OWrite vs Pure 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！
Pure Diary
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Pure is a simple photo diary: give today a title, add one photo, and write. Your entries stay on your iPhone. No account, no sign-up, no feeds. WRITE • A clean page with a title, the date and time, and room to write as much as you like • A short writing prompt on the home screen when you don't know where to start • Every new entry starts with a cover picture. Keep it, swap it for your own photo, or remove it PHOTOS • Pick a photo from your library and crop it freely • 11 built-in filters: Vivid, Mono, Sepia, Retro, Tonal, Chrome, Noir, Fade, Cool, Warm and Soft Blur • Your original photo is kept, so you can change the filter later LOOK BACK • Entries are grouped by month, newest first • Detailed view shows photo cards; Concise view shows titles only • Search titles and text to find an old day in seconds • Open any entry to edit it, or delete the ones you don't need PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your diary and photos are saved on this device only. Pure has no account system and does not upload your entries to any server. Because everything is stored locally, deleting the app also deletes your diary. Pure is supported by ads. Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OWrite at none against Pure Diary's 2. OWrite also leads on ads (none vs shown). Pure Diary's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price 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. Pure Diary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. OWrite asks for nothing beyond the download.
OWrite ships an update every 4 weeks, Pure Diary every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OWrite | Pure Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 琳钧 黄 | YIZE LIAO |
In-app purchases
OWrite
No in-app purchases
Pure Diary
- Professional user/month$0.991 Month
- Professional user/year$7.991 Year
