mimi vs Voice Widget Memo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mimi
Personalize your notes with a variety of cute themes and customizable text styles. Organize your thoughts into notebooks, create to-do lists, and format text with lists and special character recognition. Unlock premium stickers with a subscription.
- Cute note themes
- Customizable text styling
- Checkable to-do lists
- Organize notes in notebooks
- Special character highlighting
- In-app web browser
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mimi is a cute note application based on the concept of "the fun of choosing a cute notepad at a store." Choose your favorite from many themes and enjoy your notebook and notes! If you don't have your favorite theme, you can request the theme you want the author to make. Enjoy the cute! Features: - Cute note themes - Text styling (font, font size, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, text colors, pragraph alignment, paragraph indent) - Checkable list for track todo in note - Unordered list and ordered list for formatting text in list - URL, phone number, address, calender event, flight number and shipment tracking number are highlited in note editor - Open URL in in-app web browser - Organize notes in notebooks mimi Premium unlock premium stickers on Sticker Library. mimi Premium is an auto-renewing subscription. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. Manage your subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase. For technical assistance or other inquiries, email: umaiapp+mimi_support@gmail.com Privacy Policy: https://umai.app/app/mimi/Privacy.md Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Voice Widget Memo
Record voice memos and place them on your home or lock screen for instant access. This app offers a simple, fast way to capture thoughts without typing, with multiple widget sizes available for both screens.
- Voice memo creation
- Home screen widgets
- Lock screen widgets (iOS 16+)
- Multiple widget sizes
- Fast launch
- Simple interface
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This app lets you take notes by speaking without touching your iPhone/iPad. You can place the memos as widgets on your home screen or lock screen for quick access and launch. ◆ Types of memos For home screen: 3 sizes - large, medium, small For lock screen: 2 types - square and single-line ※ For lock screen, Only available on iOS 16 ◆ How to add widgets [Home screen] 1. Long-press the home screen 2. Press the "+" button and search for "Voice Widget Memo" widget 3. Add the desired widget size - large, medium, or small Tapping the added widget will launch the app. Saving the memo will reflect on the widget. [Lock screen / Square widget] 1. Long-press the lock screen 2. Customize → Lock Screen 3. Tap the square area below the clock 4. Select and add the "Voice Widget Memo" widget [Lock screen / Single-line widget] 1. Long-press the lock screen 2. Customize → Lock Screen 3. Tap the narrow area above the clock 4. Select and add the "Voice Widget Memo" widget ◆ Features and characteristics * Easily create voice memos * Place memos on home screen or lock screen * Simple * Minimal features required * Fast launch * Only 5 types of memos available * Completely free with no additional charges Terms of Use: https://mozkzki.github.io/apps/koe_memo/terms_and_conditions/english Privacy Policy: https://mozkzki.github.io/apps/koe_memo/privacy_policy/english
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Voice Widget Memo at none against mimi's 2. mimi's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). On price 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. mimi sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Voice Widget Memo asks for nothing beyond the download.
mimi holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: mimi has 6.5K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of mimi's written reviews are positive against 83% of Voice Widget Memo's.
mimi ships an update monthly, Voice Widget Memo every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mimi | Voice Widget Memo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (6.5K ratings) — better | 4.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.0% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6.5K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 246 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masaki Yoshihisa | Yutaka Kato |
Customer experience
mimi
Voice Widget Memo
Bugs and requests
mimi
Reported bugs
2 issues- Notes sometimes get moved to the top unexpectedly
- Certain font styles have compatibility issues
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to import photos and images
- Implement cloud sync and backup functionality
- Allow custom themes and background creation
- Add more organizational tools like tags and filters
Voice Widget Memo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
mimi
- Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
- Premium Yearly$25.991 Year
Voice Widget Memo
No in-app purchases
