Comparison

Lockbook vs Memz LLM

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

Head to head
About

Lockbook

A secure, open-source note-taking app prioritizing user privacy. It encrypts all your data locally, ensuring only you and authorized users can access your notes. Offers seamless syncing and sharing across devices, with a developer-friendly command-line interface.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Open-source code
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Note sharing
  • Developer CLI
  • No personal data collection
Features
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Lockbook is an end-to-end encrypted notes app for writing, sketching, storing files, syncing across devices, and collaborating in real time. Your notes are encrypted before they leave your device, so even we can't read them. Lockbook is 100% open source: https://github.com/lockbook/lockbook Fast & Native: We built Lockbook for everyday use because we use Lockbook every day. Our native apps feel at home on every platform, with fast sync, offline support, and a polished Markdown editor for serious notes. Secure: Keep your thoughts to yourself. Lockbook encrypts your notes with keys generated on your devices. Only you and the people you share with can access your notes, folders, sketches, and files. Private: Know your customer? We sure don't. We don't collect your email, phone number, or name. We don't need a password. Lockbook is for people with better things to worry about than privacy. Collaborative: Share folders, edit notes together, and see live updates from collaborators without giving up end-to-end encryption. Open: Write in Markdown, sketch in SVG, and keep your work in formats you can actually use. Honest: Be the customer, not the product. We sell a note-taking app, not your data. Developer Friendly: The Lockbook CLI fits right into your favorite chain of piped-together Unix commands. Search your notes with fzf, edit them with vim, and schedule backups with cron. When scripting doesn't cut it, use our Rust library for a robust programmatic interface. Website: https://lockbook.net Terms of Service: https://lockbook.net/tos License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://lockbook.net/privacy-policy

About

Memz LLM

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Memz is your second brain — a private memory vault that lives entirely on your device. Capture anything in one tap: speak a thought and let on-device voice-to-text transcribe it, jot a note, save a photo, a screenshot, or a file. Memz reads and organizes it all into an evolving map of your memories — clusters that grow and reshape as you add more, with no manual filing. Then just ask. Memz recalls what you saved with answers grounded in your own sources, and shows the evidence behind every reply. When it doesn't actually have the answer, it tells you — instead of making something up. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - Everything stays on your phone. No account, no sign-up, works fully offline. - On-device processing — your memories are never required to leave your device. - Sensitive memories (Care and Secret) are locked behind an unlock step and kept out of everyday search. YOU OWN YOUR DATA - Export anytime to Obsidian-compatible Markdown. - Delete derived data only, or wipe everything — your call. WHAT YOU CAN CAPTURE - Voice notes with on-device transcription - Text notes and quick thoughts - Photos and screenshots, with on-device text recognition - Files and documents HOW MEMZ ORGANIZES - An evolving ontology groups related memories automatically - Review, merge, or split clusters as your thinking changes - A visual map shows how everything connects ASK YOUR MEMORY - Source-grounded recall with evidence for every answer - Scope your question; private categories stay excluded by default - No evidence, no guess — Memz refuses rather than inventing No subscriptions required. No data harvesting. Just your memory — organized, private, and yours.

Screenshots

Lockbook4 screens
Memz LLM4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Memz LLM at none against Lockbook's 1. Memz LLM also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). 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. Lockbook sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Memz LLM asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lockbook ships an update weekly, Memz LLM every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Lockbook versus Memz LLM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLockbookMemz LLM
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLockbook LLCAppBridge Inc.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Lockbook

Subscriptions1
  • 30GB$2.991 Month
None

Memz LLM

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lockbook free?
Lockbook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Memz LLM free?
Memz LLM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lockbook or Memz LLM have ads?
Neither Lockbook nor Memz LLM shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lockbook or Memz LLM?
Lockbook ships an update weekly, and Memz LLM every 3 days. Most recently, Lockbook was updated on October 18, 2026 and Memz LLM on October 19, 2026.

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