Comparison

SparkleMemo vs Deep

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

Head to head
About

SparkleMemo

Capture and organize your ideas instantly with support for text, images, videos, and links. Effortlessly arrange your thoughts with drag-and-drop functionality and maintain a clutter-free space by swiping to clear old memos.

Highlights
  • Capture text, images, videos, and links
  • Drag-and-drop organization
  • Swipe to clear memos
  • Clutter-free interface
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Key Features: ∙ Capture - Jot down sparkling ideas in a flash. Supports text, images, videos, and links format. ∙ Organize - Prioritize and arrange memos with smooth drag-and-drop. Keep your inspiration shining and structured. ∙ Clean-up - Swipe left to clear out old memos. Maintain a brilliant and clutter-free space.

About

Deep

Receive philosophical insights to everyday questions. This app offers a chance to pause, reflect, and gain new perspectives through curated philosophical reflections. A home screen widget provides daily reminders to encourage thoughtful consideration.

Highlights
  • Philosophical answers to user questions
  • Reflections connected to everyday life
  • Home screen widget for daily prompts
  • Encourages pausing and thinking
  • Shift perspective on life's challenges
Features
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Your first answer with a philosophical touch. Some questions look more and more like tangled earphones the harder you think about them. Try pausing for five seconds. Place a finger on the screen, hold your question in mind, and let an answer find you by chance. It may make you smile knowingly, or make you say, “Things aren’t that simple.” Good—the thinking has begun. Behind every answer is a philosopher’s insight and a reflection connected to everyday life. From choices and waiting to relationships, gains and losses, let old ideas help you see today from another angle. This answer is a little philosophical. The original Chinese name contains a small wordplay: it points to philosophy and to something worth pausing for, thinking about, and seeing anew. The answer won’t decide your life for you. But it can help you see the question a little more clearly. After all, philosophers don’t have the password to your life either. Begin with one philosophical answer and gradually hear your own. Keep a philosophical line in a widget on your Home Screen. It comes from your most recent answer, inviting you to pause when life is busy and shift perspective when you hesitate. It won’t take the wheel, but it may remind you to look at the road. May each unexpected reading leave you a little steadier, calmer, and wiser. For entertainment and reflection only. It does not predict the future or replace professional advice.

Screenshots

SparkleMemo3 screens
Deep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SparkleMemo at none against Deep's 1. SparkleMemo also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Deep's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 days). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Deep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SparkleMemo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SparkleMemo against 5.0 for Deep. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SparkleMemo ships an update every 3 days, Deep every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
SparkleMemo versus Deep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSparkleMemoDeep
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer田丰 何Hongru Bao

Customer experience

SparkleMemo

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Deep

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SparkleMemo

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Deep

One-time1
  • 这个答案很哲 · 无限提问$0.99

Questions

Is SparkleMemo free?
SparkleMemo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Deep free?
Deep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SparkleMemo or Deep?
SparkleMemo and Deep are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do SparkleMemo or Deep have ads?
Neither SparkleMemo nor Deep shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SparkleMemo or Deep?
SparkleMemo ships an update every 3 days, and Deep every 2 days. Most recently, SparkleMemo was updated on October 30, 2026 and Deep on October 31, 2026.

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