Comparison

Quant Life vs NinDiary

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

Head to head
About

Quant Life

Features
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Quant Life turns anything you care about into a simple tracker and a change you can see over time. Every entry is a dot: a weight, a night of sleep, a reading session, a net-worth snapshot, a private feeling, or something only you would think to measure. Keep the dots, and time begins to reveal the line. TRACK YOUR WAY • Start with thoughtful templates for body, life, work, wealth, relationships and pets • Create your own tracker with a number, rating, duration, choice, yes/no or text • Add an entry in seconds SEE CHANGE OVER TIME • Automatic charts and long-term summaries • A single timeline for everything you choose to record • Calm history views that keep the original facts visible SHARE IDEAS, NOT PRIVATE DATA • Generate a result card on your iPhone • Share an empty Quant Life template that friends can copy and adapt • Template files never include your entries PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account required • No ads, analytics or tracking • Personal entries are not uploaded • Recording and review work offline • Face ID or device-passcode protection • Full JSON backup and restore Quant Life is free and contains no generative AI. It is a quiet foundation for something more valuable: a reliable personal record that becomes more useful with time. Record the dots. Understand the pattern.

About

NinDiary

Features
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NinDiary — make recording a habit, make your data count. Not a plain diary. Each day is one structured page: a photo-and-text journal, to-dos, life events and expenses, all recorded together — so when you look back, life is clear. STRUCTURED DAILY LOG · Photo & text journal with a Markdown-friendly editor: titles, quotes, dividers, images · Daily to-do list — check things off; unfinished items surface on your home page the next day · Custom event categories: workout, dinner, travel, doctor visits… everything that happened, kept in order · Expense tracking with monthly & yearly stats and comparisons — see where your money goes A HOME PAGE LIKE NO OTHER 18 home cards you can toggle and reorder freely: GitHub-style contribution heatmap, time-flown counter, daily quote, calendar, today's to-dos/events/expenses, yearly spending, quick capture and more. The bottom toolbar and quick links are fully customizable too. One-tap presets — To-do mode, Budget mode, Event mode, Diary mode — reconfigure the whole page at once. Your home page, your rules. LOCAL-FIRST & PRIVATE · All data stays on your device. Every core feature — writing, stats, search, memories — works offline with no account required · Cloud backups are AES-encrypted on your device before upload: your backup password never leaves your phone, the server only ever stores ciphertext, and we can never read your content · App lock with PIN protection MEMORIES, REDISCOVERED "On this day", random memories, calendar browsing, list browsing, full-text search and a yearly contribution graph — the value of recording pays off when you look back. MORE Dark mode, multiple fonts and sizes, Chinese/English interface, export & share, flomo sync. The free version covers full daily journaling. Pro is an optional upgrade via Apple In-App Purchase, unlocking deep home customization, encrypted cloud backup and app lock. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS · Lifetime $9.9 (see the in-app products actually offered) · Lifetime is a one-time purchase · Terms of Use: https://xcnpm8v7cf45.feishu.cn/wiki/VN4jwdNh4iQ8hEk9Tu5clMrInxh · Privacy Policy: https://xcnpm8v7cf45.feishu.cn/wiki/AOYuwvm4eiKrTbkfqvOckdxMn3c —— Feedback & support: pengloo53@gmail.com

Screenshots

Quant Life4 screens
NinDiary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quant Life at none against NinDiary's 1. NinDiary's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. NinDiary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Quant Life asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Quant Life versus NinDiary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuant LifeNinDiary
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB29 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDLC39DEGREE鹏 鲁

In-app purchases

None

Quant Life

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

NinDiary

One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Quant Life free?
Quant Life is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NinDiary free?
NinDiary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Quant Life or NinDiary have ads?
Neither Quant Life nor NinDiary shows ads.

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