Re/member vs MCP Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Re/member
This app acts as a second brain, helping you capture and retain important information like facts, ideas, and quotes. It facilitates continuous learning and intentional recall, keeping your knowledge fresh through daily revisits and organized storage.
- Capture and store facts, ideas, and quotes
- Daily recall to keep knowledge top of mind
- Organize thoughts by category
- Quick capture via app or share extension
- Homescreen widget for quick access
- Read-aloud mode for auditory review
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Re/member helps you capture what matters — and make it stick. Whether it’s facts, ideas, quotes, interesting thoughts or anything worth remembering, this app works like a second brain: not just storing your thoughts, but helping you revisit them daily so they stay top of mind. Designed for continuous learning and intentional recall, Re/member keeps your mind sharp and your knowledge fresh. Key Features: Shuffle your thoughts - Surface forgotten insights, thoughts, ideas, and facts with one tap. Organize by category - Keep everything structured and easy to browse. Quick capture - Add new thoughts in-app or via the iOS share extension. Homescreen widget - Shuffle through thoughts right from your home screen. Read-aloud mode - Tap the play button to hear your thoughts spoken back to you. Make remembering part of your routine — with Re/member.
MCP Notes
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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 — 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 — contributions and feedback are welcome. https://github.com/sergeydi/MCP-Notes
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: MCP Notes at every 4 days against Re/member's every 3 months. Re/member's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Re/member ships an update every 3 months, MCP Notes every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Re/member | MCP Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Swartz | Serhii Didanov |
In-app purchases
Re/member
No in-app purchases
MCP Notes
No in-app purchases
