Comparison

Dayly 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

Dayly

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Dayly is your beautifully simple personal journal — designed to help you remember every moment that matters. Whether you're reflecting on your day, capturing a memory, or building a daily writing habit, Dayly gives you the tools to preserve life's moments with rich context — photos, GPS location, weather, and more. WRITE FREELY Create journal entries with ease. Dayly's clean, distraction-free editor lets you focus on what matters — your thoughts. Write as much or as little as you want, whenever inspiration strikes. RICH MEMORIES Go beyond words. Attach photos from your gallery or capture them directly with your camera. Every image adds depth and context to your entries, turning simple notes into vivid memories. LOCATION & ADDRESS Tag entries with your GPS coordinates and street address automatically. Months or years later, you'll remember exactly where you were and what the day felt like. WEATHER TRACKING Dayly captures the temperature, humidity, and weather conditions for each entry. A rainy afternoon or a sunny morning — these small details bring your memories to life. CALENDAR VIEW Browse your journal history with a beautiful calendar view. See at a glance which days you've written on and navigate effortlessly through your timeline. FAVORITES Mark your most meaningful entries as favorites for quick access. Your best memories are always just a tap away. PRIVATE & SECURE Your journal is yours alone. Protect your entries with a passcode lock so your most personal thoughts stay private. CLOUD SYNC WITH DROPBOX Never lose a memory. Sync your journal across all your devices with Dropbox. Backup, restore, and access your entries anywhere. DAYLY PRO Unlock the full journaling experience: - Unlimited photo attachments per entry - Location address lookup - Weather tracking for entries - Dropbox cloud sync across devices - Passcode lock for privacy - Ad-free experience Choose the plan that works for you — Monthly, Yearly (save 50%), or Lifetime access. Start your journaling journey today. Download Dayly and remember every moment. TERMS OF USE: This app uses Apple’s standard End User License Agreement (EULA), available here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

My Diary

Safeguard your personal thoughts, memories, and life events with a secure digital journal. Add photos, mood emojis, and organize entries with tags and powerful search. Protect your privacy with PIN and fingerprint locks.

Highlights
  • Secure PIN and fingerprint lock
  • Add photos and mood emojis
  • Powerful search and filtering
  • Daily writing reminders
  • Customizable UI colors and fonts
  • Backup and restore functionality
Features
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Preserve your special memories, store personal moments & memories or keep track of your memories and life with help of this app. Secret ideas, thoughts and moments should always remain secret and a private diary should always be intimate, beautiful and safe. My Personal Diary - Journal gives powerful search functions is available to help you find diary entries by any keyword in the title or text/notes and filter results by date, tags. My Diary - Notes, Journal App Feature: - Keep your all moments, notes and ideas saved with you - Daily reminder to write your diary or journal - Add photos from your gallery or add a mood emoji to each entry and express your emotions easily! - Lock & protect your personal/private diary entries with a PIN code - Finger lock for app also supported - Attach & store unlimited amount of photos memories in your my diary app - Personalize UI with different UI colors & Themes and various font styles - Powerful search and filter functions (Dates, Tags & title/notes) - Easy to save & share your moments, life events - Use this diary app to make your own personal journal of daily events, appointments, secrets and feelings. - Select your journey images to keep all-time with you - Settings - Backup & Restore and make colorful memories with appearance Disclaimer: My Diary - Notes, Journal app allows to take backup into local device and iCloud. Local Backups are stored in your device only we don’t use it or upload into server. And iCloud backups are uploaded into your drive only

Screenshots

Dayly4 screens
My Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: My Diary at 3 against Dayly's —. My Diary also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Dayly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and My Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Dayly versus My Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaylyMy Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 9 days
Ads—No
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
Devices—iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMiciniti Technologiessandip paghadar

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Dayly

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$29.99
1 purchases

My Diary

One-time1
  • Ads Free version$6.99

Questions

Is Dayly free?
Dayly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My Diary free?
My Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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