Comparison

Memories vs Town Notes

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

Head to head
About

Memories

Display your cherished photos directly on your home screen with a customizable widget. Choose from multiple sizes, apply filters, and even add text to personalize your memory display.

Highlights
  • Multi-photo widget
  • Drag & drop photo import
  • Adjustable slideshow interval
  • Color and photo filters
  • Customizable title text
  • Multiple photo sizes
Features
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A multi-photo widget perfect to display your memories wherever you go. • add photos or drag & drop from other apps! • slideshow for multiple photos with adjustable time interval • multiple color filters for matching photos with wallpaper! • new photo filters - including poster and comic effect! • add title text with adjustable font and perspective effect • 3 photo sizes (4 on iPad) on home screen

About

Town Notes

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Town Notes is a page for the things worth writing down. No account. No feed. Nothing to configure. You open it and there is a blank page — write the weather, the mood, what you spent at the noodle shop, the day the osmanthus bloomed down the alley. OPEN AND WRITE The editor opens straight away. The first line becomes the title; the rest is yours. Every card in the list shows its opening lines, so you can pick a note out at a glance. FIND ANY NOTE Search titles, body text and dates at once. Type "osmanthus" and the related notes appear; type "October" and that month comes back. The count updates as you type. WORDS, PHOTOS AND DOODLES IN ONE NOTE Rich text with images inline — pick one from your library or shoot it on the spot. Want to sketch something? Draw it with a finger and drop it straight into the note. LOCK THE ONES THAT MATTER Put a passcode on a single note. It is stored on your device only. REMINDERS THAT ACTUALLY REMIND Set a time on a note and get a notification when it is due. EASY ON THE EYES AT NIGHT Full dark mode that follows the system setting. YOUR NOTES STAY ON YOUR PHONE No sign-up. Works offline. Everything is stored locally — nothing is uploaded, collected or analysed. Available in English and Simplified Chinese.

Screenshots

Memories4 screens
Town Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Memories at every 6 days against Town Notes's every 4 months. Memories also leads on price ($0.99 vs $6.99) and device support (4 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

Memories costs $0.99 and Town Notes $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Memories ships an update every 6 days, Town Notes every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Memories versus Town Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemoriesTown Notes
Price$0.99 — better$6.99
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVirtual GS瑞华 张

In-app purchases

None

Memories

No in-app purchases

None

Town Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Memories free?
Memories costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Town Notes free?
Town Notes costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Memories or Town Notes have ads?
Neither Memories nor Town Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Memories or Town Notes?
Memories ships an update every 6 days, and Town Notes every 4 months. Most recently, Memories was updated on November 3, 2026 and Town Notes on November 7, 2026.

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