# Memex – AI Markdown Canvas — Notes, AI chat & Apple Pencil

> Notes, AI chat & Apple Pencil (iPhone/iPad app by Alex Morris.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/memex-ai-markdown-canvas/id6758204977 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Alex Morris](https://appshunter.io/developer/1871426979)
- Category: Productivity
- Price: Free
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 35 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-05-30
- Data updated: 2026-10-16

## What is Memex?

Memex puts your Markdown notes and PDFs on an infinite canvas, with an AI chat that reads them. Any document can sit on the canvas as a live, readable card. Arrange and connect your cards, write around them with Apple Pencil, and ask the chat about what you have gathered.

ON THE CANVAS
- Markdown documents render as live cards, not links
- PDFs sit on the canvas as cards showing their first page
- Draw arrows between cards and gather them into groups
- Handwrite and sketch next to your typed notes with Apple Pencil
- On iOS 27, search finds your handwriting as well as your typed notes
- Push cards to another canvas as your thinking changes
- Type @ to link to anything in your library, or @here to link the spot you are on
- Add text, code blocks, tables, images and embeds

CHAT WITH YOUR NOTES
- Add a card, a whole document or a PDF to the chat, or type straight in
- Ask about your notes in plain words
- Put any reply back on your canvas as a card
- The chat is there on canvases, documents and PDFs

MAKE IMAGES
- Select typed text, or handwriting on iOS 27, and tap Make image
- The picture lands on your canvas and in your library

YOUR FILES STAY YOURS
- Documents and canvases are plain files in your iCloud Drive, visible in the Files app
- No Memex account, no lock-in
- The AI sees only what you add to the chat. Your messages and that context go through our server, which stores none of it, to OpenAI via OpenRouter

BUILT FOR IPAD AND APPLE PENCIL
Memex is designed for iPad first, with Pencil writing directly on the canvas. It also runs on iPhone and Mac.

ONE SUBSCRIPTION
One Memex subscription unlocks the complete app, including 500 AI credits a month: a chat message uses 1 credit and an image uses 10. Credits reset on the 1st of each month (UTC) and don't roll over. Take the hands-on welcome tour, then try the chat with 5 free messages before you subscribe. Eligible new subscribers get a 7-day free trial. Choose $9.95 monthly or $79.99 yearly. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in your Apple Account settings.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Is Memex safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Memex.

## Is Memex legit?

Memex – AI Markdown Canvas appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Memex is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.1 — 2026-10-16

Memex 3.1 brings AI to your canvas, and works without iCloud.

- Chat with your notes: add a card, a document or a PDF and ask, then put the reply back on your canvas
- PDFs on the canvas, as cards showing their first page
- Make image: turn typed text or handwriting into a picture
- No iCloud Drive? Keep your library on this device instead
- Files with the same name in different folders now open correctly
- A hands-on welcome tour on a real canvas: ask the AI, connect your notes and make a picture
- New subscription prices: $9.95 a month or $79.99 a year, each with 500 AI credits a month. If you already subscribe, your price stays the same

### 2.4 — 2026-10-02

Small fixes and improvements to subscriptions.

### 2.3 — 2026-10-01

Memex 2.3 is faster and keeps you in the app.

- Web links open in a built-in browser, so you can read and come straight back to your notes
- Your open document tabs come back after you relaunch Memex
- Less CPU use while idle and less memory on large canvases
- Faster moving and organizing in your library on Mac
- Files deleted outside Memex no longer linger in your library

### 2.1 — 2026-10-01

Memex 2.1 is all about the canvas.

- Canvas changes sync more reliably when a canvas is open on more than one device
- Smoother panning with a mouse or trackpad in Hand mode on Mac
- Faster startup with large libraries
- Fixed a slowdown when scrolling long Markdown notes with touch

### 2.0.0 — 2026-09-28

Memex 2.0 adds a five-screen story about Maya connecting clues in a report to explain a puzzling change. Explore her report for free, then bring your own sources into a private library for reading, listening, notes, and Canvas connections.

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