BriskNote vs Mem
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BriskNote
Capture thoughts and ideas instantly with every new browser tab. This tool offers a seamless way to access your notes across web browsers, mobile apps, and the internet. It's designed for quick note-taking, bridging the gap between simple sticky notes and complex software.
- Notes on new browser tabs
- Cross-platform synchronization
- Quick idea capture
- List making
- Draft storage
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Make your life more productive with every new browser tab you open. Taking a note is as simple as opening a new tab. Access your notes across platforms - browsers, mobile apps, and the web. If you spend a good amount of time on your web browser, and you like to take quick notes, then BriskNote is for you. BriskNote is the perfect middle ground between oversimplified sticky notes and complex desktop note-taking software. BriskNote is perfect for taking notes while having conversations, jotting down spontaneous ideas, making lists, storing drafts or pieces of code, and so on. And of course, it's absolutely free!
Mem
This app acts as an AI-powered thought partner, capturing and organizing your ideas, meetings, and research. It allows you to use voice to create and edit notes, and an AI assistant can recall, summarize, and reorganize your information. It also surfaces relevant notes automatically and offers powerful search capabilities.
- Voice-to-text note creation and editing
- AI-powered summarization and recall
- Automatic organization and structuring of notes
- Intelligent surfacing of related information
- Deep search for any note
- Cross-device synchronization
- Offline access
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Mem is your personal AI agent—a chief of staff that builds a living picture of your tasks, projects, and goals, then helps you follow through. Capture notes, meetings, ideas, research, and links without stopping to organize. Mem Agent uses that context to answer questions, recall details, plan, draft, summarize, and move work forward. YOUR WORKSPACE, KEPT FOR YOU Write it down, say it out loud, record a meeting, or save it from another app. Mem keeps everything connected, searchable, and ready when you need it. ASK ANYTIME. SKIP THE BRIEFING. Mem Agent knows the context you have saved, so you can ask what matters now instead of rebuilding the backstory. Recall a detail, summarize a week of meetings, connect related ideas, draft a message, or plan the next step. PROACTIVE WORK THAT SCALES Mem automatically detects and tracks tasks and projects from the notes you create or edit. With Mem Pro, add custom routines that prepare briefings, do research, organize notes, and send scheduled reminders. Connect tools like Gmail, Slack, and Todoist so Mem can use more of your work as context. VOICE NOTES THAT STAY USEFUL Record a thought, meeting, or reminder. Mem keeps the audio and transcript together and helps turn rough input into clear, structured notes. FIND ANYTHING YOU’VE SAVED Search by topic, person, project, or a vague memory. Mem helps retrieve information even when you do not remember the exact wording. CAPTURE FROM ANYWHERE Use Share to Mem to save text, links, webpages, files, and more from other apps. Capture quickly, then return to the work in front of you. AVAILABLE ACROSS YOUR DEVICES Use Mem on iPhone, Mac, Windows, and the web. Work offline on iPhone, then sync when you are connected again. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your notes start private. Share them only when you choose. Every plan includes Mem Agent; usage limits vary by plan. Custom routines and connections require Mem Pro or higher. Trial eligibility and pricing are shown in the app. Privacy Policy: https://get.mem.ai/pages/privacy Terms of Service: https://get.mem.ai/pages/terms-of-service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mem at 4.4 against BriskNote's 3.0. Mem also leads on ratings volume (129 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). BriskNote's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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. Mem sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.00 per month. BriskNote asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mem holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mem has 129 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BriskNote ships an update weekly, Mem every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.
| Parameter | BriskNote | Mem |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 4.4 (129 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 41.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 129 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SysRestart | Mem Labs, Inc. |
Customer experience
BriskNote
Mem
Bugs and requests
BriskNote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Mem
Reported bugs
20 issues- Notes disappearing without trace or recovery option
- Bottom navigation bar covering key buttons
- Settings popup incorrectly prompts to download app already installed
- Black bar covering AI tool input field on web version
- Photos not saving or disappearing after one day
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- List formatting becomes corrupted and uneditable
- Sync failures between web and mobile versions
- Tags not linking to existing tags, only creating duplicates
- Recent search results not clickable
- Starred mems not displaying
- AI chat getting stuck and unable to respond
- Payment charged multiple times without proper plan activation
- Unable to cancel subscription (confirm button non-functional)
- Login issues across different platforms and devices
- App freezing when switching between apps
- Categories functionality inconsistent and buggy
- Pull-to-refresh gesture removed with no alternative
- Search function returning irrelevant results or no results
- Slow performance and lag on mobile devices
- AI unable to reference or update notes properly
Requested features
19 requests- True hands-free voice activation with Siri shortcuts
- Widget support for voice notes and Apple Watch
- Node/mind map graph visualization of note connections
- PDF and document export functionality
- Full markdown support
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- Folder/collection organization system
- Web scraping and webpage chat integration
- Multi-language support (Russian, French, etc.)
- Voice recognition in multiple languages
- Templates on mobile app
- Tagging and categorization on mobile
- API access for third-party integrations
- Import from Obsidian, Notion, Evernote, Apple Notes
- Light mode option
- PDF import and annotation
- Audio recording and playback
- Better iPad/Stage Manager support
- Email-based login option
- Automatic task carry-over to next day
In-app purchases
BriskNote
No in-app purchases
Mem
- Mem Plus$9.001 Month
- Pro$12.001 Month
- Mem Pro7 Days trial$29.001 Month
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- Proactive7 Days trial$29.001 Month
- Mem Pro 2x$49.001 Month
- Proactive7 Days trial$59.001 Month
- Mem Pro 5x$99.001 Month
- Proactive7 Days trial$99.001 Month
- Mem Pro 10x$149.001 Month
- Mem Pro 20x$199.001 Month









