Memory AI vs General Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Memory AI
This AI assistant helps you manage your memory, tasks, and calendar. Save notes, create reminders, plan your day, and organize your schedule with contextual understanding. It integrates with your apps to keep everything in one place.
- Save notes, ideas, and important details
- Create tasks and reminders
- Plan your day and manage your calendar
- Capture meetings with recordings and summaries
- Use voice input
- Connect your apps
- Receive helpful notifications
Read full descriptionHide full description
Memory AI is your personal AI for memory, tasks, and calendar planning. Tell Memory AI what matters, and it helps you save important details, plan your day, manage tasks, and keep your schedule organized. From meetings and reminders to ideas, deadlines, errands, and daily plans, Memory AI keeps everything easy to find and act on. What you can do with Memory AI: • Save notes, ideas, and important details • Create tasks and reminders in seconds • Plan your day and manage your calendar • Capture meetings with recordings and summaries • Use voice when typing takes too long • Keep priorities, deadlines, and plans organized • Connect your apps and work from one place • Get helpful notifications before things slip away Built for real life Use Memory AI for work, study, meetings, errands, projects, personal plans, and anything you do not want to lose track of. Your notes, tasks, reminders, and calendar finally work together with an AI that understands context and helps you move through the day. Say what you need. Memory AI helps you make it happen. Memory AI requires an active subscription or free trial to access the app’s features. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
General Journal
Read full descriptionHide full description
General Journal brings your diary, expenses, photos, and companion conversations together in one daily timeline. Capture everyday life • Write rich-text diary entries with moods and photos. • Record income and expenses manually or turn a sentence into entries with AI assistance. • Review suggested entries before saving them. • Scan receipts and Taiwan e-invoice QR codes to help with bookkeeping. • Find past entries with search and tags. Keep your finances in view • Manage accounts, transfers, credit card payments, and shared expenses. • Record spending in different currencies. • Review income, expenses, and category summaries. Make room for reflection • Talk with your in-app companion about your day. • Request a companion response to a saved entry. • Create and edit memory cards from selected records and conversations. • Personalize your experience with appearance and companion settings. Your records and your choices • No app account is required for core journaling and bookkeeping. • Core records and photos are stored on your device. • Optional AI features send the content and context needed for processing to an online service. • Receipt recognition uses on-device OCR; relevant text is sent for AI parsing. • Export local backups, or choose available cloud backup options. Cloud backup transfers your backup to the cloud service you select. • App lock helps protect access to your records. Free to use with ads. Optional purchases and subscriptions provide additional benefits; see the in-app plan details for current features and limits. Before updating or changing devices, export a current backup and keep it somewhere safe. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Memory AI at none against General Journal's shown. On price, update cadence, 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. Memory AI sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.90 per 7 days and General Journal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Memory AI | General Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 156 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sizze Inc. | Zhegang Xu |
In-app purchases
Memory AI
- Pro Weekly$4.907 Days
- Pro Monthly3 Days trial$9.901 Month
- Pro Monthly$9.901 Month
Show 3 moreShow fewer
- Memory AI Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- Memory AI Pro Annual Promo$14.991 Year
- Memory AI Pro Annual3 Days trial$29.901 Year
- AI Credits $10$9.99
- AI Credits $25$24.99
- AI Credits $50$49.99
Show 1 moreShow fewer
- AI Credits $100$99.99
General Journal
- General Journal Basic$1.991 Month
- General Journal Premium$2.991 Month









