OWrite vs My 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！
My Diary
This app allows you to create a personal journal with text-only entries or entries with multiple photos. It automatically records weather and location, and you can add tags for easy organization. Entries can be edited for 10 minutes after publishing.
- Text-only entries
- Entries with multiple photos
- Add tags for organization
- Automatic/manual weather recording
- Automatic/manual location recording
- 10-minute edit window after publishing
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In DotDiary, you can follow your thoughts through a timeline and leave comments to chat with your past reflections. Create: • Text-only entries • Entries with multiple photos • Add tags for organization Record: • Weather automatically/manually • Location automatically/manually • Word count automatically DotDiary is your personal journal, made to capture your true self. After publishing an entry, you have 10 minutes to edit. Plus, tag your entries for easy sorting. Experience more thoughtful features waiting just for you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: OWrite at 100% against My Diary's 0%. OWrite also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 6 months). My Diary's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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
OWrite is free to download; My Diary costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
OWrite ships an update every 4 weeks, My Diary every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OWrite | My Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | 琳钧 黄 | 筱彤 余 |
Customer experience
OWrite
My Diary
In-app purchases
OWrite
No in-app purchases
My Diary
No in-app purchases
