Comparison

OwnMemory vs Sift

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

Head to head
About

OwnMemory

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Capture what matters, then find it when you need it. Bring voice notes, meetings, written notes, photos and documents together in OwnMemory. Ask questions about your content and see the sources behind the answers. β€’ Record a voice note or meeting. β€’ Add notes, photos, scanned pages and documents. β€’ Search your memories and saved content. β€’ Turn useful details into tasks with reminders. β€’ Keep school, home, family, health, work, money and ideas together. OwnMemory helps you capture, find and use information from everyday life on iPhone and iPad. Terms of Use: https://ownmemory.gorunbase.com/en/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://ownmemory.gorunbase.com/en/privacy/

About

Sift

Features
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You save a post meaning to come back to it. You never do. Sift is the place those saves go to stay useful. Share a post into Sift and it gets read, categorized and filed on its own β€” then brought back to you at the moment you'd have forgotten it. SAVE IN TWO TAPS Share a post from your feed straight into Sift with the share sheet. No account, no setup, no typing. Sift pulls in the caption and the thumbnail so the save is recognizable later. SORTED WITHOUT YOU LIFTING A FINGER On-device AI reads each save and puts it in the right category β€” Food, Fitness & Health, Travel, Design, Technology β€” and tags it. Older devices fall back to secure cloud processing, and you're told which one is running. Got it wrong? Change the category once; the correction is remembered. SEARCH THE WAY YOU REMEMBER THINGS "that pasta thing", "the cafe in KadΔ±kΓΆy" β€” search by meaning, not by exact words. It runs on your device, so it works offline and nothing you type leaves your phone. A NUDGE, NOT A NOTIFICATION PILE One end-of-day summary of what you saved. Set a reminder on any single item and Sift brings it back on the day it's useful. YOURS, ON EVERY DEVICE Start anonymously β€” your saves stay on your phone. Sign in with Apple or Google whenever you want backup and sync across devices. Delete your account and everything goes with it, from inside the app. BUILT PRIVATE Categorization is on-device by default. Nothing you save is ever used for advertising, and there's no tracking of any kind. Product analytics are anonymous and can be switched off in Profile β†’ Privacy. Share any link into Sift β€” a post, an article, a video. Instagram and X posts get the richest preview, with the caption and cover pulled in automatically.

Screenshots

OwnMemory4 screens
Sift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sift at none against OwnMemory's 4. Sift also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). OwnMemory's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. OwnMemory sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Sift asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OwnMemory ships an update every 5 days, Sift every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Β· 2 level
OwnMemory versus Sift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOwnMemorySift
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days β€” betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size23 MB44 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHuseyin HobekYasin CETIN

In-app purchases

4 purchases

OwnMemory

Subscriptions4
  • OwnMemory Weekly$4.997 Days
  • OwnMemory Monthly$9.991 Month
  • OwnMemory 6 Months$49.996 Months
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  • OwnMemory Annual$89.991 Year
None

Sift

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OwnMemory free?
OwnMemory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sift free?
Sift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do OwnMemory or Sift have ads?
OwnMemory shows ads; Sift does not.
Which is updated more often, OwnMemory or Sift?
OwnMemory ships an update every 5 days, and Sift every 6 weeks. Most recently, OwnMemory was updated on November 12, 2026 and Sift on November 13, 2026.

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