Private Notes and Secret Diary vs Private Notes.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Private Notes and Secret Diary
Securely store and manage your private notes with password protection. Keep personal details safe from prying eyes on your device, even when sharing with others.
- Password protection for notes
- Secure storage of personal details
- Create simple notes
- Share device while keeping notes secure
- Prevent unauthorized access
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Free for limited time This is a best solution for your privacy ** THE BEST NOTE LOCK APP EVER **. Provides functionality for creating simple notes and keeping these notes secure by requiring a password to be entered before any note can be viewed or edited. Allows you to share your iPhone with others and still keep your notes secure. Great for storing all of your personal details, pin numbers etc on your device without the risk that someone might get access.
Private Notes.
Securely store your personal thoughts, ideas, and text with a passcode or biometric authentication. This app offers intuitive text editing tools and a straightforward interface for organizing timestamped notes.
- Biometric and passcode security
- Intuitive copy/paste/cut
- Text formatting (underline, bold, italic)
- Timestamped notes
- Straightforward user interface
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Have personal notes you would like to keep secret? Look no further. With this app you can safely secure personal thoughts, ideas or any text with with Apple’s touch/Face ID or a passcode. FEATURES: -Intuitive copy/paste/cut functions are at your disposal. -Underline, embolden or change any word in italic. -Straight forward user interface allows you to quickly organize your timestamped notes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Private Notes. at none against Private Notes and Secret Diary's 1. Private Notes. also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months). Private Notes and Secret Diary's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (38% vs 14%). On price 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. Private Notes and Secret Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Private Notes. asks for nothing beyond the download.
Private Notes and Secret Diary ships an update every 10 months, Private Notes. every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Private Notes and Secret Diary | Private Notes. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 38.5% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tigran Mkhitaryan | WALABOK LLC |
Customer experience
Private Notes and Secret Diary
Private Notes.
In-app purchases
Private Notes and Secret Diary
- Remove Ads$1.99
Private Notes.
No in-app purchases
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