FiveLeaf vs QuestionDiary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
FiveLeaf
Capture your day in just five letters and a single photo or short video. This app offers a unique way to journal, with entries that can be edited until noon the next day. It prioritizes privacy with no accounts, ads, or social features, allowing you to send messages to your future self.
- Daily entries limited to five letters
- Add one photo or 5-second video per day
- Edit entries until noon the next day
- Entries locked after noon
- Optional Face ID lock for entries
- Send messages to your future self
- No account or sign-in required
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Keep your day in five letters. You do not have to write much. Five letters are enough to hold on to today. It takes five seconds, and those five seconds become the most precious thing five years from now. ā Five letters Ā· One entry a day, five letters only Ā· Written late at night? You can still fix it until noon the next day Ā· After that it stays as the words of that day ā One frame of today Ā· Add a single photo or a five-second video Ā· The original stays untouched ā film filters are laid on when you look Ā· The color of the day, the place and the weather are quietly noted with it ā It changes as it piles up Ā· A month flows down the screen like a strip of film Ā· Locked entries ā cover a day you would rather not show with Face ID Ā· Send a day to your future self and let it come back later ā Quiet principles Ā· No account. There is no sign-in screen Ā· Entries stay on this device, and you export a backup whenever you want Ā· No ads, no friends, no likes FiveLeaf Plus Unlocks every film filter, the widgets, icon and paper choices, the yearly Mood palette, Years ā the same date across many years in one column, Monthly Film, and letters you write to your future self. Choose monthly, yearly, or a one-time lifetime purchase. The yearly plan starts with a 14-day free trial. Subscriptions are charged to your App Store account and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. You can cancel any time in Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://letsean.dev/fiveleaf/privacy/
QuestionDiary
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QuestionDiary asks you one question a day. Answer it in a few lines, and one year later, on the same date, meet the person who wrote it. ā One question a day Every morning a question arrives: "What made you smile today?" A few lines are enough. Questions are tied to the calendar date, so the same question returns on the same day each year. 366 questions across eight themes (self, relationships, daily life, memories, feelings, dreams, growth, gratitude) are built in, and you can swap any of them for your own or one from the Plaza. ā A year later, your answer comes back When the same date comes around, the answer you wrote appears again on today's screen. After two or three years you see every year's answer to the same question side by side. Swapping a question later never changes what you already wrote. ā Journal Look back through a calendar and a timeline, search your answers, and track your streak and how much of the year you've filled. ā Plaza A place where people post questions they'd like to ask each other. Bring any of them into your own diary. Posts show no names or identifiers, and you can report or block. ā Only on your device Answers stay on this iPhone by default. Start without an account or email. Turn on Backup only if you want it, then a single 10-character code moves everything to a new device. Lock the diary with Face ID. ā Reminders Get the day's question once, at the time you choose. If you've already answered before then, that day's reminder stays quiet. You'll also hear when an answer from a year ago arrives. Ads, but no tracking: the app never asks for tracking permission, and your diary is never used for analytics. Privacy Policy: https://api.hanilsoft.net/questiondiary/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://api.hanilsoft.net/questiondiary/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: QuestionDiary at none against FiveLeaf's 3. QuestionDiary also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). FiveLeaf's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. FiveLeaf sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. QuestionDiary asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | FiveLeaf | QuestionDiary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | ā |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | ā |
| Ads | No ā better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No ā better |
| Monetization | Freemium | ā |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad ā better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SUNHO CHOI | GAGASOFT |
In-app purchases
FiveLeaf
- Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
- Plus Yearly7 Days trial$12.991 Year
- Plus Lifetime$59.99
QuestionDiary
No in-app purchases









