Comparison

MemoTaro vs Home Screen Widget Notes

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Home Screen Widget Notes

Organize your thoughts and ideas into customizable tabs for easy management. Add images, count characters, and secure your notes with a password lock. Export your data as a text file.

Highlights
  • Home screen widget
  • Unlimited tabs and memos
  • Character count
  • Attach up to four images per note
  • Change background color
  • Password lock
  • Export note data as text file
Features
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It's a tab notes app! you can swipe to switch tabs! You can manage your notes in your favorite categories: diary, work, wants, class notes, hobbies, etc. - About Features Home screen widget. Create an unlimited number of tabs. Register an unlimited number of memos. Count character. Attach up to four images per note Change background color. Choose from 21 theme colors. export note data as text file.

Screenshots

MemoTaro4 screens
Home Screen Widget Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Home Screen Widget Notes at none against MemoTaro's 1. MemoTaro's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MemoTaro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Home Screen Widget Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for MemoTaro against 4.8 for Home Screen Widget Notes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 22 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MemoTaro ships an update every 9 days, Home Screen Widget Notes monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
MemoTaro versus Home Screen Widget Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemoTaroHome Screen Widget Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (13 ratings) — better4.8 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews—78.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1322 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMasashi SasaokaApp Palette LLC

Customer experience

MemoTaro

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Home Screen Widget Notes

All ratings22 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral13.0%
Negative8.7%

Bugs and requests

MemoTaro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Home Screen Widget Notes

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Typing lag after update
  • Deleting one character deletes two
  • Long notes only partially displayed
  • Widget issues (not selectable, not displaying)
  • Last line of some notes not displayed
Show 6 more
  • White border on widget
  • Cannot input '0' in password
  • Cannot paste text from other apps
  • Paste on URL requires a trick
  • Home screen widget large size not reflecting
  • Last line of some notes not displayed (editing makes it appear, but disappears when returning to list)

Requested features

30 requests
  • Bluetooth keyboard connection
  • Hide note title
  • Swipe to delete notes
  • Backup function (paid is okay)
  • Full note copy function
Show 25 more
  • Title not counted in character count
  • Option to turn off date display
  • Reduce vertical space of notes
  • Increase number of notes visible at once
  • Change text color (selected parts)
  • Change folder theme colors
  • Insert videos/videos
  • Full text copy function
  • Title that doesn't count towards character count
  • Remove borders
  • Send notes to others
  • Ad-free version (paid)
  • Backup function (paid)
  • Full text copy
  • Move deleted notes to trash folder
  • Unlimited display characters
  • Table creation function
  • Sync with Dropbox etc.
  • Table insertion
  • Fingerprint authentication
  • App history list privacy (black screen)
  • Change font size
  • Add dusty pink theme color
  • Highlight search results
  • Up/down arrows for search navigation

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MemoTaro

One-time1
  • Ad-free$1.99
None

Home Screen Widget Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MemoTaro free?
MemoTaro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Home Screen Widget Notes free?
Home Screen Widget Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MemoTaro or Home Screen Widget Notes?
MemoTaro is rated higher. MemoTaro averages 4.9 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Home Screen Widget Notes averages 4.8 from 22 ratings.
Do MemoTaro or Home Screen Widget Notes have ads?
Both MemoTaro and Home Screen Widget Notes show ads.
Which is updated more often, MemoTaro or Home Screen Widget Notes?
MemoTaro ships an update every 9 days, and Home Screen Widget Notes monthly. Most recently, MemoTaro was updated on November 2, 2026 and Home Screen Widget Notes on November 3, 2026.

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