Multi Diary vs Tim Notes Blue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Multi Diary
Organize your thoughts, work, and learning into distinct entries for each day, categorized for easy access. Search across dates and versions, and enjoy a clean, ad-free interface with multiple language and theme options. Advanced export features are available via a one-time purchase.
- Categorized daily entries
- Search across dates and categories
- Weekly and monthly calendar view
- Multiple language support
- Customizable color themes
- iCloud sync
- Excel export (optional purchase)
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A day has more than one story. Multi Diary gives your thoughts, work, learning and everyday notes their own place, organised by date and category. Keep separate entries for the same day across 16 built-in categories. Record a memory, reflect on today or write ahead for a future date. Search across dates and categories, browse the weekly or monthly calendar, and revisit earlier versions of an entry. On iPhone, read and write in one focused view. The weekly calendar makes room for your words while you edit, and the date stays visible. On iPad, a spacious column layout keeps categories, dates and your diary close at hand. In-app Help explains the taps and swipes for your device. Choose from six colour themes. The interface supports English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Spanish and Italian. FREE EVERYDAY USE. NO ADS. Writing, search, categories, themes, language options and iCloud sync are free. Everyone gets an ad-free experience. OPTIONAL ADVANCED TOOLS A one-time in-app purchase unlocks Excel (.xlsx) export of the current content of your diary entries. The workbook includes a detailed entry list and a date-by-category overview for filtering and further processing. If you previously purchased MultiDiary Unlock, restore your purchase to use Excel export without buying again. Exported files are not encrypted; save them somewhere you trust. Privacy policy: https://smallsoft.com.au/privacy-multidiary Terms and conditions: https://smallsoft.com.au/terms-multidiary
Tim Notes Blue
A straightforward and secure note-taking application designed for simplicity and efficiency. It offers fingerprint protection for your notes and a consistent fullscreen experience across iPhone and iPad devices.
- Simple note-taking
- Efficient note organization
- Fingerprint security
- Fullscreen iPad experience
- Free to use
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Notes - Very simple and efficient and free. Protect this Notes App with your fingerprint reader. Fullscreen on iPad, exactly like on an iPhone. Blue version.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Multi Diary at 5.0 against Tim Notes Blue's 4.2. Multi Diary also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). Tim Notes Blue's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (67% vs 50%). 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
Both are free to download. Multi Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tim Notes Blue asks for nothing beyond the download.
Multi Diary holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tim Notes Blue has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Multi Diary's written reviews are positive against 67% of Tim Notes Blue's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Multi Diary ships an update every 5 days, Tim Notes Blue every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Multi Diary | Tim Notes Blue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Smallsoft Pty Ltd | Timothy Bowers |
Customer experience
Multi Diary
Tim Notes Blue
In-app purchases
Multi Diary
- Unlock Unlimited Entries$6.99
Tim Notes Blue
No in-app purchases









