MemoTaro vs NoteToScreen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MemoTaro
Securely store your notes with a password lock and biometric authentication. Easily organize, edit, and share your memos with intuitive drag-and-drop and swipe gestures. Find information quickly with powerful search and customize your viewing experience with font settings.
- Password lock with Touch ID/Face ID
- Drag-and-drop memo organization
- Swipe to delete notes
- Direct sharing to messages, mail, social media
- Memo search and character search
- Customizable font size and color
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MemoTaro is a memo app with ease of operation, utility, password lock function. Compatible with Touch ID / Face ID. ◆ Password lock function: · Password lock can be selected. · When lock setting is done, it will be locked when in the background etc so it is safe. Compatible with Touch ID / Face ID. ◆ Editing function: · Movement of memo is possible by drag & drop. Deleting notes can also be done with swipe, and operability is simplified. · Because you can lock the edits, if you keep the important memo locked, you can prevent mistakes that you accidentally erase. · Selective deletion, all deletion function is also installed ◆ Activity function: · Functions that can post directly to messages, mail, LINE, Twitter etc. ◆ Search refinement function: · It is also possible to narrow down the target memo and display it by entering a search word. ◆ Character search function on the edit screen: ・Even if you write a lot of notes, it is easy to find where you wrote it. ◆ Font setting: The font size and font color (select from black and gray) of the list screen and memo edit screen can be changed. * The maximum number of characters that can be entered in one memo is 100,000 (6.0 or later). * When you delete an application, the saved memo data will be deleted. * If the password becomes unknown, third parties can not invalidate the lock, so please be careful when managing the setting. ◆ Note: Ads will be hidden if you pay.
NoteToScreen
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NoteToScreen lets you quickly and easily bring your paper notes to the screen. They're saved in secure online notebooks, so you can access them from anywhere. You can have your notebooks' text made searchable, and you can even collaborate with others on notebooks, with live commenting and chat functionality. This app works with a NoteToScreen account, which is free and can be made from within the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NoteToScreen at none against MemoTaro's 1. NoteToScreen also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). MemoTaro's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 32 months). On price 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. MemoTaro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NoteToScreen asks for nothing beyond the download.
MemoTaro ships an update every 9 days, NoteToScreen every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on August 11, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MemoTaro | NoteToScreen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (13 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 32 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masashi Sasaoka | PromptBit LLC |
In-app purchases
MemoTaro
- Ad-free$1.99
NoteToScreen
No in-app purchases









