Comparison

MemoTaro vs 时光日记本

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

时光日记本

Features
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这是一款简单无广告的笔记本应用

Screenshots

MemoTaro4 screens
时光日记本3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 时光日记本 at none against MemoTaro's 1. 时光日记本 also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). MemoTaro's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 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. 时光日记本 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MemoTaro ships an update every 9 days, 时光日记本 every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
MemoTaro versus 时光日记本: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemoTaro时光日记本
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (13 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMasashi Sasaoka文坚 谢

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MemoTaro

One-time1
  • Ad-free$1.99
None

时光日记本

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MemoTaro free?
MemoTaro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 时光日记本 free?
时光日记本 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MemoTaro or 时光日记本 have ads?
MemoTaro shows ads; 时光日记本 does not.
Which is updated more often, MemoTaro or 时光日记本?
MemoTaro ships an update every 9 days, and 时光日记本 every 5 weeks. Most recently, MemoTaro was updated on November 2, 2026 and 时光日记本 on October 30, 2026.

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