Comparison

Diary, Journal, Notes vs Recorda

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

Head to head
About

Diary, Journal, Notes

Record daily activities, thoughts, and memories securely. Organize entries with tags, locations, and folders. Sync across devices and export your data easily. Features include mood tracking, photo attachments, and a calendar view.

Highlights
  • Secure PIN and fingerprint lock
  • Customizable themes and 30+ languages
  • Powerful search and filtering
  • Mood tracker and Atlas view
  • Backup, restore, import, and export options
  • Cloud sync via Dropbox
  • Attach unlimited photos
Features
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Diaro is a multi-platform diary, journal, notes app designed to record your activities, daily events, appointments, experiences, thoughts, feelings, secrets and ideas throughout the day and sync data across all your devices & PC. It helps you organize your daily diary/journal entries or notes from the past in the easiest way. Preserve your special memories, store personal moments & memories or keep track of your life with help of Diaro. DIARO FEATURES SECURE & PRIVATE Lock & Protect your private diary entries with a PIN, Security code or fingerprint. Protect Privacy with data encryption & passcode THEMES & LANGUAGES Personalize UI with different UI colors & Themes. Multilingual UI(30+ languages), adapted for phones, tablets and web. Simple and intuitive interface SEARCH & ORGANIZE Powerful search and filter functions. Organize diary / journal entries using folders, tags, locations and find records by keyword, filter them by date, tags, folder or even location MOOD TRACKER ,ATLAS & THROWBACK Daily Diary Mood tracker, On this day diary memories / daily diary throwback, Weather info & beautiful Atlas view BACKUP & RESTORE Backup diary entries for easy recovery & restore easily IMPORT & EXPORT Export to PDF, Docx or Txt and print or share them via Diaro App or Diaro Online (PDF, DOCX, CSV & TXT). Import data from other popular diary apps : Journey, Evernote, Catch Notes, Flava, Google Keep, Momento, Day One apps SYNC Using Dropbox you can seamlessly sync between the Diaro app on all of your devices and Diaro Online using any web browser STATISTICS Detailed interesting statistics about your diary entries and mood OTHER FEATURES • Automatic Geotagging for new diary entries • Calendar view for easy navigation & overview of daily entries • Attach & store unlimited amount of photos in your diary • Cloud storage & Sync (via Dropbox) • Share diary entries and photos via Email, SMS, Twitter, Whatsapp etc. • Quickly create a new diary entry from the notification bar icon or widget • Multi-window mode (if supported by device) • Swipe between your diary entries • Speak to write, voice to text DIARO ONLINE You can access your Diaro diary entries online on any device using your web browser ABOUT DIARO Trusted by millions of users worldwide, Diaro is the smart, intuitive and most secure way to keep a personal diary. Download now for free and keep your secret diary, diet diary logs, travel diary with stories, sleep journal, photos and maps , wish lists, daily expenses, autobiography or daily life diary notes, securely. You can organize your receipts, invoices, or use it as a homework tracker or assignment planner, organizer, notebook or as simple note-taking app. Keep A Beautiful, Orderly, and Private Journal Of Your Thoughts and Days With Diaro! Find the FAQs in the Help & Support or contact us at support@diaroapp.com DIARO PRO FEATURES Diaro PRO membership is an auto-renewing subscription. Pricing: US$5.99/year. Price may vary by location and are clearly displayed in the app. • Sync your diary across all your devices and Diaro Online using your Dropbox account • Export to PDF & other formats • Ad-Free Premium Experience • Priority Customer Support + Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. + Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. + Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. + You can manage your subscription and switch off auto-renewal by accessing your Account Settings after purchase. + Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Privacy policy: https://www.diaroapp.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://www.diaroapp.com/terms

About

Recorda

Organize your life by combining a personal diary, to-do lists, notes, and reminders into one intuitive app. Quickly capture thoughts, plan future tasks, and attach media for comprehensive memory keeping.

Highlights
  • Create multiple organized lists
  • Unlimited memories with dates
  • Attach images and voice memos
  • Mark memories as favorites
  • Set memories as pending/completed
  • Timeline visualization
Features
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Remember everything you have done so far or what you have to do in the future. Recorda reinvents and merges your personal diary, your to-do list, your notes and reminders in a single app. It allows you to quickly, easily and intuitively write down what comes to your mind. From your day to day to what you have to do in a week, a month or a year. Use it as it suits you, maybe even as your shopping list. Some of the things you can do with the Recorda app are: • Create multiple lists, in case you want to organize what you write down in different topics (your personal life, business or shopping list, among others). • Create unlimited memories of past, future or undated dates. Either something you have done or anything you have to do. It may even be something you don't know when to do. • Attach images, voice memos and tags to your memories to see them again at any time. • Mark your memories as favorites to highlight those events that have impacted you the most or to not forget something very important that you have to do in the future. • Set your memories as pending and completed to know if it is something you have already done or something you have yet to do that you don’t want to forget. • Duplicate what you have noted to facilitate the entry of those events that are repetitive. • Visualize in a clear and intuitive way in timeline format with our own taste everything you have written down over time. And this is just the beginning, as we're working on a ton of other mind-blowing features. Do you remember what you did on the last month’s Saturday or what you have to do next Friday? With Recorda you will never forget again. For technical assistance and suggestions, email: hello@bocadil.com

Screenshots

Diary, Journal, Notes4 screens
Recorda4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Recorda at none against Diary, Journal, Notes's 2. Recorda also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). Diary, Journal, Notes's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (4.5K vs 11). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Diary, Journal, Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per year. Recorda asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Diary, Journal, Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Diary, Journal, Notes has 4.5K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of Diary, Journal, Notes's written reviews are positive against 73% of Recorda's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diary, Journal, Notes ships an update weekly, Recorda every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Diary, Journal, Notes versus Recorda: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiary, Journal, NotesRecorda
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4.5K ratings) — better4.3 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews70.1% of reviews72.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.5K — better11
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbhishek KumarBocadil Infinite, S.L.

Customer experience

Diary, Journal, Notes

All ratings4,483 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral3.4%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews345 reviews
Positive70.1%
Neutral7.8%
Negative22.0%

Recorda

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral18.2%
Negative9.1%

Bugs and requests

Diary, Journal, Notes

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Reminders broken on iOS
  • Crashes after activating Touch ID
  • Stuck on blue logo page after Touch ID stopped working
  • Sync issues between devices
  • Entries disappearing or not saving properly
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  • Inability to export entries as PDF

Requested features

5 requests
  • 💡 Add bold, underline, italics formatting
  • 💡 Add ability to add captions to images
  • 💡 Add ability to customize moods
  • 💡 Add Face ID, iCloud sync, and additional fonts
  • 💡 Add ability to format text, add bullet points, link to calendars

Recorda

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Diary, Journal, Notes

Subscriptions1
  • Diaro Pro 1 Year$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Diaro PRO$39.99
None

Recorda

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Diary, Journal, Notes free?
Diary, Journal, Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Recorda free?
Recorda is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Diary, Journal, Notes or Recorda?
Diary, Journal, Notes is rated higher. Diary, Journal, Notes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 4.5K ratings, while Recorda averages 4.3 from 11 ratings.
Do Diary, Journal, Notes or Recorda have ads?
Diary, Journal, Notes shows ads; Recorda does not.
Which is updated more often, Diary, Journal, Notes or Recorda?
Diary, Journal, Notes ships an update weekly, and Recorda every 4 days. Most recently, Diary, Journal, Notes was updated on November 6, 2026 and Recorda on November 3, 2026.

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