Messame vs Fromly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Messame
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Level up your note taking - save links, PDFs, photos, videos, links, phone numbers and files. All of the notes are categorized by date and are shown in messaging application kind of view. Messame has multiple features to make it quick to create and read notes. You can sort your notes to topics, lock your topics using Face ID or Touch ID, customize the looks to your preferences, take quick notes from lockscreen widgets and much more! Start messaging yourself now with Messame.
Fromly
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Fromly is your second brain with chat: write notes and tasks, and talk to an AI that actually knows them โ because it can read and edit them for you. โข Chat with memory: every note, task or document has its own AI conversation. It remembers the context and picks up right where you left off. โข AI that really edits: ask it to add a paragraph, summarize a document, or pull tasks out of a note โ and it does it directly, not just tells you about it. โข Agenda & tasks: plan your day, week and month, with recurring tasks and reminders. โข Contexts: group notes and tasks by project or area of your life, each with its own memory. โข Agents: automate the processes you repeat. โข Real-time sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac and web. Free to start. Pro unlocks unlimited AI. Your notes are yours: private and exportable any time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Fromly at every 5 days against Messame's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Messame sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Fromly sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Messame ships an update every 2 months, Fromly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Messame | Fromly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, Mac | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 โ better | 18.6 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Picture It | Alberto Lezaun |
In-app purchases
Messame
- Unlimited topics$3.99
Fromly
- Fromly Pro Monthly$6.001 Month
- Fromly Pro Yearly$45.001 Year
- 5M AI tokens$4.00
- Fromly Lifetime$129.00









