Comparison

DiaryThreads vs Yulu Memo

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

Yulu Memo

Features
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Yulu Memo is an independent third-party app for capturing everyday moments with photos, audio, and text. Photo & audio records and Text notes are separate. Photos can be taken while recording, after stopping, or added from the photo library. Audio segments are joined into one file when a record is finished. Photos, recordings, and text are saved on the device so you can review, search, and share them. All local features work without connecting Dinox. Yulu Memo is not an official Dinox product and has no commercial affiliation with Dinox. If you choose to connect Dinox, the app uses Dinox public APIs and your own Dinox account connection credential to send content you created to your own Dinox cards. This credential only identifies and authenticates your destination account; it is not a purchase credential, license key, or paid feature unlock. Yulu Memo is free to download, has no in-app purchases, ads, or paid content, and does not require a Dinox service purchase. The Apple Watch app records audio offline, syncs after reconnection, and can control the iPhone camera.

Screenshots

DiaryThreads4 screens
Yulu Memo2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Yulu Memo at none against DiaryThreads's 3. DiaryThreads's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. DiaryThreads sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Yulu Memo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DiaryThreads ships an update every 2 days, Yulu Memo every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
DiaryThreads versus Yulu Memo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiaryThreadsYulu Memo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB8 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer世杰 戴美勇 周

In-app purchases

3 purchases

DiaryThreads

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$14.99
None

Yulu Memo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DiaryThreads free?
DiaryThreads is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Yulu Memo free?
Yulu Memo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DiaryThreads or Yulu Memo have ads?
Neither DiaryThreads nor Yulu Memo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DiaryThreads or Yulu Memo?
DiaryThreads ships an update every 2 days, and Yulu Memo every 6 days. Most recently, DiaryThreads was updated on November 6, 2026 and Yulu Memo on October 31, 2026.

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