Usage Log vs Year Progress Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Usage Log
Track your daily iPhone usage and receive reminders to take breaks, helping to protect your eyesight. It's also a useful tool for parents monitoring their children's screen time.
- Track daily iPhone usage
- Monitor screen time
- Receive relaxation reminders
- Parental monitoring
- Data saved locally on iPhone
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Usage Log will let you know how long you spend on your iPhone everyday. Usage Log will let you know when you or someone has used your iPhone. Usage Log will remind you to relax when you have been playing with your iPhone for the preset time interval to protect your eyesight. Usage Log will be useful for your life. Usage Log will also be helpful for parents who want to know how often their children are using their iPhone. PRIVACY STATEMENT: All the data collected by Usage Log will only be saved on your iPhone, and will be deleted permanently with the app. You can access the data by copying the three data files via iTunes.
Year Progress Diary
Visualize your daily habits and time with a minimalist dot grid. Track your progress, maintain streaks, and stay intentional with a distraction-free digital planner. Perfect for mindfulness and goal tracking.
- Visual habit tracking
- Minimalist daily planner
- Streak motivation
- Year in pixels logging
- Custom reminders
- Privacy-focused, no account needed
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See your year, one day at a time. 365 Dots turns the year into a simple grid. Add a note, mood, category, and score to a day, then watch the year take shape. • Year at a glance — See days passed, days ahead, and your progress through the year. • Daily check-ins — Capture a thought, mood, or category in a few taps. • Life in weeks — Zoom out to a grid of weeks for a broader view of time. • Week and month views — Revisit entries, events, and streaks. • Yearly insights — Look back on your logging patterns, moods, categories, and meaningful days. • Reminders and widget — Set an optional check-in reminder and keep your progress close with a Home Screen widget. • Personalize — Choose a theme, search past entries, and export your data. Some themes and features may require an optional subscription. Check the app for current plan details. Make each dot count. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vS7CIsms1Gq-7mHP7Z-Cw6_0xqL9Ptd-cc4M6HlYRsQ/edit?usp=sharing
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Year Progress Diary at 100% against Usage Log's 29%. Year Progress Diary also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4). Usage Log's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. Year Progress Diary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Usage Log asks for nothing beyond the download.
Year Progress Diary holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Usage Log has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Usage Log's written reviews are positive against 100% of Year Progress Diary's.
Usage Log ships an update every 3 months, Year Progress Diary every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 22, 2026.
| Parameter | Usage Log | Year Progress Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 志明 丁 | Fenuku Kekeli |
Customer experience
Usage Log
Year Progress Diary
In-app purchases
Usage Log
No in-app purchases
Year Progress Diary
- All Access for a week7 Days trial$2.997 Days
- All Access for a year7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- All Access for Lifetime$59.99
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