Comparison

Niki Diary vs SnapType Pro 2

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

Head to head
About

Niki Diary

This app helps individuals with communication difficulties express their daily activities and plans through images, videos, text, and speech. It also serves as a memory aid, allowing users to review past events. Multiple user profiles can be created for different environments.

Highlights
  • Image, video, text, and speech communication
  • Memory support for past events
  • Multiple user profiles
  • Supports various disabilities
  • Enhances autonomy and participation
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Niki Diary was developed for children, teen-agers and adults with disabilities that experience difficulties in explaining what they have done or what they plan to do. Niki Diary enables them to tell people around them what they did or what they plan to do a certain day using images, videos, text and speech. The application can also be used as a memory support to that one can watch or listen what one has done earlier. One may choose to let each user have several profiles, for example "At home", "At school", "At work" or create different users with their own profile. Especially this helps people with communication difficulties and behavior problems to increase their levels of autonomy and participation. It can be very helpful for subjects with autism, mental retardation, behavior disorders, language disorders, pervasive developmental disorder, aphasia, attention deficit disorder, dyslexia, emotional disturbances, learning disabilities, brain trauma.

About

SnapType Pro 2

This app empowers students to complete school worksheets on their iPad. It allows users to import or photograph worksheets, add text via keyboard, and customize reading and writing experiences. Features like text-to-speech and adjustable fonts aid students with handwriting or literacy challenges.

Highlights
  • Text-to-speech reading of worksheets
  • Import worksheets from Google Drive
  • Real-time auto-save
  • Create new worksheets with templates
  • Adjustable font styles and line thickness
  • Add blank text boxes to worksheets
  • Whiteboard filter for ink saving
Features
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We are so excited to launch SnapType Pro 2, the most capable SnapType ever! For many years, SnapType has been a game changer in education and now with the release of SnapType Pro 2, your students will have the tools they need to feel even more self-confident, included, and intelligent. We reinvested everything to build SnapType Pro 2 with the most requested features from our users. Take a look at these new features: - Text-to-speech is here! SnapType can now read the worksheet aloud to you. - Sort your files to find just the worksheet you’re looking for. - Quickly import worksheets from Google Drive. - Never lose your work! Realtime auto-save ensures all your work is recorded even if you close the app while working. - Create new worksheets using page templates like lined paper, graph paper, and more. - Drag & drop files makes it easier than ever to organize your worksheets into folders. - Intuitive text wrapping will always keep your answers on the worksheet. - Parents and teachers can add blank text boxes onto worksheets to help student efficiency. - Undo/Redo arrows help bring back deleted text boxes. - Enhance your reading by finding the font that works best for you. Choose from several including those designed specifically for people with dyslexia. - From thick to thin, make your line perfectly fit the worksheet with adjustable line thickness. - COMING SOON! We're constantly developing and delivering new features! Of course you still have access to all these other great features: - Store unlimited worksheets - Draw lines on worksheets - Whiteboard Filter: turn colored worksheets into black and white to save ink when printing. - Colored Backgrounds: some users with impaired vision may find it difficult to read traditional worksheets with black text on a white background. Change the background to a variety of colors for better contrast and easier reading. SnapType helps students keep up with their peers in class even when their penmanship holds them back. Students can easily complete school worksheets with the help of an iPad. With SnapType, students can take a picture of their worksheets, or import worksheets. They can then use their iPad keyboard to add text. When complete, it’s easy to print, email, or share the finished worksheets. This is the perfect solution for kids, and even adults, who struggle with their handwriting and literacy.

Screenshots

SnapType Pro 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Niki Diary at $8.99 against SnapType Pro 2's $49.99. Niki Diary also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4). SnapType Pro 2's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (35 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

Niki Diary costs $8.99 and SnapType Pro 2 $49.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Niki Diary holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SnapType Pro 2 has 35 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Niki Diary's written reviews are positive against 79% of SnapType Pro 2's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Niki Diary ships an update every 4 months, SnapType Pro 2 every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Niki Diary versus SnapType Pro 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNiki DiarySnapType Pro 2
Price$8.99 — better$49.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.4 (35 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews78.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings235 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlessandro La RoccaSNAPTYPE, LLC

Customer experience

Niki Diary

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

SnapType Pro 2

All ratings35 ratings
Positive82.9%
Neutral2.9%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive78.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative21.1%

In-app purchases

None

Niki Diary

No in-app purchases

None

SnapType Pro 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Niki Diary free?
Niki Diary costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SnapType Pro 2 free?
SnapType Pro 2 costs $49.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Niki Diary or SnapType Pro 2?
Niki Diary is rated higher. Niki Diary averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while SnapType Pro 2 averages 4.4 from 35 ratings.
Do Niki Diary or SnapType Pro 2 have ads?
Neither Niki Diary nor SnapType Pro 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Niki Diary or SnapType Pro 2?
Niki Diary ships an update every 4 months, and SnapType Pro 2 every 4 weeks. Most recently, Niki Diary was updated on October 23, 2026 and SnapType Pro 2 on October 27, 2026.

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