Comparison

Quick Notes (easy voice notes) vs Memo AI

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

Head to head
About

Quick Notes (easy voice notes)

Record your thoughts using your voice and get instant transcriptions. This app is ideal for capturing quick ideas or memos when typing is inconvenient. All processing occurs on-device for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • Instant voice-to-text transcription
  • On-device AI processing
  • Share or copy transcriptions
  • Lifetime stats tracking
  • Brainstorm mode
  • Save audio files
Features
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Capture your thoughts with your voice. Tap to record, get instant transcriptions, then save or share. Perfect for quick ideas, voice memos, or anything you'd rather say than type. Multi-language support detects your device language automatically. Features - Instant voice-to-text transcription - Clean up text with Apple Intelligence - Share or copy transcriptions to any app - Lifetime stats tracking Premium Features - Brainstorm mode - Save audio files for playback - Cleanup notes with Gemini All transcription and AI processing happens on-device. Your recordings are never sent to external servers. Privacy Policy: https://birchtree.productions/apps/quick-notes/privacy.html Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Memo AI

Effortlessly capture and transcribe spoken ideas on the go. This app automatically structures your recordings into key points, action items, and formatted notes, with an AI chat feature to query your content.

Highlights
  • One-tap background recording
  • Transcription in 12+ languages
  • Customizable AI note formatting
  • AI chat for note querying
  • Action item extraction
  • Export to Markdown and PDF
Features
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You're walking and ideas start coming. Stop and type each one? That's annoying. Keep walking and hope you remember? Good luck with that. Memo fixes this. Hit record, talk, keep moving. The app handles the rest—transcription, formatting, even pulling out the important bits. No typing, no lost thoughts. WORKS EVERYWHERE Walking to work? Record. In a meeting? Put your phone on the table. At the doctor? Keep it in your pocket. Memo runs in the background and catches everything. You just talk. ACTUALLY UNDERSTANDS YOU The transcription is scary good. 12+ languages, and you can add your own words—client names, medical terms, that weird project acronym nobody can spell. It learns. TURNS RAMBLING INTO REAL NOTES Here's where it gets interesting. You talk for 20 minutes about three different things. Memo figures out what matters: • The key points (not everything you said) • Action items and deadlines • Important dates you mentioned • Formatted in clean markdown CHAT WITH YOUR NOTES "What did I say about the marketing budget?" Just ask. Memo searches your recordings, finds connections between notes, can even look things up online. The more you use it, the more context it has. MAKE IT YOURS Tell the AI how you like your notes. Short bullet points? Detailed summaries? Focus on action items? Set it once, or change it per recording. Your call. ABOUT PRIVACY Notes stay on your phone. Audio gets deleted after transcription (we don't want it either). Only the AI processing touches the cloud. We're not building a data business here. WHAT'S INCLUDED • One-tap recording, works in background • Transcription in 12+ languages • Custom dictionary for tricky words • Auto-formatting and structure • Action items synced to Reminders • AI chat that actually remembers • Search that understands meaning, not just keywords • Export to Markdown, PDF, NotePlan • Offline mode when you need it PEOPLE USE THIS FOR • Quick thoughts on the go • Meeting notes (finally, good ones) • Lectures and classes • Interviews and research • Doctor appointments (so you don't forget what they said) • Lawyer and accountant meetings • Therapy sessions • Journaling without the typing Try it. Your future self will thank you. Terms of use: https://noteplan.co/memo/terms Privacy Policy: https://noteplan.co/memo/privacy

Screenshots

Quick Notes (easy voice notes)4 screens
Memo AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Memo AI at 4.9 against Quick Notes (easy voice notes)'s 4.2. Memo AI also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 67%) and ratings volume (67 vs 22). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Quick Notes (easy voice notes) sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Memo AI sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Memo AI holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 67 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Quick Notes (easy voice notes)'s written reviews are positive against 89% of Memo AI's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick Notes (easy voice notes) ships an update every 3 weeks, Memo AI monthly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Quick Notes (easy voice notes) versus Memo AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick Notes (easy voice notes)Memo AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (22 ratings)4.9 (67 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews89.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2267 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.018.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatt BirchlerNotePlan LLC

Customer experience

Quick Notes (easy voice notes)

All ratings22 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

Memo AI

All ratings67 ratings
Positive98.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive89.5%
Neutral5.3%
Negative5.3%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Quick Notes (easy voice notes)

Subscriptions1
  • Brainstorm Mode$4.991 Month
One-time2
  • Cleanup with Gemini$2.99
  • Save Audio Notes$4.99
3 purchases

Memo AI

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Premium$5.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Annual Premium3 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Quick Notes (easy voice notes) free?
Quick Notes (easy voice notes) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Memo AI free?
Memo AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quick Notes (easy voice notes) or Memo AI?
Memo AI is rated higher. Quick Notes (easy voice notes) averages 4.2 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Memo AI averages 4.9 from 67 ratings.
Do Quick Notes (easy voice notes) or Memo AI have ads?
Neither Quick Notes (easy voice notes) nor Memo AI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quick Notes (easy voice notes) or Memo AI?
Quick Notes (easy voice notes) ships an update every 3 weeks, and Memo AI monthly. Most recently, Quick Notes (easy voice notes) was updated on October 25, 2026 and Memo AI on October 25, 2026.

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