Comparison

Diary, Journal, Notes vs My Diary

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

My Diary

This app offers a secure and personalized digital journal for recording daily thoughts, memories, and emotions. Enhance entries with photos, themes, and mood tracking. It's designed to support mental well-being by providing a private space for self-reflection and emotional processing.

Highlights
  • Password-protected diary
  • Add photos and drawings
  • Customizable themes and backgrounds
  • Mood tracking and analysis
  • Rich text editing
  • Journaling guides
Features
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My Diary provides a friendly, professional, and personalized diary-journal experience. With its beautiful and thoughtful design, it lets you enjoy every memorable moment. WHAT IS MY DIARY? My Diary is a free online diary with lock. You can use it to record daily journals, secret thoughts, journeys, mood trackers, and any private moments. It is a diary that supports adding photos, themes, diary background, mood, font effects, etc., making your private diary more vivid and safe. Committed to providing the most intimate diary-journal writing experience for users who want to keep a diary and care about their mental health. With the My Diary app, you can: Write diaries or record journeys anytime, anywhere Write photo diaries. Add pictures or drawings to make your personal diary more vivid Customize your journals with themes, moods, font effects, stickers Use it as a mood-tracker and get mood analysis Set a password to lock your diary and protect your memories JOURNALING FOR MENTAL HEALTH Journaling is a simple way to write down your thoughts and feelings to manage your mental health and control your emotions. Journaling has many benefits, including: Clear fear and concerns Manage anxiety and reduce stress Expressing your emotions. Journaling is really a good mental health tracker and mood tracker Learn from your experiences and make you happier Gain control of your emotions etc REASONS FOR CHOOSING THIS JOURNALING APP 1. Easy-to-use & Beautiful interface * It provides beautiful diary themes. Add enjoyment to every moment of daily journaling * Night dark theme. Makes it more comfortable when you keep a journal at night * Well-designed pages, let you start a journal or take notes easily * Providing journaling guides, Follow it step by step to complete the first diary. * Powerful rich text effect. It gives you the best experience whether you take journeys notes or write diaries. 2. Safe and Private * My Diary, as a private diary app, protects your memories by setting an app passcode. You can turn on the diary lock to make your diary safe. * We recommend that you set a security question to avoid forgetting your password and being unable to visit your journal. 3. Photo Diary, More Than Words * My Diary is a Photo diary. Add photos to make your private journals more memorable. * Check all journal photos in the Media View Mode * Add drawings to reflect your ideas and thoughts 4. Decorate Your Diary * Enjoy the Diary illustrated themes. Whether it’s a travel journal, health journal, girl diary, or mood tracker diary, there will always be a theme you like (Some of them are Premium) * Choose backgrounds when writing journal entries, see how lovely private journals can be (Some of them are Premium) * Writing about your feelings helps the brain overcome upsets, clear fears and leaves you happier 5. Mood Tracker * Some moods cannot be expressed in words, so you can choose mood diary symbols. Add your mood when you start writing diaries or take day notes * Track mood in the mood calendar * Check your mood trends in statistics * Be your free metal health tracker 6. Categorize Your Daily Notes with Tags * Adding tags for your daily journals * The suggested categories include Travel notes, work notes, love diary, baby diary, daily motivations, pregnancy diary, etc * Easily check your entries by tags In summary, It is really a good photo journaling app free for you, a lovely secret diary with lock and a great mood tracker & mental health tracker, which deserves to be installed. My Diary is a free journaling app, most of the features are FREE. Additional features, including some backgrounds, themes, etc. are available with a My Diary Premium Membership. If you have any questions or want feedback. Contact us: Email: mydiary@betterapptech.com Privacy Policy: http://www.betterapptech.com/about-us/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: http://www.betterapptech.com/about-us/terms-of-service/ ------------------------------

Screenshots

Diary, Journal, Notes4 screens
My Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: My Diary at 28K against Diary, Journal, Notes's 4.5K. My Diary also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 and My Diary sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Diary, Journal, Notes against 4.7 for My Diary. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Diary has 28K ratings behind it against 4.5K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 70% and 71% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diary, Journal, Notes ships an update weekly, My Diary fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Diary, Journal, Notes versus My Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiary, Journal, NotesMy Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4.5K ratings)4.7 (28K ratings)
Positive reviews70.1% of reviews71.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.5K28K — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB188 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbhishek KumarBetterApp Tech Co., Limited

Customer experience

Diary, Journal, Notes

All ratings4,483 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral3.4%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews344 reviews
Positive70.1%
Neutral7.8%
Negative22.1%

My Diary

All ratings28,004 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral3.5%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews1,941 reviews
Positive71.0%
Neutral12.1%
Negative16.9%

User reviews

Diary, Journal, Notes

From 4.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Consistent for years
  • 🚀 Excellent app
  • 🚀 Great app and great support
  • 👍 Love this app
  • 👍 Fantastic replacement to a physical diary

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Suddenly become useless
  • 🐛 Terrible app
  • 🐛 Doesn't work anymore
  • 🐛 Horrible, don't work
  • 🐛 PIN protection doesn't work

My Diary

From 28K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🔒 Secure with password, fingerprint, and security question options
  • 📝 Easy to write and express thoughts
  • 🎨 Customizable with themes, stickers, and photos
  • 🗓️ Helpful for tracking moods and daily activities

Room to improve

  • 💰 Many features locked behind premium paywall
  • 🔍 Limited free theme and sticker options
  • 🐛 Issues with formatting, text editing, and photo placement
  • 🔄 Requires restoring purchases frequently

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

My Diary

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashing or freezing
  • Entries not saving properly
  • Inconsistent behavior with password/lock features

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to sync across devices
  • More free customization options
  • Landscape mode support for tablets
  • Better organization tools like folders or tags

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Diary, Journal, Notes

Subscriptions1
  • Diaro Pro 1 Year$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Diaro PRO$39.99
9 purchases

My Diary

Subscriptions6
  • Diary VIP ( Month )$2.991 Month
  • Diary VIP ( Month )1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Diary Subscription Yearly$16.991 Year
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  • My Diary Premium Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • My Diary Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
  • My Diary Yearly VIP$23.991 Year
One-time3
  • Diary Permanent VIP$29.99
  • Permanent VIP$39.99
  • My Diary Permanent VIP$49.99

Questions

Is Diary, Journal, Notes free?
Diary, Journal, Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My Diary free?
My Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Diary, Journal, Notes or My Diary?
Diary, Journal, Notes and My Diary are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4.5K and 28K ratings respectively.
Do Diary, Journal, Notes or My Diary have ads?
Both Diary, Journal, Notes and My Diary show ads.
Which is updated more often, Diary, Journal, Notes or My Diary?
Diary, Journal, Notes ships an update weekly, and My Diary fortnightly. Most recently, Diary, Journal, Notes was updated on September 23, 2026 and My Diary on September 24, 2026.

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