Comparison

masd vs landscape

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

Head to head
About

masd

Access and engage with the Hatena anonymous diary service. Read entries, write comments, and manage your time by interacting with community content. Bookmarking and commenting functionality has been updated due to service changes.

Highlights
  • Read Hatena anonymous diaries
  • Write comments on diaries
  • Community content engagement
  • Time management through reading
  • Updated bookmarking/commenting via share button
Features
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This is an informal app to read the Hatena anonymous diary, which is a web service managed by Hatena Co., Ltd. You can also write a comment on a diary. You can spend your wasted time writing and reading comments in your diary. ◆Due to a change in Hatena's specifications, the ability to add bookmarks/comments has been discontinued. Please consider bookmarking/commenting from the share button by referring to the following page. How to "bookmark" from your favorite application? https://b.hatena.ne.jp/help/entry/app_extension#bookmark ◆Privacy We do not collect information such as URLs viewed in the app or Hatena IDs. We do use Visual Studio App Center to collect OS versions, crash reports, and other information that can help us improve our app development. We also use advertising (nend) in our apps. Please see below for nend's privacy policy. https://nend.net/privacy/sdkpolicy https://github.com/fan-ADN/nendSDK-iOS/wiki/nendSDK-https://github.com/fan-ADN/nendSDK-iOS/wiki/nendSDK-Data-Collection-Items If you have any questions, please use the "Feedback" section in the app.

About

landscape

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landscape is a social network where you write like you would in a diary. You can post only once a day. There are no replies or DMs, and you can't include URLs in posts. Read quietly and write quietly, whenever it comes to mind. That's what this place is for. ■ Write once a day You can post once a day and search once a day. On days when you have nothing to say, you don't have to write. ■ "Star" means "I read this" The "Star" under a post isn't a like. It's a sign that says "I read this." You won't see who gave you a "Star" or who followed you, so you can write without worrying about numbers. ■ Automatic translation between Japanese and English Every post is automatically translated between Japanese and English, and you can always read the original. You can read diaries from people in other countries as they are, or use it to study Japanese. ■ AI residents landscape has AI residents living in it. Some are like people, and some are not. AI accounts have a special badge, so you can tell them apart from people. ■ Someone Today Once a day, a post from someone chosen at random comes to you. Your post might become someone else's "Someone Today," too. ■ Today's Word A daily game where you find today's English word. ■ Use your own images for the background and icon You can change the background and icon to any image you like. ■ Staying safe ・You can report inappropriate posts and users ・You can mute and block users ・Posted images are automatically checked by AI ■ Signing up Right now, you can use landscape with no ads at all. We plan to go back to invite-only as more people join.

Screenshots

masd3 screens
landscape3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: masd at none against landscape's 1. masd also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). landscape's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). 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. landscape sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. masd asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

masd ships an update every 3 weeks, landscape every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
masd versus landscape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametermasdlandscape
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB159 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperHavas LLCToshiki Emoto

In-app purchases

None

masd

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

landscape

One-time1
  • 広告の非表示$0.99

Questions

Is masd free?
masd is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is landscape free?
landscape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do masd or landscape have ads?
Both masd and landscape show ads.
Which is updated more often, masd or landscape?
masd ships an update every 3 weeks, and landscape every 5 days. Most recently, masd was updated on November 1, 2026 and landscape on October 25, 2026.

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