Comparison

MemoTaro vs Only Birthdays

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

Only Birthdays

Easily track all your important dates with this app. Get timely reminders for birthdays and see how many days are left until the event. It offers a clean interface with light and dark modes, plus curated gift suggestions.

Highlights
  • Birthday tracking
  • Contact import
  • Customizable reminders
  • Days until birthday display
  • Age calculation
  • Gift ideas
  • Light and dark modes
Features
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Track the birthdays of your contacts and get reminders. Display days until a birthday, and the age of your friends and family. Import from contacts. Import and export from files. Light mode and dark mode. Hot gift ideas curated frequently. No ads, no subscriptions!

Screenshots

MemoTaro4 screens
Only Birthdays4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Only Birthdays at none against MemoTaro's 1. Only Birthdays also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). MemoTaro's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MemoTaro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Only Birthdays asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MemoTaro holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MemoTaro ships an update every 9 days, Only Birthdays every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
MemoTaro versus Only Birthdays: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemoTaroOnly Birthdays
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (13 ratings) — better4.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMasashi SasaokaDDGA Ltd.

Customer experience

MemoTaro

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

Only Birthdays

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MemoTaro

One-time1
  • Ad-free$1.99
None

Only Birthdays

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MemoTaro free?
MemoTaro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Only Birthdays free?
Only Birthdays is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MemoTaro or Only Birthdays?
MemoTaro is rated higher. MemoTaro averages 4.9 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Only Birthdays averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do MemoTaro or Only Birthdays have ads?
MemoTaro shows ads; Only Birthdays does not.
Which is updated more often, MemoTaro or Only Birthdays?
MemoTaro ships an update every 9 days, and Only Birthdays every 3 weeks. Most recently, MemoTaro was updated on November 2, 2026 and Only Birthdays on November 3, 2026.

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