Comparison

Lifefold vs Inkday Diary

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

Head to head
About

Lifefold

Features
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Lifefold is a card-based life journal. Its idea is to make life visible and ordered: here you can record any trace of your life — books, films, music, to-dos, focus time, habits, countdowns, workouts, and more. We keep expanding what can be recorded, while balancing aesthetics and minimalism, so that recording stays sustainable — truly folding the scattered thoughts along your timeline. Here is what it does: Recording, made sustainable • Each entry takes under ten seconds: choose a type, a few taps, done. No blank pages, no templates to build. • Films, shows, books and albums are matched with their artwork by name; you can also upload a screenshot or poster of your own. • Focus: manage your focus time, Pomodoro-style. • Notes: thoughts, to-dos, excerpts — set down at any time. • Days: countdowns and anniversaries, keeping the important dates always in view. Order and aesthetics • A poster wall of your own books, films and albums. • Workouts, study, habits and focus accumulate as streaks, calendars and milestones — a rhythm of life, managed by you. Looking back • Monthly review: the month's chosen cards and its composition. • Year in review: a whole year of records, folded into one shareable page. Your history • Import the films, books and music you've marked in other apps. And more • Home Screen widgets: today's cards, and the streaks waiting to continue. • Four themes: ink, paper, indigo, pine. On privacy Everything stays on your device. No account, no cloud, no data collected. Privacy Policy:https://cyberoff00.github.io/lifedeck-guide/privacy.html Terms of Use:https://cyberoff00.github.io/lifedeck-guide/terms.html

About

Inkday Diary

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Inkday is a private voice diary for iPhone. You speak one page a day. The recording becomes text on your device and stays there. There is no account and no cloud. Inkday has no developer servers, no analytics, and no subscription. Recording, transcription and mood detection run on Apple’s on-device frameworks. The last 30 days are always yours to read. Older pages stay on the phone and can be unlocked once. • One page a day, up to ten minutes • On-device speech-to-text • Original audio kept with each page • A haptic timeline through past days • A year of days as a quiet dot grid • Optional daily reminder — one, never a streak • Light and dark paper themes • Home-screen widget for the year Unlock the archive Pages older than 30 days can be unlocked with a single one-time purchase. Nothing is deleted if you wait. Restore Purchase is in Settings. Requires iOS 26 or later. — Unlock the archive (optional) One-time In-App Purchase to unlock diary pages older than 30 days, forever. No subscription. Price: $4.99 USD / €4.99. Price may vary by region. Restore purchases in Settings. — Privacy Policy: https://inkday-neon.vercel.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://inkday-neon.vercel.app/terms

Screenshots

Lifefold4 screens
Inkday Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Inkday Diary at none against Lifefold's 2. Lifefold's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.5). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lifefold sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Inkday Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 3 level
Lifefold versus Inkday Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLifefoldInkday Diary
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer朗悦 叶Fabian Gruss

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Lifefold

Subscriptions1
  • Pro — Monthly$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime$9.99
None

Inkday Diary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lifefold free?
Lifefold is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Inkday Diary free?
Inkday Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lifefold or Inkday Diary have ads?
Neither Lifefold nor Inkday Diary shows ads.

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