Memos vs FairyScanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Memos
Record audio while simultaneously taking highlighted notes and inserting pictures. Easily edit recordings and manage files with classification. This app is ideal for capturing important moments like interviews, meetings, and lectures.
- Record audio with highlighted notes
- Insert and browse multiple pictures
- Edit recordings easily
- File classification management
- Customizable skins
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Audionote, an app that enable you to insert comments and pictures during recording. It’s the indispensable tool to easily record your important moments like interviews, meetings, classes, lectures etc. Features: 1. Take highlighted notes during recording 2. Edit the recording easily 3. Insert and browse multiple pictures 4. Various skins are available 5. File classification management
FairyScanner
Instantly convert text from images or documents into editable digital text. This tool utilizes AI for accurate recognition and can even read the extracted text aloud in multiple languages. It's designed for quick, comfortable use without any ads.
- AI text and voice technology
- Instant picture and literacy
- Accurate, editable text recognition
- Proofreading capabilities
- AI voice conversion
- Multi-language support and pronunciation
- Ad-free experience
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The product is derived from a personal need in real life: quickly and accurately transfer large paragraphs of text on the page or picture to the mobile phone for editing, and then expand to read them with AI voice... [Function highlights] AI support, the latest AI text and voice technology, instant picture and literacy; Accurate recognition, editable, easy proofreading, easy voice conversion; Support multiple languages and pronunciation; It is easy to use and can be used in one minute; No embedded advertising, comfortable to use. [Our other products] *Light Diary - extremely private personal diary [Contact us] For any questions, please contact QQ 371374487
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Memos at 434 against FairyScanner's 30. FairyScanner's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $2.99). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence 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
Memos costs $2.99 and FairyScanner $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Memos against 4.5 for FairyScanner. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Memos has 434 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Memos's written reviews are positive against 83% of FairyScanner's.
Memos ships an update every 2 months, FairyScanner every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Memos | FairyScanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (434 ratings) — better | 4.5 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.8% of reviews — better | 82.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 434 — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 莉 朱 | 浩 刘 |
Customer experience
Memos
FairyScanner
Bugs and requests
Memos
Reported bugs
3 issues- Recordings not saving properly
- Inability to delete individual recordings
- Crashing when trying to add photos
Requested features
5 requests- Add dark mode theme
- Allow editing of recorded file titles
- Integrate with cloud storage services
- Improve photo/video integration
- Add playback speed controls
FairyScanner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Memos
No in-app purchases
FairyScanner
No in-app purchases
