Comparison

Palu vs Remember Basic

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

Head to head
About

Palu

This app allows you to create and share handwritten calendars with friends and family. Add notes, pictures, and colorful stamps to your calendar. Share with different access levels and sync across devices.

Highlights
  • Handwritten notes and pictures
  • Colorful stamps
  • Share with friends and family
  • Full access and view-only sharing
  • Overlap calendars
  • Cut and paste content
  • iCloud backup and restore
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Palu is a shared handwriting calendar app and service.The app allows you to connect with your friends and family through handwritten notes and pictures. IT IS FREE WITHOUT REGISTRATION. Basic Features: - No need to register with your email address or provide any personal information! - Paste images and write whatever you want on your calendar. - More colorful calendars using “Stamps” - Share your calendar simply and easily with friends and family. - Two modes of sharing: full access and view only - Three calendars available for free - Overlap two calendars with holding down on a tab - Cut and paste to move, copy and paste to duplicate daily content - The calendar shows the month view in portrait orientation and two weeks view in landscape orientation on iPhone. - Back up and restore your data using iCloud Drive Additional Features (Optional in-app purchases): - Remove advertisements to give more screen space - Increase the maximum number of calendars to thirty (Switching and sorting calendars to be displayed are available) Usage: - Mom can use her home iPad to write the night's schedule and Dad can check it on his iPhone. - Couples can share their work shifts and plan their next get-together. - Band members can arrange their practice days and their live event schedule. - Paste one picture of your kids per day on the calendar to make it easy to see how much they grow each day. Other uses are infinite and up to you! Notes When Sharing: - Please take note that when sharing your Palu calendar, it is made public to everyone who receives the invitation email (including those to whom it was forwarded). - By turning sharing off, the data is deleted from the server and will no longer be shared.

About

Remember Basic

Personalize your iPhone and iPad home screens with customizable sticky notes. Choose colors, fonts, and frames, and display them as widgets. Send notes to your Apple Watch for quick access and dictation.

Highlights
  • Home screen widgets
  • Customizable colors and fonts
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Markdown support
  • Optional page titles
  • Standalone Apple Watch use
Features
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Show stickies on iPhone/iPad Home Screen! Customise stickies with colors, fonts and beautiful frames! 【 iPhone / iPad 】 • select text and page color. • change font and text alignment. • add widgets to show on home screen or lock screen! • send text to Apple Watch. (standard version) 【 Apple Watch - only on standard version 】 • enter text directly or transfer from iPhone app. • setup as widgets on watch faces or smart stack. • select text/page color (used in color watch faces*). • dictate on watch and sent the text back to iPhone! • use emojis to design your own watch faces. 【 NOTES 】 • you need to open the app first before adding widgets to home screen. • you can use some Markdown syntax. • every page can have different notes and customisation. • you can add optional title to the page. • Apple Watch version can be used standalone without iPhone. Upgrade to standard version for more pages, iCloud and Apple Watch sync!

Screenshots

Palu4 screens
Remember Basic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Remember Basic at none against Palu's 2. Remember Basic also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.4 vs 4.0). Palu's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 50%) and ratings volume (149 vs 7). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Palu sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Remember Basic asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Remember Basic holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Palu has 149 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Palu's written reviews are positive against 50% of Remember Basic's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Palu ships an update every 2 months, Remember Basic every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on August 30, 2026 and August 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Palu versus Remember Basic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaluRemember Basic
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (149 ratings)4.4 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.3% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings149 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMetaMoJi CorporationVirtual GS

Customer experience

Palu

All ratings149 ratings
Positive75.2%
Neutral12.1%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews306 reviews
Positive67.3%
Neutral18.0%
Negative14.7%

Remember Basic

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Palu

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • iOS 16/26 update breaks color pen functionality - all text appears black
  • Calendar entries not displaying in month view after updates
  • Share feature crashes or fails to send invitations
  • Copy/paste functionality broken after iOS 17 update
  • Color pen selection not working properly
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  • App crashes when writing or adding photos
  • Data mysteriously disappears or gets reset
  • Mobile data connectivity issues - only works on WiFi
  • Eraser automatically switches back to pen mid-use
  • Text character rendering issues on some devices
  • Syncing delays between devices
  • Photo upload functionality broken
  • Touch responsiveness issues

Requested features

20 requests
  • Text input/typing capability
  • Undo and redo buttons
  • Adjustable pen thickness and more color options
  • Ability to resize and position photos
  • More diverse and higher-quality stickers
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  • Notifications when shared calendars are updated
  • Weekly and daily view options
  • Emoji support
  • Dark mode support
  • Widget for home screen
  • Backup options beyond iCloud
  • Alarm/reminder notifications
  • Palm rejection technology
  • Split-screen support
  • Custom calendar backgrounds
  • Ability to delete calendars easily
  • Language localization (Korean, Italian, Spanish, etc.)
  • Copy and paste between days
  • Password protection/security lock
  • Increased writing area per day

Remember Basic

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Palu

One-time2
  • Add More Calendars$2.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
None

Remember Basic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Palu free?
Palu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Remember Basic free?
Remember Basic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Palu or Remember Basic?
Remember Basic is rated higher. Palu averages 4.0 out of 5 from 149 ratings, while Remember Basic averages 4.4 from 7 ratings.
Do Palu or Remember Basic have ads?
Palu shows ads; Remember Basic does not.
Which is updated more often, Palu or Remember Basic?
Palu ships an update every 2 months, and Remember Basic every 10 days. Most recently, Palu was updated on August 30, 2026 and Remember Basic on August 24, 2026.

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