Comparison

TagMemo vs Bookrest

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

Head to head
About

TagMemo

Organize your thoughts, ideas, and lists with a powerful tagging system. This app helps you classify information by topic, manage tasks, and store multimedia notes, eliminating clutter and making information easily accessible.

Highlights
  • Flexible tagging and structuring
  • Multimedia note-taking (photos, images)
  • Intuitive and stress-free operation
  • Work and task management
  • Hobby and collection organization
  • Life logging and habit tracking
Features
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Stop typing the same text over and over. TagMemo helps you save frequently used text, find it fast, and copy it whenever you need it. Work replies. Marketplace messages. Social captions. URLs. AI prompts. Save them once and reuse them anytime. No more retyping. No more digging through old messages. Save. Find. Copy. ◆ SAVE TEXT YOU USE AGAIN AND AGAIN Keep your most-used text ready for reuse. Great for: ・Work replies ・Email and chat templates ・Marketplace messages ・Social media captions and hashtags ・Addresses and URLs ・AI prompts ・Frequently used phrases Type it once. Use it again whenever you need it. ◆ FIND WHAT YOU NEED FAST As your saved text grows, TagMemo helps you find the right snippet quickly. Search across your saved content using keywords and get straight to the text you need. Less searching. Less retyping. More getting things done. ◆ COPY AND REUSE IN SECONDS Found the right text? Copy it and paste it into email, chat, social media, marketplace apps, AI tools, or anywhere else. Your frequently used text stays ready when you need it. ◆ ORGANIZE WITH TAGS AND GROUPS Keep your snippets organized by purpose. For example: ・Work ・Marketplace ・Social ・AI ・Personal Tags and groups make it easy to keep even a large collection manageable. ◆ SAVE IMAGES TOO TagMemo also supports photos and images. Keep reference images and useful information together with your saved text. ◆ SIMPLE BY DESIGN TagMemo is built for one simple job: Helping you stop typing the same things again and again. No complicated setup. No overloaded workspace. Just save what you reuse, find it quickly, and copy it when you need it. ◆ PREMIUM Premium includes data management features for protecting and transferring your saved content: ・Backup ・Export ・Import ・Restore Keep your saved snippets safe and ready to move when needed. You’ve already typed it once. Don’t type it again. Save it in TagMemo and keep it ready to copy anytime.

About

Bookrest

Features
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Found a page you wanted to come back to — and never did? Bookrest is a visual bookmark manager. Save any link with a thumbnail, drop it into a folder, and spot it again in a single glance. No more screenshots buried in your camera roll. Articles you mean to read. Recipes to try. Trips to plan. Pages you'd rather not log in to save. Keep them all in your own private, image-rich gallery. • No ads • No account • Everything stays on your iPhone KEY FEATURES Save with a thumbnail Pick any image from the page as its cover. Scroll back through your list and recognize it instantly. Add from any browser Save in one tap from the share sheet — choose the name, folder, and thumbnail right there. Three ways to browse Switch between grid, list, and photo views to see your bookmarks exactly how you like. Organize with folders Create folders with any name — Articles, Travel, Shopping, Inspiration — and keep everything tidy. Lock private folders Set a PIN on folders you'd rather keep to yourself. Locked folders stay out of search, too. A gentle nudge An optional weekly reminder of the pages you saved but haven't opened yet. Yours, and private No sign-up. No tracking. Every bookmark lives only on your device. No ads, ever Just your collection, on a clean, calm screen. BOOKREST PRO • Unlimited bookmarks (free plan: up to 100) • Unlimited folders (free plan: up to 5) • Notes on your bookmarks • Dark mode • Custom folder covers • iCloud backup Available as a one-time purchase or a monthly plan. Stop screenshotting the things you want to remember. Give them a place to live. Download Bookrest and start your collection. Privacy Policy: https://sknk-aaa.github.io/folders-app/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

TagMemo4 screens
Bookrest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Bookrest at none against TagMemo's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. TagMemo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Bookrest sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TagMemo ships an update every 4 days, Bookrest every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
TagMemo versus Bookrest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTagMemoBookrest
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkeita suzukisouma kaneko

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TagMemo

One-time1
  • Premium Plan$5.99
2 purchases

Bookrest

Subscriptions1
  • Bookrest Pro (Monthly)$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Bookrest Pro (Lifetime)$9.99

Questions

Is TagMemo free?
TagMemo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bookrest free?
Bookrest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TagMemo or Bookrest have ads?
TagMemo shows ads; Bookrest does not.
Which is updated more often, TagMemo or Bookrest?
TagMemo ships an update every 4 days, and Bookrest every 3 days. Most recently, TagMemo was updated on November 3, 2026 and Bookrest on October 31, 2026.

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