Timestamp & Memo vs Chronote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timestamp & Memo
Effortlessly log your activities with a single tap. Record important notes alongside your timestamps for various tasks like jogging, studying, or meals. This app is ideal for quick record-keeping on the go and allows data export.
- One-tap timestamp creation
- Add notes to entries
- Log various activities (jogging, study, meals)
- Data export to CSV
- Convenient for on-the-go users
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Never wonder where your day went again. Timestamp & Memo is the simplest way to record what you're doing throughout the day. Just tap a button and save the moment. Perfect for: • Personal productivity tracking • ADHD daily logging • Study sessions • Work records • Meal tracking • Health and symptom tracking • Construction and field work logs • Life journaling No complicated setup. No timers. No projects. Just open the app and record. # Why people love Timestamp & Memo - Record events instantly - Add notes later - See your day as a timeline - Export to CSV - Extremely simple and lightweight Many users use Timestamp & Memo as a personal life log to understand how they spend their time every day.
Chronote
Capture thoughts and events instantly with automatic timestamps. Organize your notes chronologically by custom topics for easy review. Perfect for journaling, activity logging, and idea tracking.
- Automatic timestamps on every note
- Chronological timeline view
- Customizable topics for organization
- Quick and clean note entry
- Ideal for journaling and activity logging
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Never forget when it happened. Chronote captures your thoughts instantly — with automatic timestamps on every note. Quick, clean, and chronological: perfect for journaling moments, logging activities, tracking ideas, or building a reliable daily log. Jot down anything in seconds: a fleeting idea, meeting takeaway, symptom, habit, or random memory. Chronote adds the exact date & time automatically — no manual entry needed. Review your notes in a beautiful timeline view, organized by time and grouped into custom topics. Whether you're reflecting on life, documenting projects, or simply never wanting to wonder "when did I write that?", Chronote keeps your thoughts dated, organized, and always accessible.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chronote at 5.0 against Timestamp & Memo's 4.4. Chronote also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). Timestamp & Memo's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (53 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Chronote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timestamp & Memo has 53 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Timestamp & Memo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Chronote's.
Timestamp & Memo ships an update every 4 weeks, Chronote every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timestamp & Memo | Chronote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (53 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | masato nakamura | Martin Pietrowski |
Customer experience
Timestamp & Memo
Chronote
In-app purchases
Timestamp & Memo
No in-app purchases
Chronote
No in-app purchases
