Moe Memos vs Xlist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Moe Memos
Capture thoughts and ideas quickly with this app. It offers both local on-device storage and synchronization with a self-hosted server. Enjoy offline functionality, rich media support, and robust organization tools.
- Quick idea capture
- Local or self-hosted server sync
- Offline functionality
- Markdown support
- Save images, videos, and files
- Tagging and search organization
- Progress graph visualization
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Moe Memos is an app to help you capture thoughts and ideas. You can use Moe Memos with either a self-hosted Memos server or locally on your device. Features: - Write memos like tweeting to yourself - Use local on-device storage or sync with your own Memos server - Fully functional offline and automatically pushes data when back online - Extended Markdown support - Save images, videos, files and Journaling Suggestions - Organize and find memos with tags, pinning, and search - View your memo activity with a progress graph - Liquid Glass, Dark Mode, and Dynamic Type support - Home screen widget for revisiting past memos - Available on iPhone and iPad - Full privacy protection, no data collection Moe Memos is a third-party client for Memos and isn't affiliated with the open source project Memos.
Xlist
Manage and preview files from multiple Alist servers. Supports online viewing of various document and video formats, along with essential file operations like downloading and renaming.
- Manage multiple Alist servers
- Online file previewing
- Video and document format support
- File download, rename, move, copy
- Background download function
- Subtitle plugin support
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Xlist is an Alist client where you can configure multiple Alist servers for file management and previewing, supporting online previewing of multiple video formats and document formats. - Support downloading, renaming, moving and copying of files. - Supports online preview of files in doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, pdf formats. - Supports online preview of most videos such as mp4, mkv, avi, flv, etc. Also supports srt and vtt subtitle plugins. - Support jpg, png, gif and other formats of pictures online preview. - Background download function, you can open the preview file with other apps after the download is completed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Xlist at every 11 days against Moe Memos's every 2 months. Xlist also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Moe Memos sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Xlist sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Moe Memos against 4.2 for Xlist. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 47 and 39 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Moe Memos's written reviews are positive against 71% of Xlist's.
Moe Memos ships an update every 2 months, Xlist every 11 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Moe Memos | Xlist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (47 ratings) | 4.2 (39 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.5% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 47 — better | 39 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 宇霆 郭 | BeiJing Ziyu Technology Company Ltd. |
Customer experience
Moe Memos
Xlist
In-app purchases
Moe Memos
- Buy me a coffee$4.99
Xlist
- Xlist Premium$4.99
