Comparison

Fragmemo vs Garland

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

Head to head
About

Fragmemo

Capture and organize diverse information, from notes and photos to checklists and dates. Set smart reminders, track progress with check-ins, and customize your view with flexible layouts and styles. Access your memos quickly through widgets and shortcuts.

Highlights
  • Diverse memo types (notes, photos, checklists, dates, etc.)
  • Rich text formatting and linking
  • Check-in tracking with trends and heatmaps
  • Flexible views and customizable memo styles
  • Smart recurring reminders with end conditions
  • Powerful organization with nested groups and tags
  • Home screen widgets and shortcuts for quick access
Features
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Notes: Creative ideas, meeting notes, journal entries, reading excerpts Photos: Inspiration, handwritten drafts, receipts and documents, ID cards Checklists: To-dos, shopping lists, travel packing, party planning Dates: Family birthdays, wedding anniversaries, document expirations, health checkup appointments Numbers: Body measurements, product prices, account and card numbers, expenses Check-ins: Daily exercise, water intake, reading habits, early bedtimes Locations: Proposal spots, check-in landmarks, restaurant locations, sightseeing routes Links: Learning resources, travel guides, video tutorials, online documents 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. Choose whether to show memo status, set icon, status, and time visibility separately for memo widgets, and preview changes as you adjust. - 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

Garland

Features
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You meet someone you click with, and a week later the name is gone. You mean to text an old friend, then three months pass. Your phone's contacts hold a number and nothing else: not where you met, not what you talked about, not when you last spoke. Garland keeps them strung together. It is a quiet place to remember people and stay close to the ones who matter. Add someone in seconds, jot a note by voice or by typing, and Garland nudges you when it has been too long. It works fully offline, asks for no account, and keeps every note on your phone. ADD PEOPLE IN SECONDS Save a name with one tap, right when you meet them. Add where you met and a detail or two later, when you have a moment. No account, no sign-up. NOTES BY VOICE OR TEXT Talk instead of type. Your voice becomes a note on that person, and the audio never leaves your phone. Typing works too, whenever you prefer it. GENTLE REMINDERS THAT HELP Set how often you want to keep up with each person. Garland gathers a few people into one calm daily nudge that shows why now and your last note, so you never face a blank page when you reach out. REACH OUT IN ONE TAP Call, text, or email straight from someone's card. Garland opens your usual apps and never sends anything itself. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account, no cloud, nothing to log into. Your notes stay on your device and are never written into your phone contacts, so they don't travel with a contact you share. When you add people from your contacts, Garland only reads them. It never changes, edits, or deletes anything in your address book. WHAT YOU GET - Remember names, faces, and the small details about people you meet - Notes by voice or typing on every person - One calm daily reminder to reach out, with the context you need - One-tap call, text, and email - Add a few people from your contacts; Garland only reads them and never changes or deletes them - Works offline, no account, no ads Start free and keep up with your closest 25 people. Pay $19.99 once for voice notes, unlimited people, and backup. No subscription, ever.

Screenshots

Fragmemo4 screens
Garland4 screens

Verdict

The call

Fragmemo and Garland are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 1 one-off in-app purchase and Garland sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fragmemo ships an update every 3 weeks, Garland fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Fragmemo versus Garland: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFragmemoGarland
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJia JiangPrashant Angyan

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Fragmemo

One-time1
  • Lifetime Member$3.99
1 purchases

Garland

One-time1
  • Tend Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Fragmemo free?
Fragmemo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Garland free?
Garland is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fragmemo or Garland have ads?
Neither Fragmemo nor Garland shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fragmemo or Garland?
Fragmemo ships an update every 3 weeks, and Garland fortnightly. Most recently, Fragmemo was updated on November 4, 2026 and Garland on October 31, 2026.

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