Photo Note vs Messame
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Photo Note
Easily add and edit notes directly to your photos. Search and filter your image reminders by note content, ensuring you never lose the context of your visual notes. Metadata is also accessible and can be copied.
- Add/edit notes directly from Camera/Photos apps
- View notes and metadata from supported apps
- Copy photo metadata to clipboard
- Browse gallery with note previews
- Search photos by note content
- Notes embedded in photo metadata
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Photo Note is an iOS app designed for iPhone and iPad devices. How often do you take a photo as reminder at a store or of something nice you see, but when the time comes to use it you forget the context and details of that reminder? Well, no more. With Photo Note you can add a note to any photo on your local device. Photo Note lets you add a note to a photo on your local device's photo library. Using the app’s clean, simple and intuitive interface, you can browse the photo library and albums, viewing and editing the photos’ notes. You can also search and filter the photos by the content of the notes. In addition, the Details screen shows the metadata information of the photo. Features: * Add & Edit a photo’s note directly from the built-in Camera and Photos apps * View photo’s note and metadata from any supported app on your device * Copy the photo’s metadata to the device’s pasteboard so you can paste it in other supported apps (for example, Mail) * Browse through your photo gallery to see the note preview of each photo * Search for note using the search bar in Album view ** Important ** Photo Note saves its note within the photo itself, embedded in the photo’s metadata. This means that the note remains intact even if the app is uninstalled or if the photo is transferred to another device with its metadata (for example, using AirDrop). Keep in mind that your note will be deleted if you revert the photo to its original state using the built-in Photos app.
Messame
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Level up your note taking - save links, PDFs, photos, videos, links, phone numbers and files. All of the notes are categorized by date and are shown in messaging application kind of view. Messame has multiple features to make it quick to create and read notes. You can sort your notes to topics, lock your topics using Face ID or Touch ID, customize the looks to your preferences, take quick notes from lockscreen widgets and much more! Start messaging yourself now with Messame.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Photo Note at none against Messame's 1. Photo Note also leads on iOS requirement (9.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Messame sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Photo Note asks for nothing beyond the download.
Photo Note ships an update every 3 months, Messame every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Photo Note | Messame |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 9.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Doron Mizrahi | Picture It |
In-app purchases
Photo Note
No in-app purchases
Messame
- Unlimited topics$3.99









