OWrite vs Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OWrite
A simple yet powerful notepad app for recording daily life with text and images. It allows you to create shareable photo notes and secure your entries with a password. Rediscover the joy of writing with a fluent and elegant user experience.
- Record text and images
- Generate shareable photo notes
- Set boot password for privacy
- Fluent and elegant interaction
- Rediscover the joy of writing
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OWrite is a simple but elegant notepad application, which can provide a quick and convenient way to record everyday life. OWrite is a more powerful "Notes", which can save your text and images, generate beautiful and elegant photos to be shared on Twitter, Facebook, Weibo, Mail etc. You can also set a boot password so that no one can peek at your private notes. It also has some more practical features and can provide a fluent way of interaction. OWrite will let you rediscover the joy of writing！
Diary
Record your thoughts and memories with a straightforward journaling app. It supports mixed media, including photos and videos, and allows you to add location tags. Easily share your entries as PDFs or pictures.
- Mixed graphic arrangement
- Video support
- Geographical location tagging
- Shareable entries (PDF, Picture)
- Simple interface
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An app for diary writing, without cool interface and complicated operation, functions of view、writing、 sharing. Support: 1. Mixed graphic arrangement 2. Video 3. Geographical location 4. Share (PDF, Picture)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: OWrite at every 3 weeks against Diary's every 6 months. Diary's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for OWrite against 5.0 for Diary. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
OWrite ships an update every 3 weeks, Diary every 6 months. Both last shipped on October 3, 2026.
| Parameter | OWrite | Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 琳钧 黄 | daican tu |
Customer experience
OWrite
Diary
In-app purchases
OWrite
No in-app purchases
Diary
No in-app purchases
