Daily You vs Easy Diary
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Where they differ
- Daily You is free. Easy Diary is free.
- Daily You also covers Markdown and mood tracking.
- Easy Diary also covers dictation.
In commonFree planAndroidOpen sourceLocal-firstDaily notes
At a glance
| Daily You | Easy Diary | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| Starts at | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Free and open source under GPL-3.0, with no accounts, ads, locked features or tracking. The project takes donations through Liberapay and Buy Me a Coffee. | All features are free and without ads, as the Google Play and F-Droid listings state. The code is open source under GPL-3.0, and the author accepts donations. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Android | ||
| Made by | Demizo | Awesome Application Factory |
| Price read from | github.com | play.google.com |
| Checked | Oct 6, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Daily You
- Android users who want a diary with no account, ads or subscription
- People who want a mood recorded alongside each day's entry
- Writers who format notes in Markdown and keep their data in a folder they control
Easy Diary
- Android users who want a free diary with no ads and no paid tier
- People who prefer open-source apps and install from F-Droid
- Customizers who want many color themes and their own fonts
Worth knowing
Daily You
- Android only: releases contain Android APKs for Android 7.0 or newer, with no iOS, desktop or web build.
- There is no account or cloud service; using it on a second device relies on a folder you sync yourself or on backup and restore.
- The README offers F-Droid, IzzyOnDroid and GitHub downloads and does not mention a Google Play listing.
- Imports from other apps may not be one-to-one, because Daily You has different features.
Easy Diary
- Android only: there is no iOS, desktop or web version.
- There is no sync service; moving entries to another phone means a Google Drive backup and restore.
- The FOSS build flavor leaves out Google Mobile Services, so it has no Google Drive backup, and new features reach it later.
- The README credits the app's English text to machine translation.
Key features
Daily You
- Daily logs
- A log for each day holds thoughts, reflections or routines, and text and images can be shared into the app from other apps.
- Mood tracking
- Each log can record a mood, and a statistics page gives a view of how mood changes over time.
- Photo memories
- Pictures can be added to a day's log, and a gallery page collects the photos you have saved.
- Markdown notes
- Entries are formatted with Markdown, so headings, lists and emphasis are written as plain text.
- Random reminders
- The app can send a daily reminder at a random time as a nudge to keep writing.
- Data location and imports
- You choose where the data lives, including external storage or a folder that is synced. Settings can also import logs from other diary apps.
Easy Diary
- Writing by keyboard or voice
- Entries are created and edited with the keyboard or with voice recognition, and photos can be attached to them.
- Search, calendar and timeline
- Search highlights the matching keywords in saved entries. A calendar shows entries by day, and a timeline lists them in chronological order.
- Diary postcards
- An entry and its attached photo can be turned into a postcard image to share with friends, for example for an anniversary or a holiday greeting.
- PIN and fingerprint lock
- The app can be locked and unlocked with a personal identification number or with fingerprint recognition.
- Themes and fonts
- There are 171 color themes plus a color picker for text and background. TTF fonts copied into the app's font directory can be used as well.
- Google Drive backup and charts
- All content, including attached photos, can be backed up to and restored from your own Google Drive. Bar charts show when you write.
Plans
Daily You
Daily You$0
The complete Android app with no account, ads or locked features.
Easy Diary
Easy Diary$0
Every feature of the Android app, installed from Google Play, F-Droid or the APK on the GitHub releases page.
