WorkNotes vs DIARYit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WorkNotes
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WorkNotes is a quiet daily notebook for focused work. Start with one clear page for today. Swipe through workdays, capture decisions and next steps, and format the essentials without a maze of tools. Your notes stay available offline and can sync privately through iCloud with WorkNotes Pro. • One focused note for each workday • Swipe between days and carry yesterday forward • Rich text basics: bold, italic, bullets, and checkmarks • Templates for plans, updates, meetings, and brainstorming • Search finished notes and recover previous versions • Export a polished note as text, Markdown, or PDF with Pro • Pin the visible note to a Live Activity • Protect content with Face ID and hide text on the Lock Screen • No ads or tracking, and no WorkNotes account WorkNotes Pro adds iCloud sync, complete history, templates, previous versions, extended export, and multiple notes per day. Choose monthly, yearly, or lifetime access. Purchases can be restored anytime. Your work deserves a page you can return to. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
DIARYit
A private, offline daily journal app that allows you to write one entry per day and revisit past entries through a calendar. Your entries are kept on your device and backed up via iCloud.
- Daily journal entries
- Calendar navigation
- Color-coded date marking
- Continuous record of entries
- Private and offline design
- iCloud backup integration
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Write what matters. Keep your days in a single stream. DIARYit is a private daily diary with one entry per day and just enough room for what you want to remember. A LITTLE SPACE. A CLEARER FOCUS. You don’t need to record everything to remember something. Each day gives you a deliberately limited writing space. Capture a moment, a thought, or what the day meant to you, without a page you feel obliged to fill. YOUR LIFE, IN ORDER Write in the present. Let the past stay as it was. Once a day has passed, its entry can no longer be edited. This is intentional. Your diary keeps what you wrote then, not what you might write now. The days ahead are visible, but you cannot write in them until they arrive. The days behind you remain there to revisit. Looking back is your choice. LOOK BACK WITH CONTEXT Find days with writing in the calendar and jump directly to an entry. Press and hold a date with writing to mark it green, yellow, red, or leave it unmarked. Give each day a meaning of your own. PRIVATE. SIMPLE. YOURS. No account to create. No ads, social features, or streaks to maintain. Your writing is stored on your device. Write and read available entries offline, in a quiet interface that follows your device’s light or dark appearance. Your entries can be included in your iPhone’s iCloud Backup when backup is enabled for DIARYit. This is device backup, not live syncing between devices. START WITH TODAY Write today’s entry and read your most recent past entry for free. An optional Access subscription unlocks your full history. Scroll through earlier days or return to an entry from the calendar. Choose monthly or yearly. Your saved entries are not deleted when your subscription ends. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: WorkNotes at weekly against DIARYit's every 3 weeks. DIARYit's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. WorkNotes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and DIARYit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
WorkNotes ships an update weekly, DIARYit every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WorkNotes | DIARYit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marios Pentelas | Seunghoon Baek |
In-app purchases
WorkNotes
- WorkNotes Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- WorkNotes Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
- WorkNotes Pro Lifetime$24.99
DIARYit
- Monthly$3.991 Month
- Yearly$34.991 Year









