colocolomemo vs HW Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
colocolomemo
This cloud-based memo app allows you to store and sync text, images, and checklists across all your devices. Organize notes with sections, tags, and stars, and easily search through your content. It offers a secure, passcode-locked experience with cloud backup.
- Cloud synchronization across devices
- Organize memos with sections, tags, and stars
- Insert images from gallery and save to gallery
- Create checklists for shopping or to-dos
- Full-text search with multiple attributes
- Passcode lock for security
- Smart folders based on search keywords
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"colocolomemo" is a tiny cloud memo app for texts, images and checklists. Quick thoughts, dayly records, important things, trivial things. You can make a lot of text and images. "colocolomemo for iOS" works in conjunction with the "colocolomemo Web Service". Your data is stored on the web storage. Your memo data will be synchronized online in all environments and devices such as iOS application, the web browser of PC and other devices. Therefore, you can access to all your memo anytime, anywhere. https://colocolomemo.com/ In order to use, you need to create account of the "colocolomemo". It is free. Please feel free to try. [Features] * Divide a memo into several sections - Easy to treat the long memo to divide into several sections. - Can sort the sections. - Can send the content of the section to the clipboard. * Write plain text - Write simple, for there are no special notations. - Display the number of characters in the memo. - Open the URL in the content by the web browser. - Can open URL starts with http: https: mailto: tel: sms: ... * Insert the images - Can insert the images picked from the gallery. - Can also save the image data to the gallery. - Several image sections in a memo. * Make the checklists - Shopping list, TODO list, etc. - Several checklist sections in a memo. * Tags - Can manage memos with the tags. - Show memos assigned with the specified tag quickly. * Stars - The priority of the memo by 7 levels star (from -3 to 3). - Show the memo which assigned with some star. * Sort the memos in order by date or title or star - Can sort the memos in order by date or title or star. - Reverse sort. * Editable date - Write a diary of yesterday. - Write the future plan. * Search - Full text search. - Search with date, tags and other attributes. - For example, you can search the memos which has the title contains the word "Shinjuku" and has the date "Jan. 2013" and has some star and has the tag "noodle" or "curry" and has the text content contains the word "sweet" or "spicy" and has some pictures. * Create smart folder from the search keywords - The smart folder is the folder to display the memos matches the search keywords. - You will find it seems like the folder collects the matching memos automatically. * Read sometimes casually - By "Next / Prev" button, you can see the memos with feeling like turning the pages. * Safety - Stores all your data to the cloud service, so your data is backed up always. - Passcode lock. [Notes] - Required the internet connection. - Can upload 60MB per a month in free plan. (Be careful on uploading some large pictures) [Plans] Fuji Plan - JPY 960 / Month - Max Memo Size : 500,000 - Max Folder Size : 2,000 - Max Tag Size : 2,000 Taka Plan - JPY 480 / Month - Max Memo Size : 300,000 - Max Folder Size : 1,500 - Max Tag Size : 1,500 Nasu Plan - Free - Max Memo Size : 100,000 - Max Folder Size : 1,000 - Max Tag Size : 1,000 * About payment for paid plan - The above amount will be charged to your iTunes account every month. - The subscription is updated automatically and the above amount will be charged continuously until you change the plan. * Cancellation of paid plan - You can cancel paid plan in App Store management view. - Select the free Nasu plan in the plan changing view, then App Store management view will be displayed. * Restoration of paid plan - When you change the phone or tablet, you need to restore the paid plan. - You can restore the paid plan in the plna changing view. [Terms of use & Privacy policy] https://colocolomemo.com/en/terms/
HW Journal
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Work plans, personal errands, and the thoughts that pop up in between. Your whole day, in a notebook that is yours alone. HW Journal is a notebook app for people who love to write by hand. Write and expand ideas on iPad; check tomorrow and wrap up the day on iPhone. Two devices, one notebook. โ What you didn't finish comes back to you Circle something, or underline it, with the Carry-over Pen, and it moves to the top of tomorrow's page at its original size. It stays every day until you erase it, so even if you forget you wrote it down, it finds you. Each morning, Today's Summary gathers carried-over items, events, and to-dos in one place. โ A big A3 page to write freely (new in 2.0) The memo area is one full A3 sheet. In portrait you see the A4 half; slide right to reach the rest. Whatever the device or orientation, what you wrote looks the same. โ Photos and stickers Place photos, rotate them, resize them. Lift the subject out of a photo and stick it on the page as a sticker. โ Sticky notes Small handwritten notes you can put anywhere on the screen. โ Daily records beside the date Show medication, blood pressure, weight, steps, and trash-day reminders next to the date. Turn off whatever you don't use, one by one. Health records are stored only on your device, never in iCloud. Connecting to Health is optional and off by default. โ A small touch for other pens If you use a pen other than Apple Pencil, double-tap the page with a finger to switch between pen and eraser (turn it on in Settings). You can also trigger the switch from the Shortcuts app. โ And more - Day view, week view, and month calendar, linked with Apple Calendar and Reminders - Five-year diary and Day Diary, protected by Face ID or passcode - Extra pages with blank, ruled, or grid backgrounds, plus PDF markup - Holiday colors, and Japanese rokuyo, holiday names, and weather - Touch mode lets you use the app with just your finger - Most display items can be switched on or off in Settings - You can go back to the previous layout (1.x): Settings > Display & Layout > Screen Layout โ Pricing The app itself is free. The Supporters Pack (one-time purchase) unlocks more pages, backgrounds, search, passcode lock, and more. Tips are also available. โ Note If you use both iPad and iPhone, update both to 2.0 before using.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: HW Journal at every 4 days against colocolomemo's every 10 days. colocolomemo's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. colocolomemo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per month and HW Journal sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
colocolomemo ships an update every 10 days, HW Journal every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | colocolomemo | HW Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | โ |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 4 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | โ |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 โ better | 26.4 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Colocoloworks Corporation | KAZUTO IIDA |
In-app purchases
colocolomemo
- Taka Plan Monthly$4.491 Month
- Fuji Plan Monthly$8.491 Month
HW Journal
- Tip Small$1.99
- Tip (Large)$3.99
- HW Journal PRO$6.99
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