Comparison

BriskNote vs Mem

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Notes on new browser tabs
  • Cross-platform synchronization
  • Quick idea capture
  • List making
  • Draft storage
Features
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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!

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

BriskNote4 screens
Mem4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mem sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.00 per month. BriskNote asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BriskNote ships an update weekly, Mem every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
BriskNote versus Mem: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBriskNoteMem
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)4.4 (129 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—41.1% of reviews
Number of ratings1129 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSysRestartMem Labs, Inc.

Customer experience

BriskNote

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Mem

All ratings126 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral5.6%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews129 reviews
Positive41.1%
Neutral9.3%
Negative49.6%

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

None

BriskNote

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Mem

Subscriptions10
  • 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

Questions

Is BriskNote free?
BriskNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mem free?
Mem is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BriskNote or Mem?
Mem is rated higher. BriskNote averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Mem averages 4.4 from 129 ratings.
Do BriskNote or Mem have ads?
Neither BriskNote nor Mem shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BriskNote or Mem?
BriskNote ships an update weekly, and Mem every 3 days. Most recently, BriskNote was updated on October 20, 2026 and Mem on October 20, 2026.

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