DiaryThreads vs Diary Up
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DiaryThreads
Transform your life into a series of shareable posts, just like social media. Capture thoughts, photos, videos, or voice notes in short entries organized into a private timeline. Gain insights into your journaling habits and revisit memories with customizable widgets.
- Post thoughts, photos, videos, voice notes
- Private timeline organization
- Insights into journaling habits
- Home Screen widgets for memories and new posts
- App Lock for enhanced privacy
- No account required, local storage
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DiaryThreads offers a new way to journal: capture life as easily as posting and let every entry become part of a timeline that is entirely your own. 【As Easy as Posting—Reply to and Quote Your Past Self】 -- Capture a thought, a photo, or a voice recording in the moment. A flexible editor helps you preserve life in richer detail. -- Find an earlier entry, reply to it or quote it, and see what has changed. -- When you have more to say, use an Article to publish a polished long-form card on your timeline. 【Understand Your Life】 -- Analytics brings together days recorded, total characters, posting frequency, and changes over the last 30 days. -- Your private trending list highlights the keywords and topics you have been returning to lately. -- State of Mind entries you choose to add also appear in Analytics, helping you look back on emotional changes. -- Topic Insights show when and how often each topic appears. 【Let Widgets Bring the Past Back】 -- The “Random Entry” widget brings an older entry to your Home Screen. Tap to shuffle or open its details. -- The “Write an Entry” widget puts writing on your Home Screen, so a new entry is always one tap away. Past and present stay close at hand. -- The “Photo Memory” widget brings treasured photos back into view. 【Light, Simple, and Entirely Yours】 -- DiaryThreads requires no account. Content is stored locally first; Premium can sync it across your Apple devices through your private iCloud. -- No ads, third-party analytics, or cross-app tracking. -- Premium imports and exports are processed locally on your device, keeping your content in your hands. 【Diary Threads Premium】 -- The free version keeps up to 30 current entries. -- Diary Threads Premium unlocks unlimited entries, share posters, keyword trends, private iCloud sync, local import and export, and all three Home Screen widgets. -- Premium is available as a monthly or annual subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Actual prices are shown in the App Store. Privacy Policy: https://foggy-bellflower-ae3.notion.site/Diary-Threads-Privacy-Policy-3aa1a28522d98112b480d81a7b2f74db?source=copy_link EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Diary Up
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DiaryUp is your private, beautifully crafted diary — a calm, secure place to write about your day, capture how you feel, and revisit the moments that matter. PRIVATE DIARY WITH LOCK Keep your story yours alone. Protect your diary with a PIN passcode, unlock it in a tap with Face ID or Touch ID, and recover your access with a security question in case you ever forget it. RICH MULTIMEDIA ENTRIES Go beyond plain text. Add photos and videos from your library, record voice notes, and attach files. Choose from flow, grid, or list layouts to make each page feel just right. A BEAUTIFUL WRITING CANVAS Style every entry to match your mood — font, size, color, and alignment — then personalize with backgrounds, stickers, and themes, including a calm night mode for quieter writing. DRAW YOUR IDEAS Sketch and doodle on a built-in drawing canvas and drop your artwork straight into an entry. CHECKLISTS & TASKS Add to-do lists inside a diary to plan your day, track your goals, and check them off as you go. ORGANIZE WITH TAGS Label entries with tags — travel, work, memories, and more — and search to find any entry in seconds. TRACK YOUR MOOD Log how you feel each day with an intuitive mood picker and watch your trends unfold over time with a clear mood chart. BUILD A STREAK Stay consistent with daily streaks and a rich statistics screen — mood trends, top tags, and totals at a glance. A CALENDAR YOU'LL LOVE See every entry on a clean monthly calendar and jump straight to the moments that stand out. KEEP YOUR MEMORIES SAFE Back up and restore privately through your own iCloud Drive, and restore a backup file anytime. Your diary lives on your device first. EXPORT & SHARE EASILY Export entries as PDF, TXT, or CSV — perfect for printing or archiving — and filter by date, mood, or tag. STAY ON TRACK Set a gentle daily reminder at a time you choose to build a lasting journaling habit. WHAT YOU GET • PIN lock with Face ID / Touch ID and a security question • Photos, videos, voice notes, and file attachments • Font styles, colors, backgrounds, stickers, and themes • Drawing canvas, checklists, and to-do lists • Mood tracking with trends, streaks, and statistics • Monthly calendar, tags, and search • iCloud Drive backup and restore • PDF, TXT, and CSV export • Daily reminders Download DiaryUp today — your story deserves a private, beautiful place to live.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: DiaryThreads at none against Diary Up's shown. DiaryThreads also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days). On price, in-app purchases, device support 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. DiaryThreads sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Diary Up sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DiaryThreads ships an update every 2 days, Diary Up every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DiaryThreads | Diary Up |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 世杰 戴 | 立强 张 |
In-app purchases
DiaryThreads
- Monthly Premium$2.991 Month
- Yearly Premium$8.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$14.99
Diary Up
- Remove Ads Monthly$2.991 Month
- Remove Ads Yearly$19.991 Year
- Remove Ads Lifetime$49.99









