Comparison

LinkMemo vs Ariv

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

Head to head
About

LinkMemo

Features
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LinkMemo is the simplest read-it-later app for reading and text-to-speech with customized view. Core Features: - Strip away all clutter and save the content of web pages. - Offline Support: Download the full text of articles for offline reading and text-to-speech. - Multi Theme: Light, Sepia, Night, Dark, and more. - Customized view: Customize the font, text size, and line height.

About

Ariv

Features
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Ariv is a local-first second brain for notes, tasks, journaling, study, projects, and personal knowledge management. Capture ideas, organize work, search your vault, ask questions about your notes, and keep your thinking connected without building a complicated plugin setup. Everything is built in: - Markdown notes and daily writing - Smart dashboard for active work - Tasks and Kanban - Quick capture - Voice memos with transcription - Ask Brain, an AI assistant for your notes - Calendar-aware planning and meeting context - Graph view and visual maps - Templates and presentation mode - Unified search across files, tags, and content Ariv is designed around a simple idea: your notes have a life. New thoughts land in your inbox. Active notes stay visible while you are working on them. Older notes move out of the way but stay searchable, linkable, and ready to resurface when you need them. No manual filing system required. No weekend spent setting up plugins. Open the app and start thinking. Your files stay yours: - Notes are stored as plain Markdown - Works with existing Markdown folders and vaults - No proprietary format - No account required to use the local app - Optional end-to-end encrypted sync is available AI is optional and on your terms. Use your own API key, run supported local models, or use Ariv's managed AI add-on. Ask Brain can answer questions from your vault and point back to the notes it used. Whether you are a student, writer, researcher, developer, founder, or lifelong learner, Ariv gives you one place to capture, connect, and use what you know. Think freely. No setup required.

Screenshots

LinkMemo4 screens
Ariv4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Ariv at 3 against LinkMemo's 1. Ariv also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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
LinkMemo versus Ariv: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLinkMemoAriv
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.015.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size48 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYugo OguraAriv Studios

In-app purchases

None

LinkMemo

No in-app purchases

None

Ariv

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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