Private Notes and Secret Diary vs MyNotes
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.
MyNotes
Securely store your thoughts, memories, and dreams with this private notebook app. Protect your entries with a password and add various media types like photos, videos, and recordings. Enjoy seamless syncing across all your devices.
- Password protection
- Cloud backup and sync
- Add photos, videos, and recordings
- Create to-do lists
- Tagging system
- Fake passcode option
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MyNotes is a secure notes which is a new special place for your thoughts, memories, dreams! This app will be hidden from strangers' eyes and securely protected by a password. Take notes, add photos, videos, recordings, files, create todo list . All your notes are instantly synced across your devices and to the cloud. Features - Cloud Backup - Cloud Sync between your devices - Add Photos, Videos, Recordings, Files and TODO List - Tags - Passcode - Fake Passcode _ Backup & Recovery Privacy Policy: https://www.bytecrazy.com/common_privacy_en.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MyNotes at 4.7 against Private Notes and Secret Diary's 3.9. MyNotes also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (46 vs 8). Private Notes and Secret Diary's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, ads 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
Both are free to download. Private Notes and Secret Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and MyNotes sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MyNotes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyNotes has 46 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Private Notes and Secret Diary's written reviews are positive against 40% of MyNotes's.
Private Notes and Secret Diary ships an update every 10 months, MyNotes every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Private Notes and Secret Diary | MyNotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (8 ratings) | 4.7 (46 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.5% of reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 46 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tigran Mkhitaryan | Heyou Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Private Notes and Secret Diary
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In-app purchases
Private Notes and Secret Diary
- Remove Ads$1.99
MyNotes
- MyNotes Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Year
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