Comparison

SuperNotes vs Text Diary

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

Head to head
About

SuperNotes

Capture your thoughts and memories with rich notes that can include images, custom fonts, and colors. Organize your entries into categories and even tag them with specific locations, viewable on a map. Secure your sensitive information with a password.

Highlights
  • Create custom categories
  • Add pictures to notes
  • Tag notes with locations
  • View notes on a map
  • Choose fonts and sizes
  • Customize color patterns
  • Password protection for notes
Features
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SuperNotes - app for making high quality notes! In this app you can: - Create any kinds of categories - Add a picture to your note (100 pics in app already) - Add a location (u can see all your notes on map) - Choose a fonts and size of it - Change a color pattern of your notes - Add password to your notes if you want Questions and suggestions you can send to this address: http://iostudio.hostenko.com/

About

Text Diary

A free and simple text-based journaling app that allows unlimited entries. Organize your thoughts with folders, colors, and tags, and easily search or filter your past entries. Enjoy a comfortable user experience with quick startup and dark mode.

Highlights
  • Unlimited daily diary entries
  • Organize by folder, color, tag
  • Searchable diary entries
  • Filter by date or tag
  • Quick startup and comfortable operation
  • Dark mode support
  • Completely free to use
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It's a simple text diary app. All features are completely free to use. Features: - Unlimited daily diary - Classified by folder, color, tag - Search diary - Filter by date or tag - Quick start-up, comfortable operability - Dark mode - All free URL scheme: textdiary://

Screenshots

SuperNotes4 screens
Text Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Text Diary at 4.6 against SuperNotes's 3.5. Text Diary also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). SuperNotes's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. SuperNotes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Text Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Text Diary holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 7 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SuperNotes ships an update every 6 weeks, Text Diary every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SuperNotes versus Text Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuperNotesText Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (6 ratings)4.6 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings67 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander SeninFugaPiyo Inc.

Customer experience

SuperNotes

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive36.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative56.0%

Text Diary

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SuperNotes

One-time1
  • Full version$1.99
None

Text Diary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SuperNotes free?
SuperNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Text Diary free?
Text Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SuperNotes or Text Diary?
Text Diary is rated higher. SuperNotes averages 3.5 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Text Diary averages 4.6 from 7 ratings.
Do SuperNotes or Text Diary have ads?
Text Diary shows ads; SuperNotes does not.
Which is updated more often, SuperNotes or Text Diary?
SuperNotes ships an update every 6 weeks, and Text Diary every 2 months. Most recently, SuperNotes was updated on November 6, 2026 and Text Diary on November 3, 2026.

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