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.
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.
- 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
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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.
My Tiny Journal · Private
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
Cozy Journal ships an update every 4 days, My Tiny Journal · Private every 11 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.
| Parameter | Cozy Journal | My Tiny Journal · Private |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 147 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ALBERTO GALLEGO CASTRO | Frankly, LLC |
In-app purchases
Cozy Journal
- 7-day Trial, no chargeFree
- Cozy Full Version$49.99
My Tiny Journal · Private
- Lifetime Unlock$19.99
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