Comparison

Fragmemo vs Trace

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

Head to head
About

Fragmemo

This app helps you capture and organize various types of memos, including notes, photos, and checklists. Set personalized reminders for important tasks and access them quickly through home screen widgets. Securely back up your data with multi-device iCloud sync.

Highlights
  • Diverse memo types (notes, photos, checklists)
  • Personalized grid, list, and masonry views
  • Smart recurring reminders
  • Versatile home and lock screen widgets
  • Quick capture via clipboard or sharing
  • Efficient sidebar for group management
  • Secure iCloud sync
Features
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Fragmemo is a versatile memo and reminder app that helps you capture what matters, organize it your way, and act on it at the right time. Core Features: - Diverse Memos: Notes, Photos, Checklists, Numbers, Dates, Locations, Links, and Check-ins for different kinds of information. - Rich Text Notes: On iOS 26 and later, format notes with headings, lists, quotes, code blocks, and text colors, and link to other memos. - Check-ins & Trends: Review check-in history with a heatmap, track checklist progress, and log multiple number values with trend charts. - Flexible Views & Styles: Switch between Grid, List, Compact, and Masonry layouts, with Vibrant, Muted, or Clean memo styles optimized for large screens. - Smarter Reminders: Configure flexible recurring rules and end conditions, choose whether to send notifications, and complete or skip reminders based on memo type. - Reminder Center: View and manage all reminders in one place from the sidebar, with prominent due notifications when they matter. - Powerful Organization: Manage nested groups and access Smart Group, Ungrouped, Tags, Archived, and Recently Deleted from an efficient sidebar. - Customizable Groups: Set emoji or symbol icons and group colors, choose how group labels appear, control visibility, set independent sorting, and filter Smart Groups by Memo Type, Tag, Reminder, Create Date, or Starred. See which Smart Group conditions each memo meets. - Memory Spark: Rediscover past memos from the Home toolbar, widgets, and daily notifications. - Widgets & Shortcuts: Add reminders, memo cards, and quick-add widgets to the Home Screen, overdue reminders to the Lock Screen, plus shortcuts and keyboard actions for faster capture. Filter the memo widget by type and group, with checklist states synced to the app in real time. - Capture & Editing: Create, view, and edit memos in one interface; import multiple images via photo sharing or the clipboard and recognize text in batches. When sharing from other apps, choose groups, tags, remarks, colors, and icons. Save copied text containing links as a note or link memo; link imports fetch page titles and previews automatically. - Image Export & Preview: Preview memos before exporting them as images, preserving rich text formatting, the current memo style, and light or dark appearance. - Secure Sync: Keep your memos available across devices with iCloud sync and a clear sync status. - Extensive Settings: Customize memo colors and icons (emoji or symbols), choose a local calendar, and adjust app language, launch behavior, and more.

About

Trace

Features
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Every conversation, centered on your context. Clear communication is what moves work forward — but the context behind every conversation slips away fast. Trace captures it and keeps it, so nothing gets lost in translation. YOUR CONVERSATIONS, ALWAYS REMEMBERED Hit record and talk naturally — Trace captures every word in real time across meetings, calls, brainstorms, interviews, and voice notes. Pause whenever you need to and pick up right where you left off. One tap to start, one tap to end. LASTING CONTEXT, NOT NOTES Every conversation becomes context you keep — discussion points, decisions, and the things people committed to, all held in one place and always there to return to. No half-typed notes, no re-listening, nothing slipping through. JUST ASK Trace builds a personal knowledge graph from everything you've captured. Ask in plain English — "What did we decide about pricing?" or "When did Sarah commit to the rewrite?" — and Trace pulls the answer with links back to the source conversation. A HOME FOR EVERY CONVERSATION Group related conversations into Spaces: client work, 1-on-1s, recurring standups, research interviews. Scope Ask Trace to a single Space when you want focused answers. CAPTURE WITHOUT FRICTION • One-tap recording, no setup • Background-safe — keeps going if you switch apps • Live Activity timer in the Dynamic Island • Start a capture from your Action Button, Siri, or a notification • Edit any AI-generated title or bullet inline — they're starting points, not constraints WHO IT'S FOR Founders, PMs, engineers, consultants, researchers, sales — anyone whose work depends on remembering what got said, decided, or promised across many conversations.

Screenshots

Fragmemo4 screens
Trace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Trace at none against Fragmemo's 2. Trace also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Fragmemo sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Trace asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fragmemo ships an update every 3 weeks, Trace every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Fragmemo versus Trace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFragmemoTrace
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJia JiangAdhyan Srivastava

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Fragmemo

One-time2
  • Lifetime Member$7.99
  • Founding Member$69.99
None

Trace

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fragmemo free?
Fragmemo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trace free?
Trace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fragmemo or Trace have ads?
Neither Fragmemo nor Trace shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fragmemo or Trace?
Fragmemo ships an update every 3 weeks, and Trace every 4 days. Most recently, Fragmemo was updated on October 18, 2026 and Trace on October 13, 2026.

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