Comparison

ForgetMeNot vs Memory Jar

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

Head to head
About

ForgetMeNot

Capture and save meaningful thoughts, experiences, and moments in digital jars. Add notes, photos, and videos to preserve memories and revisit them anytime. Collaborate with others on shared jars to create timeless stories.

Highlights
  • Create custom memory jars
  • Add notes, photos, and videos
  • Collaborate with others on jars
  • Revisit and reflect on memories
  • Share memories with loved ones
Features
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ForgetMeNot is for remembering our lives. Not just the big stuff like birthdays and epic trips, but also the countless smaller moments we have with our friends, family, and ourselves. Like when your friend said something so dumb and funny you were laughing until it hurt. These times are the easiest to forget, but also what gives life real meaning. Now you can collect them all in your own memory jars. Keep them private, or build them together with the people who were there. And whenever you need it, pull a memory out at random and be back there for a minute. WHO WE ARE We're just two people with a couple of cats. Come say hi: https://instagram.com/forget.me.not.app WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH FORGETMENOT A memory jar app for photos, videos, and notes, kept privately or shared with the people you love. Capture memories - Save photos, videos, and written notes as memories - Each memory keeps its date, so a jar doubles as a timeline you can scroll - Make as many jars as you like: a family jar, a couple's jar, a travel jar, a baby's first-year jar, a pet jar, a gratitude jar Relive memories - Pull a random memory from any jar whenever you want to look back - Browse any jar as a dated photo journal Share memories with family and friends - Invite people to a shared jar so everyone adds their own photos, videos, and notes - Collaborative jars for couples, families, friend groups, and long-distance relationships - Send a single memory to someone who was there Private by default - Jars are private unless you invite someone - No public feed, no followers, no strangers Whether you use it as a memory keeper, a shared photo journal, a family diary, a digital scrapbook, a time capsule, or a gratitude jar, ForgetMeNot is a place to put the moments you don't want to forget, and a way to find them again when you need them. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Memory Jar

Features
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Write down the small things as they happen. Seal them. Open them on a day you choose. Memory Jar is a jar you fill with moments — a line about a good Tuesday, a photo from a trip, thirty seconds of someone's voice — and cannot open until the date you set. Not a journal you reread into the ground. A year you get back all at once. HOW IT WORKS Make a jar and choose when it opens. Add a short memory whenever something is worth keeping. A quiet nudge asks now and then, so a jar doesn't end up empty. Once a memory is sealed, you can't read it again until the day. That's the whole point. On the day, open it and read everything back, one memory at a time. FOR THE OCCASION A year, a trip, a baby's first year, a wedding, a school term, a hundred days of gratitude, or anything you name yourself. Each one comes with its own length, its own cover, and its own set of questions to answer when you don't know what to write. TOGETHER, OR FOR SOMEONE ELSE Invite someone to add their own memories to a jar you're keeping — a year with your partner, a trip with friends. Nobody reads anything early, including you. Or fill a jar for someone and hand it over sealed, to open on the day you choose. A wedding. A graduation. The end of a year they'll want back. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN A widget with the days left and a one-tap way to add a memory, on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. FREE, AND WHAT PREMIUM ADDS Free: one jar at a time, unlimited written memories, the full opening day, and a reminder when it comes. Jars you've already opened are kept forever and never count against that one — you never have to delete your history to start something new. Encrypted backups are free too. Premium is one purchase, not a subscription, and it adds: • More than one jar running at once • Photos and thirty-second voice memories • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Every occasion template and its questions • Filling a jar together with someone • Sealing a jar as a gift • Your own reminder rhythm • Every jar style • Export a finished jar as PDF or text NO ACCOUNT. NO SERVER. There is nothing to sign up for. Your jars live on your iPhone and nowhere else — no analytics, no tracking, no cloud. The app makes no network requests at all except to Apple when you buy or restore. Nothing leaves your device unless you make a file and send it yourself. That also means the responsibility is yours: make a backup. It's free, it's encrypted with a passphrase only you know, and it's in Settings.

Screenshots

ForgetMeNot4 screens
Memory Jar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ForgetMeNot at weekly against Memory Jar's monthly. 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. ForgetMeNot sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Memory Jar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ForgetMeNot ships an update weekly, Memory Jar monthly. Both last shipped on October 13, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
ForgetMeNot versus Memory Jar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForgetMeNotMemory Jar
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDendric LLCMURATHAN ORAN

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ForgetMeNot

Subscriptions2
  • Timeless (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Timeless (Annual)$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Jar Permanent Growth$4.99
1 purchases

Memory Jar

One-time1
  • Memory Jar Premium$1.99

Questions

Is ForgetMeNot free?
ForgetMeNot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Memory Jar free?
Memory Jar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ForgetMeNot or Memory Jar have ads?
Neither ForgetMeNot nor Memory Jar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ForgetMeNot or Memory Jar?
ForgetMeNot ships an update weekly, and Memory Jar monthly. Most recently, ForgetMeNot was updated on October 13, 2026 and Memory Jar on October 13, 2026.

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