Comparison

Cozy Journal vs My Tiny Journal · Private

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

Head to head
About

Cozy Journal

A private journal app that stores your entries locally on your device, ensuring your thoughts remain yours. It offers rich media support, customizable tracking, and seamless iCloud syncing across Apple devices without any AI involvement or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Local-first storage
  • No AI data usage
  • Add photos, voice notes, video
  • Customizable tags and trackers
  • Calendar and map views
  • Multi-language support
  • iCloud syncing
Features
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A private journal that stays yours. Cozy is local first: nothing is synced to a server, and nothing is fed to AI. Your words stay right on your device, in your own files, yours to keep or share however you like. Cozy is free to download, so you can open it up and look around first. Writing is what the one-time purchase unlocks: pay once, and it's yours for good. No subscription, no account, nothing to cancel. WHY COZY Your files, on your device Nothing is stored on a mystery cloud. Every entry is a file of your own, the kind any app can open, sitting where you put it. Your thoughts, experiences and writing live right where you write them, and they're yours forever. Nothing fed to an AI Your private writing shouldn't be used to train anything. Nothing you write in Cozy is scraped, read, or sent off to an algorithm. No AI, simple as that. Your words are yours What you write belongs to you. Maybe you're working through a rough day, maybe you're just keeping track of life as it happens. Either way, you stay in charge: keep your entries to yourself, or export and share them whenever you like. WHAT YOU CAN DO More than text Add a photo or several, a voice note, or a video. Drop in whatever made your day so you can find it again later. Make it yours Tag your entries, mark where you were, or build your own trackers for any habit or mood you want to follow. Cozy bends to the way you like to journal. Different ways to look back See your entries laid out on a calendar, or pinned to the places you wrote them. However you remember, Cozy helps you find your way back. Write in any language Your journal speaks whatever language you do. Write in Japanese, Arabic, or Spanish, mix a few in one entry, and the languages that read right to left flow that way on their own. SYNC THROUGH ICLOUD There's no Cozy server, so there's nothing to sign into. Keep your journal in the Cozy folder in iCloud Drive and the same journal opens on your iPhone and your iPad, and on Cozy for Mac and Windows too. Entries download on their own as you open them. ALREADY MOVED IN FROM ANOTHER APP? If you brought your old entries over from Notion, Day One, Obsidian or Bear, they reach your iPhone the same way every journal does, through iCloud. Your whole history comes with you. ONE PURCHASE, NOT A SUBSCRIPTION Unlock Cozy once and it stays unlocked. No monthly fee, no account, no ads, and nothing to cancel. It restores on any device signed in to the same Apple Account.

About

My Tiny Journal · Private

Features
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My Tiny Journal is a private place to write, add photos, and keep the everyday moments you don’t want to forget. Write a sentence or fill a page. Add a photo when it helps tell the story. Return to your memories through Timeline, Calendar, Search, Favorites, and Random Memory. START FREE - Unlimited writing and reading in one Journal with unlimited yearly Volumes - One photo per memory - Timeline, Calendar, Search, Favorites, and Random Memory - Thoughtful writing prompts - Up to three optional daily reminder times, with private notification wording - Monthly reflections and summary statistics - Share cards for memories you choose to share - App Lock using supported device security - Backup, restore, import, and export without a purchase - Useful offline, with no account, ads, or third-party behavioral analytics OPTIONAL LIFETIME UNLOCK One purchase. No subscription. - Multiple Journals for different parts of life - Up to three photos per memory - Two-photo and three-photo collages - Premium Journal covers, themes, fonts, frames, and collage layouts Your memories remain yours. Your journal is stored locally on your device. Keep backups somewhere you control. Restore Purchases restores eligible Lifetime Unlock ownership on compatible devices using the same store account. Apple and Google purchases do not transfer between stores. Restore a Journal Backup recovers your memories separately; My Tiny Journal does not automatically sync your journal. My Tiny Journal is intentionally quiet: a warm, private place for ordinary moments that become meaningful over time.

Screenshots

Cozy Journal4 screens
My Tiny Journal · Private4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cozy Journal at every 4 days against My Tiny Journal · Private's every 11 days. Cozy Journal also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Cozy Journal sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and My Tiny Journal · Private sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cozy Journal ships an update every 4 days, My Tiny Journal · Private every 11 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Cozy Journal versus My Tiny Journal · Private: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCozy JournalMy Tiny Journal · Private
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB147 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperALBERTO GALLEGO CASTROFrankly, LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Cozy Journal

One-time2
  • 7-day Trial, no chargeFree
  • Cozy Full Version$49.99
1 purchases

My Tiny Journal · Private

One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$19.99

Questions

Is Cozy Journal free?
Cozy Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My Tiny Journal · Private free?
My Tiny Journal · Private is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cozy Journal or My Tiny Journal · Private have ads?
Neither Cozy Journal nor My Tiny Journal · Private shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cozy Journal or My Tiny Journal · Private?
Cozy Journal ships an update every 4 days, and My Tiny Journal · Private every 11 days. Most recently, Cozy Journal was updated on November 10, 2026 and My Tiny Journal · Private on November 10, 2026.

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