Comparison

CocoCut|1s Vlog Camera & Diary vs footnotes

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

Head to head
About

CocoCut|1s Vlog Camera & Diary

Capture and automatically compile short video clips into a daily vlog. Add stickers, captions, and film looks with ease. Your memories are stored locally, ensuring privacy.

Highlights
  • One-second quick shots
  • Auto-stitched clips
  • Split screen layouts
  • Stickers and captions
  • Film looks
  • Selfie fill light
Features
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You stopped for a moment you loved. That second is already a scene in your vlog. CocoCut is a one-second vlog camera: catch little pieces of your day, drop on stickers, captions and film looks, and the clips stitch themselves — you just shoot, the vlog grows on its own. Perfect for moments like these: - Your kid growing up a little more every day - The view out the window on a trip - Dinner with someone who matters - Your pet doing that thing again - An ordinary day you'll want back someday Why CocoCut: - One-second quick shots — fixed length, zero setup, grab a moment anytime - Auto-stitched — clips join themselves in order; you never open an editor - Split screen — play 2 to 9 clips side by side in one frame, in 2, 3, 4, 6 or 9 panels - Stickers & captions — date, place, text, with automatic caption translation - Film looks — one tap gives your footage a consistent tone - Selfie fill light — in dim rooms the screen goes full bright with a soft glow around the edge - Want more? Hold the shutter for up to ten seconds Yours, and only yours: - Clips live on your device and in your photo library — no uploads, no account - Camera and mic are for shooting, photos for saving; location is optional, only for the place sticker CocoCut Membership unlocks custom clip length (3-10s), AI caption translation, all sticker fonts, ultra-HD export, and multiple vlogs. The core app is free — membership keeps us building. Privacy Policy: https://cococut.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

footnotes

This app allows you to capture everyday moments using words, photos, video, and voice. Organize your memories into different notebooks and revisit them to build a timeline of your life. You can also transform these moments into shareable stories.

Highlights
  • Multimedia note-taking (text, photo, video, voice)
  • Organize notes into notebooks
  • Timeline view of life moments
  • Create shareable stories from notes
  • Edit and add to past entries
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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

CocoCut|1s Vlog Camera & Diary4 screens
footnotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: footnotes at none against CocoCut|1s Vlog Camera & Diary's 3. footnotes also leads on ratings volume (200 vs 1). CocoCut|1s Vlog Camera & Diary's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CocoCut|1s Vlog Camera & Diary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. footnotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CocoCut|1s Vlog Camera & Diary holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: footnotes has 200 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of CocoCut|1s Vlog Camera & Diary's written reviews are positive against 96% of footnotes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CocoCut|1s Vlog Camera & Diary versus footnotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCocoCut|1s Vlog Camera & Diaryfootnotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (200 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better95.8% of reviews
Number of ratings1200 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChengdu Yichen Technology Co., LtdDoppler HQ, Inc

Customer experience

CocoCut|1s Vlog Camera & Diary

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

footnotes

All ratings200 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral0.5%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive95.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.2%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

CocoCut|1s Vlog Camera & Diary

Subscriptions2
  • CocoCut VIP Monthly$2.991 Month
  • CocoCut VIP Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • CocoCut VIP Lifetime$49.99
None

footnotes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CocoCut|1s Vlog Camera & Diary free?
CocoCut|1s Vlog Camera & Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is footnotes free?
footnotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CocoCut|1s Vlog Camera & Diary or footnotes?
CocoCut|1s Vlog Camera & Diary is rated higher. CocoCut|1s Vlog Camera & Diary averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while footnotes averages 4.8 from 200 ratings.
Do CocoCut|1s Vlog Camera & Diary or footnotes have ads?
Neither CocoCut|1s Vlog Camera & Diary nor footnotes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CocoCut|1s Vlog Camera & Diary or footnotes?
CocoCut|1s Vlog Camera & Diary ships an update every 3 days, and footnotes every 3 days. Most recently, CocoCut|1s Vlog Camera & Diary was updated on November 6, 2026 and footnotes on November 6, 2026.

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