?
Daily Diary Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Diary Journey or Daily Diary Notes have ads?
Neither Diary Journey nor Daily Diary Notes shows ads.

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