Chat Memo vs My Message
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chat Memo
A straightforward note-taking app designed for intuitive, one-line entries. It offers widget support for home screen access, character counting, and easy line-by-line copying. The app prioritizes a clean, ad-free experience for efficient memo management.
- One-line memo registration
- Widget support
- Character counting
- Line-by-line selection and copying
- Passcode protection
- Image registration
- Strike-through for TODO lists
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Simple memo application. It is easy to use intuitively, writing one line at a time. Widget support allows you to put notes on your home screen. You can count the number of characters. You can select and copy notes line by line, so you can use it as a copy and paste book. There are no advertisements, and ease of use is our top priority. This is the author's own personal memo application. Features You can register memos one line at a time. The image can be registered. You can also use it as a TODO application because you can use a strike-through line. You can also delete one line at a time. You can also delete them all at once, so it's easy. You can select and copy one line at a time. A passcode can be set. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
My Message
This app sends messages to yourself as reminders for memos, to-dos, or future notes. Enable notifications to receive these self-messages directly on your device.
- Self-messaging reminders
- Memos and to-do lists
- Future messages
- Notification delivery
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A new reminder app that sends a message to yourself. You will receive a message from yourself. You can use it in various ways, such as memos, TODO, and messages to yourself in the future. If you turn on the notification permission, you can get messages by notification.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Chat Memo at none against My Message's shown. Chat Memo also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). My Message's advantage is update cadence (daily vs weekly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Chat Memo against 4.3 for My Message. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Chat Memo's written reviews are positive against 83% of My Message's.
Chat Memo ships an update weekly, My Message daily. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chat Memo | My Message |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (9 ratings) | 4.3 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Naoyuki Rikiji | kazuhiro aonuma |
Customer experience
Chat Memo
My Message
In-app purchases
Chat Memo
No in-app purchases
My Message
No in-app purchases
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