Comparison

Memobase vs MCP Notes

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

Head to head
About

Memobase

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- Create your personal flashcards database and use it to memorize anything easily - Use AI to generate cards based on any text or photo - Manage everything easily using Google Sheets

About

MCP Notes

Features
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MCP Notes is a Markdown note-taking app for iPadOS and macOS. macOS with built-in RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) and MCP server integration โ€” enabling AI tools like Claude Code to semantically search and interact with your notes directly. The on-device RAG engine indexes your notes locally using vector embeddings, so you can find any note by meaning, not just keywords. The built-in MCP server exposes your notes to external AI assistants without sending data anywhere (available only on macOS). Features: - Shortcuts and Intelligence support - CommonMark Markdown editor with syntax highlighting - Tags, bookmarks, and wikilink navigation between notes - iCloud sync across all your iOS, iPadOS and macOS devices - Semantic search powered by on-device embeddings (for macOS version) - MCP server integration: connect Claude Code or any MCP-compatible AI tool to your notes (for macOS version) Open Source: MCP Notes is open source and licensed under MIT. The full source code is available on GitHub โ€” contributions and feedback are welcome. https://github.com/sergeydi/MCP-Notes

Screenshots

Memobase3 screens
MCP Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: MCP Notes at 3 against Memobase's 1. Memobase's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Memobase versus MCP Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemobaseMCP Notes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better26
Further details โ€” not scored
Size57 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmytro MaznievSerhii Didanov

In-app purchases

None

Memobase

No in-app purchases

None

MCP Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Memobase free?
Memobase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MCP Notes free?
MCP Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Memobase or MCP Notes have ads?
Neither Memobase nor MCP Notes shows ads.

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