# Memex — Your personal memory index.

> Your personal memory index. (iPhone/iPad app by Charity Bribes.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/memex/id6797143717 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Charity Bribes](https://appshunter.io/developer/843404480)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 20 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-01
- Data updated: 2026-11-10

## What is Memex?

Memex is for the line you would never open a notes app for.

One field, ready when you open the app. Nothing to decide before you write. Press send and the line is saved with its day, in the notebook shown beside the field: the one you were last in, or another with a tap.

Later, turn any notebook, topic or week into a prompt you can paste into any AI chat, with nothing leaving your device until you press Copy. With Memex Pro, every date your notes mention comes together on one screen, and the people you write about get a page of their own.

No account, and no server of ours. Your notes sync through your own iCloud.


WRITING

Every line is its own note, easy to find or move by itself.
Tap the notebook beside the field to choose another, with a topic if you want one. Type @ or # inside a note to link one.
Prefer typing? An option in Settings lets a note that starts with @ or # choose where it goes, and can keep that notebook for a set time.
Talk, and notes appear as you speak, cut where you pause. Or scan text with the camera.
On iPad, a compatible Apple Pencil opens a full page to write on.
While you write, the closest thing you wrote before can appear above the field.


MAKE A PROMPT

Start from a notebook, a topic, or the past week or month.
Pick what it is for, such as catching up, drafting a follow-up or preparing for next time.
Read the whole thing first. Names it finds are swapped out by default, and the key stays on your device.
Memex does not send your notes to any AI service. You paste the prompt where you choose.


READING

Each notebook reads as a document, grouped by day and topic. Topics cut across notebooks.
A timeline of everything, with a calendar to jump to any day.
Search your notes, or find a notebook by name, nickname or folder.
Every notebook and topic shows the notes elsewhere that mention it.
Dark, Light or System, with one Text Size setting for the app.


WITH APPLE INTELLIGENCE

On supported devices, using the model on your device. You can turn these off in Settings.

Ask a question and get an answer, with the notes it came from listed underneath.
Share a screenshot of a conversation and it comes apart into separate notes, with who said it, dated from the picture.
Suggested topics, headings over bursts of notes, and a recap you can share.


PRIVATE

Turn on Face ID and reading, search, Ask and prompts ask for it. Writing does not, in the app, on the Lock Screen, in Control Center, with Siri or on your watch.
Writing, reading, Ask and prompts work in aeroplane mode.
Export as Markdown or JSON whenever you like. Import from a file, or with our free Mac tool.


EVERYWHERE ELSE

Write from a widget, the Lock Screen, Control Center, the Action Button, Siri or Apple Watch.
Shortcuts actions to write, ask your notes or make a prompt.
Share into Memex from any app. Send a note to Apple Reminders or Apple Calendar.
Two columns on iPad. Also runs on Mac.


MEMEX PRO

One payment. Not a subscription. Everything else in Memex is free and stays that way.

Upcoming: every day and time your notes mention, on the day it means, alongside anything you set with Remind Me. Each row says how it got there and whether it will alert you. You can turn automatic alerts off.
Remind Me: hold any note and choose when it comes back.
People: a notebook you keep for someone can become their page, with where you left off, the questions you wrote down and what you settled.
Meeting briefs: where you left off and what is worth raising, on your Lock Screen as the meeting starts.
Handoff between iPhone and iPad.

Supports iPhone Duo.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Memex Pro | $14.99 | one-time |


## Is Memex safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Memex.

## Is Memex legit?

Memex 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)

### 1.1.1 — 2026-11-06

Find a notebook: Search now sits at the top of your notebook list on iPhone and at the top of the sidebar on iPad. It finds names, other names and folders.

Write with Apple Pencil: On iPad, bring Apple Pencil close and the writing card opens into a full page. Squeeze or double-tap to send. You can also spread two fingers on the card to open it, and pinch to close it straight away.

Fixed: Memex now reopens on the notebook and topic you left, and writing from a notebook no longer drops the topic. When you type @ or #, the best match sits next to the field and the list no longer runs off the screen on iPad. And on iPad, sending a note to another notebook takes the page there.

### 1.1 — 2026-11-03

Upcoming: A new screen for what's ahead. When a note mentions a day, a time or a time range, it appears on the day it means, alongside anything you set with Remind Me. Each row says how it got there and whether it will alert you, and the bell changes that. Part of Memex Pro. You can turn automatic alerts off in Settings.

Remind Me: Hold any note and choose when it comes back: in an hour, tomorrow, next week or a time you pick. Part of Memex Pro.

Light mode: Choose System, Light or Dark in Settings. The colours are redrawn with warmer greys, and notes are now pure white in dark mode and pure black in light.

One Text Size: Notes are larger, and one setting now sizes the app's text. It follows your iPhone or iPad unless you choose S to XXL.

Find a notebook: Search now sits at the top of your notebook list on iPhone and in the sidebar on iPad. It finds names, other names and folders.
Write with Apple Pencil

On iPad, bring Apple Pencil close and the writing card opens into a full page. Squeeze or double-tap to send.

Also: a person's page now leads with where you left off. Long folders show their first few notebooks, with the rest a tap away. You can turn individual Intelligence features off. And there's a new option in Settings: start a note with @ or # to choose its notebook or topic.

### 1.0.3 — 2026-10-22

Recaps, rewritten: Recaps are now short and easy to skim: a few sentences for each notebook or topic, with notebooks and topics shown inline and the main point in bold. Each one is checked against your notes, and a sentence naming a person, place, number or date that isn't in your notes is left out.

Recap your day, week or month: Tap All notebooks on the Timeline to recap today, the past week or the past month. Topics can be recapped now too.

See where it's mentioned: Tap a notebook or topic's name to see the other notes that mention it. A yellow count appears beside the name when there are new ones.

Also: the notebook menu is now the same on iPhone and iPad. Hold a note to copy it. Recent no longer disappears from your notebook list depending on where you last wrote. The home screen widget now keeps the notebook you choose. And Promptly opens on Mac again.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-10-12

Write from the Lock Screen: Add the new Promptly widget to your Lock Screen and one tap opens straight to writing, keyboard up. It takes the colour of your clock.

Bold and italic: Tap a note, select some words and choose Format, or press ⌘B or ⌘I. You can also type **like this**. Your notes show the formatting, never the asterisks.

Line numbers and bullets: Turn them on in Settings › Reading › Lines: a number for every line and a bullet for every note, both kept faint so they never compete with what you wrote. Numbers start again each day.

Recent notebooks on iPad and Apple Watch: The iPad sidebar now has the same Recent section as your iPhone, and the watch offers the same notebooks in the same order. On iPad, tap the heading to fold it away.

More room on iPad: Titles now sit in the top bar instead of a row of their own, so every screen shows more of your notes. Topics now has a title too.

Also: on iPad, the keyboard stays down when you finish editing a note. And, iPhone Duo is now supported.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-10-03

Renaming a topic no longer leaves the old one behind, and moving a notebook no longer leaves a copy in the old folder, on any of your devices. Settings can merge the duplicates you already have.

Swipe back to your notebooks on iPhone.

Also: more room in the jot bar, no more hang in Settings on Mac, and a clearer mark where a new note lands on iPad.

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