Comparison

Memori vs Dear Today

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

Head to head
About

Memori

Create and organize your life with a visual journal that blends analog film aesthetics, multi-layer collage design, and 3D flip-through books. Capture moments with cinematic texture, compose layouts with precision, and manage daily tasks and habits through visual cards, all synced across devices.

Highlights
  • 3D Flip Books with realistic page-turn physics
  • Multi-layer Canvas Studio for precise collage design
  • Film Camera with real-time cinematic texture and grain
  • Echo Cards for visual life management (tasks, habits, notes)
  • iCloud Sync across iPhone and iPad (Pro feature)
  • Privacy-focused with local or iCloud data storage
Features
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Create and Record, Your Way memori blends analog film photography, multi-layer canvas design and 3D flip-through journals into one creative space. Capture moments with film texture, compose layouts with precision, bind them into books that turn like paper, and organize your days with visual cards, all synced across your devices. 3D FLIP BOOKS: JOURNALS THAT FEEL REAL Your photos don't just sit in a grid. They live inside lifelike journals with real page-turn physics. • Arrange up to 50 books on a 3D shelf with realistic materials and lighting • Each book holds up to 100 pages: single spreads, double layouts or panoramas split across two pages • Customize covers, accent colors and the surface your books rest on: linen, denim, wood, velvet and more • Turn pages with smooth animation, shadows and perspective • Add photos from your library or your canvas projects Your memories deserve to be bound, shelved and flipped through. CANVAS STUDIO: A MULTI-LAYER WORKSPACE A freeform collage editor built for precision and reuse. • Stack, rotate, scale and crop images with precise alignment • Apply masks, add styled text and snap to grids • Lift a subject off its background and save it to your Sticker Book to reuse anywhere • Choose a page background: 12 notebook papers from ruled and graph to kraft and manuscript paper, any color, or your own photo • Export in high resolution (Pro) or save to Photos Every canvas can become a journal page: design once, use everywhere. FILM CAMERA: TEXTURE IN REAL TIME Eighteen film looks, each named after a traditional Japanese color, with a live preview of exactly what you'll get. • Films like Mizuiro, Ruri, Beni and Sumi, applied as you shoot • Grain, vignette, soft bloom and color fringing • Multiple lenses, manual exposure and white balance, tap to focus • Square, 35mm, widescreen and more • A built-in album you can filter by film The grain and color are part of the capture, not an overlay, so the texture holds up when you zoom in. ECHO CARDS: YOUR DAYS ON PAPER Your books keep the past. Echo cards organize the present. • Five kinds of card: tasks, habits, journal entries, notes and countdowns • 92 realistic designs: receipts, train tickets, telegrams, legal pads, stamp cards, split-flap boards, air letters and more • Journal cards can carry the weather, temperature and place • Choose colors and fonts, and reorder cards by dragging memori treats tasks, habits and memories as part of the same creative practice. IN YOUR LANGUAGE memori speaks English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. Switch anytime in the app. SYNC & PRIVACY • iCloud Sync (Pro): books, canvases and Echo cards sync across iPhone and iPad. • Privacy first: no tracking, no feed, no followers. Your data stays on your devices and in your own iCloud. FOR PEOPLE WHO • Love film photos and paper journals • Want to make collages and flip through them like real books • Plan their days with visual notes, tasks and habits • Prefer calm, tactile design to cluttered tools WHY MEMORI? Most apps make you choose: camera, collage, journal or planner. memori brings them together. Shoot with film texture. Build collages layer by layer. Bind pages into books that turn. Track your days with cards that feel like part of your journal. One app. One workspace. One synced library. Download memori and start turning your life into a book. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Dear Today

Features
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Your camera roll is full. But your weeks still feel blurry. Dear Today is a private visual diary and mood journal designed for busy people who want emotional clarity without writing pages. Every day, you capture one photo, choose your mood, and add a short note. It takes less than a minute. No social feed. No likes. No performance. Just one intentional moment. Over time, Dear Today turns your entries into: • A visual timeline of your life • Mood patterns across weeks and months • Emotional insights you can actually see • Monthly photo recaps and collages • Gentle reflection prompts It combines a photo diary, mood tracker, and self reflection tool in one simple ritual you can sustain. You don’t need to document everything. Just one photo. One feeling. Because memories are visual. And understanding them changes how you live. Terms of use: https://www.chippstudio.ee/dear_today/terms

Screenshots

Memori4 screens
Dear Today4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dear Today at weekly against Memori's every 12 months. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Memori sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Dear Today sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Memori ships an update every 12 months, Dear Today weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Memori versus Dear Today: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemoriDear Today
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size267 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerzheng xuChipp Studio OU

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Memori

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Annually$24.991 Year
2 purchases

Dear Today

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium Plan$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium Plan$22.991 Year

Questions

Is Memori free?
Memori is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dear Today free?
Dear Today is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Memori or Dear Today have ads?
Neither Memori nor Dear Today shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Memori or Dear Today?
Memori ships an update every 12 months, and Dear Today weekly. Most recently, Memori was updated on November 5, 2026 and Dear Today on October 25, 2026.

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