Diary, Journal, Notes vs Momento
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Momento
This app helps you privately capture and organize life's memories using notes, photos, and videos. It automatically imports your digital history from social networks and apps, creating a beautiful, searchable journal of your life story.
- Capture notes, photos, and videos
- Import digital history from social media
- Powerful search and explore functionality
- Unified timeline for reliving moments
- Share moments and day summaries
- Passcode and TouchID protection (Premium)
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Introducing Momento — the smart private diary/journal app that helps you capture and collect memories to search, explore, relive and share your life story. Momento not only helps you privately capture moments in just a few taps (with notes, photos, videos, people, places and tags) but it also automatically collects your daily activities, posts and photos from the social networks, apps and devices you use everyday! Each and every moment is automatically organised and crafted into a beautiful private journal that chronicles your life story and stays up to date effortlessly. Momento is perfectly suited for all types of journal (such as personal, professional, study, travel, pregnancy, dream and health). Keeping a journal can also have profound benefits for mental health, memory and creativity. - - - - - - - - - - - - Essential Features - - - - - - - - - - - - QUICK AND EASY CAPTURE • Write notes and add photos and videos • Add people, places and tags for context • Custom reminders and streaks encourage capture EFFORTLESSLY COLLECT • Import your digital history from social networks and apps • Posts, tweets, check-ins, photos, videos and activities • Stays up to date effortlessly SEARCH AND EXPLORE • Powerful search and explore (keyword, people, places, tags) • Group and bookmark moments with ‘Events’ • Navigate by calendar or day, month and year timelines RELIVE AND REDISCOVER • Moments are grouped by day on a unified timeline • Browse by day, month, year and ‘on this day’ timelines • Summaries to relive and remember at a glance SHARE THE MOMENTS THAT MATTER • Share moments and day summaries • Share beautiful photo grids and notes • Export data as plain text (Premium) SAFE AND SECURE • Passcode and TouchID Protection (Premium) • Local & iCloud Backup & Restore • Local Media Storage - - - - - - - - - - - - Supported Feeds - - - - - - - - - - - - • Facebook posts, photos and videos • Twitter tweets • Instagram photos and video • Flickr photos • Swarm check-ins • Spotify saved tracks • Medium stories • Goodreads reading history, rating and reviews • RSS & Atom web feeds Capture and view 365 days of feed activity for free! Unlimited historic feed activity is available as part of Momento Premium. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Momento Premium & Premium Gold - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Upgrade to access exclusive ‘Premium only’ features including: • Unlimited Feed History • Export • Hourly Feed Updates • Passcode / TouchID / FaceID Protection • Add Multiple Photos to moments • Themes • Formatting Momento Premium Gold is for the dedicated user who would like to contribute more towards ongoing development of Momento and provides access to Priority Support. Momento Premium and Momento Premium Gold is an auto-renewing subscription. Momento will automatically charge your iTunes Account at the end of your subscription or free trial period unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of your current period. You can turn off auto-renew at any time and still receive full functionality until the end of your current period, but no refunds can be provided for unused portions of the subscription. Subscriptions can be managed and auto-renewal can be turned off by going to Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited if any subscription in Momento is otherwise purchased. Subscriptions cannot be shared using Family Sharing. If you have previously purchased Momento Premium or any of the individual features through our previous in-app purchase options, you can use the 'Restore Purchases' option in the 'Premium' settings screen to restore access. Prices will vary depending on your iTunes Account settings. Full terms and conditions can be found at https://momentoapp.com/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Diary, Journal, Notes at 4.7 against Momento's 4.1. Diary, Journal, Notes also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (70% vs 49%). Momento'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
Both are free to download. Diary, Journal, Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per year and Momento sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Diary, Journal, Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Diary, Journal, Notes has 4.5K ratings behind it against 878, 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 49% of Momento's.
Diary, Journal, Notes ships an update weekly, Momento every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Diary, Journal, Notes | Momento |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (4.5K ratings) — better | 4.1 (878 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.1% of reviews — better | 48.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.5K — better | 878 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Abhishek Kumar | d3i Ltd |
Customer experience
Diary, Journal, Notes
Momento
User reviews
Diary, Journal, Notes
From 4.5K App Store ratingsWhat 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
Momento
From 878 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 📝 Great for journaling
- 🌄 Integrates social media feeds
- 🗓️ Helpful timeline and memories
- 🔒 Secure with passcode/Touch ID
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔒 Passcode/lock feature behind paywall
- 💰 Subscription model, not one-time purchase
- 🔄 Unreliable social media feed integration
- 🗓️ Issues with changing date/time of entries
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
Momento
Reported bugs
4 issues- Facebook and Instagram feeds not working
- Photos disappearing from old entries
- Backup and restore functionality issues
- Inconsistent behavior when changing dates
Requested features
6 requests- Add text formatting options (bold, italic, etc.)
- Ability to print or export journal entries
- Sync across devices (iPhone, iPad, desktop)
- Customizable color themes and appearance
- Option to selectively share entries with others
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- Improved location and time zone handling
In-app purchases
Diary, Journal, Notes
- Diaro Pro 1 Year$8.991 Year
- Diaro PRO$39.99
Momento
- Momento Premium (Monthly)1 Month trial$3.491 Month
- Momento Premium$14.991 Year
- Momento Premium Gold$37.991 Year
- Lock Code$0.99
- Multiple Photos$1.99
- Additional 3 Feeds$2.99
Questions
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