Comparison

Pinbox vs Moe Memos

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

Head to head
About

Pinbox

A cross-platform content collection tool to centralize scattered information. It helps users record ideas, save articles, and manage web content for personal learning and reading. It also supports sharing and viewing public content.

Highlights
  • Content collection and management
  • Bookmark organization
  • Idea and inspiration capture
  • Private, encrypted collections
  • Link, image, and text saving
  • Automated management workflows
  • User-shared content community
Features
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深受用户喜爱的跨平台收藏工具,受到极客公园、扩展迷、IT 之家、科研利器、锋潮测评室推荐。 将散落各地的内容集中在一处,您可以用它来记录灵感,稍后阅读,保存资料甚至网络上的任何内容。 Pinbox 是帮助您个人学习和阅读的效率工具,同时也支持分享和查看公开的优质内容。 Pinbox 适合用来做什么? - 稍后阅读 - 碎片信息的收藏和管理,海量信息筛选的第一道关口,收藏消化后转移到笔记工具 - 书签管理 - 通过收藏集和标签对常用链接进行管理 - 创意灵感收集 - 随时以文本的形式记录一些创意和灵感,并且支持 Markdown - 记录秘密 - 通过加密收藏集设置只有自己能访问的私密空间 Pinbox 特色功能 - 简洁、快速、保护隐私,界面干净清爽,没有花里胡哨的功能 - 支持链接、图片、文本收藏 - 通过流程实现自动化管理 - 用户主动分享维护的优质内容社区,聚集各行各业优质资源 - 个性化的 UI 主题、显示模式、布局等 - 加密收藏集,打造私密空间 - 保护隐私,不追踪,不打扰 - 赋能教育,服务社会,免费提供教育版套餐 联系邮箱:service@withpinbox.com

About

Moe Memos

Capture thoughts and ideas quickly with this app. It offers both local on-device storage and synchronization with a self-hosted server. Enjoy offline functionality, rich media support, and robust organization tools.

Highlights
  • Quick idea capture
  • Local or self-hosted server sync
  • Offline functionality
  • Markdown support
  • Save images, videos, and files
  • Tagging and search organization
  • Progress graph visualization
Features
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Moe Memos is an app to help you capture thoughts and ideas. You can use Moe Memos with either a self-hosted Memos server or locally on your device. Features: - Write memos like tweeting to yourself - Use local on-device storage or sync with your own Memos server - Fully functional offline and automatically pushes data when back online - Extended Markdown support - Save images, videos, files and Journaling Suggestions - Organize and find memos with tags, pinning, and search - View your memo activity with a progress graph - Liquid Glass, Dark Mode, and Dynamic Type support - Home screen widget for revisiting past memos - Available on iPhone and iPad - Full privacy protection, no data collection Moe Memos is a third-party client for Memos and isn't affiliated with the open source project Memos.

Screenshots

Pinbox4 screens
Moe Memos4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pinbox at 100% against Moe Memos's 74%. Pinbox also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (4.5 vs 4.1). Moe Memos's advantage is ratings volume (47 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Pinbox sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Moe Memos sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pinbox holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moe Memos has 47 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Pinbox's written reviews are positive against 74% of Moe Memos's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pinbox ships an update every 3 months, Moe Memos every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pinbox versus Moe Memos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPinboxMoe Memos
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better4.1 (47 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better73.5% of reviews
Number of ratings247 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPinco Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.宇霆 郭

Customer experience

Pinbox

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Moe Memos

All ratings47 ratings
Positive78.7%
Neutral8.5%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive73.5%
Neutral8.8%
Negative17.6%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Pinbox

One-time3
  • 一个月订阅$1.99
  • 半年订阅$7.99
  • 一年订阅$10.99
1 purchases

Moe Memos

One-time1
  • Buy me a coffee$4.99

Questions

Is Pinbox free?
Pinbox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Moe Memos free?
Moe Memos is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pinbox or Moe Memos?
Pinbox is rated higher. Pinbox averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Moe Memos averages 4.1 from 47 ratings.
Do Pinbox or Moe Memos have ads?
Neither Pinbox nor Moe Memos shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pinbox or Moe Memos?
Pinbox ships an update every 3 months, and Moe Memos every 2 months. Most recently, Pinbox was updated on November 2, 2026 and Moe Memos on November 3, 2026.

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