Comparison

Diary, Journal, Notes vs Voice Memos, Recorder & Notes

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

Voice Memos, Recorder & Notes

Record audio, transcribe voice to text, and store notes, photos, and videos. This app offers a secure way to capture important moments, meetings, and ideas with cloud sync for Pro accounts.

Highlights
  • Voice to text transcription
  • High-quality audio recording
  • Secure note locking
  • Cloud sync for Pro accounts
  • Integrated notepad and task manager
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Do you need a convenient solution for voice recording that also performs various tasks such as storing text, photos, and videos? Then it's time to download the Voice Memos, Recorder & Notes App ! This Voice Memos, Recorder & Notes Application is an easy-to-use voice and audio recording app that captures meeting notes, interviews, speeches, lessons, and more. Don't forget about recording music! You can also use it for voice recording. Voice Memos, Recorder & Notes is also the leading Voice Notes Application with many outstanding features such as easily taking notes by transcribing voice to text without the need for typing. Especially, it allows you to make Voice Memos for storing sounds, voices of familiar people, familiar things, or your pets... making notes with audio, photo, video, text... Especially with the feature of locking notes so that other people can't view the content. All data of the Pro account will be stored in the cloud for easy data recovery. KEY FEATURES 1. Voice Notes: Transcribe voice to text and make notes in just a few seconds. 2. Audio Recorder: Easily record high-quality audio on your device. 3. Voice Memos: Easy-to-use voice recording for capturing important moments, meetings, and ideas with high-quality audio recording. 4. Notepad: Functions as a modern Note with full features. 5. Lock Notes & Hide the content from others. 6. Powerful utilities: To-do list, Checklist. 7. Set plans for coming days as a Task Manager. 8. Reminder: Notify the upcoming tasks. 9. Sync & save all Notes to Cloud, Data Recovery For Pro Account. 10. Multi-language support for Every Country. CONTACT Support Email: AmazinproService@gmail.com Terms of use: https://amazinpro.com/ultility-terms-of-use Privacy policy: https://www.amazinpro.com/ultility-privacy-policy For complete access to all Voice Notes features, you will need to allow access to the following: *Camera, Microphone & Photo Gallery – help to save photos & videos into Notes more easily, voice to text, record sounds, and save it into voice memos. *Notifications – Coming Tasks will be notified to the User.

Screenshots

Diary, Journal, Notes4 screens
Voice Memos, Recorder & Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Diary, Journal, Notes at 70% against Voice Memos, Recorder & Notes's 0%. Diary, Journal, Notes also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.3) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Voice Memos, Recorder & Notes's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 and Voice Memos, Recorder & Notes sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Diary, Journal, Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Diary, Journal, Notes has 4.5K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Diary, Journal, Notes's written reviews are positive against 0% of Voice Memos, Recorder & Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diary, Journal, Notes ships an update weekly, Voice Memos, Recorder & Notes every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Diary, Journal, Notes versus Voice Memos, Recorder & Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiary, Journal, NotesVoice Memos, Recorder & Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4.5K ratings) — better3.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews70.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4.5K — better4
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbhishek KumarAmazinPro

Customer experience

Diary, Journal, Notes

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

Voice Memos, Recorder & Notes

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

Voice Memos, Recorder & Notes

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
6 purchases

Voice Memos, Recorder & Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro Subscription$3.491 Month
  • Yearly Pro Subscription$19.991 Year
One-time4
  • One Month Pro$8.99
  • Two months pro$14.99
  • Six Months Pro$19.99
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  • One Year Pro$24.99

Questions

Is Diary, Journal, Notes free?
Diary, Journal, Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Voice Memos, Recorder & Notes free?
Voice Memos, Recorder & Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Diary, Journal, Notes or Voice Memos, Recorder & Notes?
Diary, Journal, Notes is rated higher. Diary, Journal, Notes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 4.5K ratings, while Voice Memos, Recorder & Notes averages 3.3 from 4 ratings.
Do Diary, Journal, Notes or Voice Memos, Recorder & Notes have ads?
Diary, Journal, Notes shows ads; Voice Memos, Recorder & Notes does not.
Which is updated more often, Diary, Journal, Notes or Voice Memos, Recorder & Notes?
Diary, Journal, Notes ships an update weekly, and Voice Memos, Recorder & Notes every 2 months. Most recently, Diary, Journal, Notes was updated on November 6, 2026 and Voice Memos, Recorder & Notes on November 3, 2026.

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