Comparison

PlaceMemo vs Dayfly

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

Head to head
About

PlaceMemo

Features
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Save notes and to-do checklists at real places. Get a notification with your memo or remaining tasks when you arrive nearby. A HOME FOR EACH PLACE • Browse a notebook-style home with a tab and memo count for each saved place. • Use the center + button to add a note or to-do linked to your selected place. • Check off tasks from the home list and see your progress count. • Search notes, to-dos, and addresses across all places. ALERTS ON ARRIVAL • See the place and note or to-do type in each arrival alert. • To-do alerts show unchecked tasks. • Combine a place with chosen days and times. • Background arrival alerts need Always location permission. You can still write and view memos without it. FIND AND KEEP • Pick a place on the map or search by keyword or address. Nearby results are sorted by distance. • Attach photos to notes and checklists. • Restore deleted memos for 30 days. • Unsaved edits are protected when leaving, and save failures keep your draft. • No sign-up needed. Choose from several color themes and use the app in 34 languages. FREE AND PREMIUM • Free: up to 10 memos and 5 places, with an alert radius of 50–500 m. • Premium: a one-time purchase removes memo and place limits, allows a radius from 10 m, and enables cloud backup and restore. • Premium backup uses iCloud or Google Drive on iOS, and Google Drive on Android. • Arrival detection depends on your phone's location accuracy.

About

Dayfly

Features
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Dayfly is for notes you only need for a little while. Notes quietly disappear after 24 hours by default. Parking spots, Wi-Fi passwords, locker numbers, today-only reminders — jot it down and forget about it. Dayfly cleans up after itself. Attach photos and videos too. That whiteboard, a receipt, a photo you only took to ask an AI about — capture it and share it straight from Dayfly. Dayfly-managed attachments are removed when an expired note is cleaned up. Photo-library originals and shared copies remain. Want to keep something? One star makes a note permanent. • No account, no sign-up — open and write • Stored on your device, with no account or cloud sync • No ads, no tracking • Minimal design, dark by default Dayfly Pro (lifetime Ā· one-time purchase): • Multiple photos + video attachments (free: one photo per note) • Per-note expiry — from 1 hour to 7 days, or forever • Lock Screen widget with your latest note and time left • Action Button & Siri quick capture (Control Center capture is free) • Notes fade out as they near expiry • Extra themes Not a subscription. Buy once, yours for life. Expired notes are hidden; stored data is cleaned up when the app is active. Device backups may include notes and attachments. Shared copies and originals in your photo library are not deleted when a Dayfly note expires.

Screenshots

PlaceMemo4 screens
Dayfly3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PlaceMemo at 15.1 against Dayfly's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. PlaceMemo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Dayfly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
PlaceMemo versus Dayfly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlaceMemoDayfly
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLake514 Inc.Yohan Gwak

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PlaceMemo

One-time1
  • PlaceMemo Premium$2.99
1 purchases

Dayfly

One-time1
  • Mayfly Pro$3.99

Questions

Is PlaceMemo free?
PlaceMemo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dayfly free?
Dayfly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PlaceMemo or Dayfly have ads?
Neither PlaceMemo nor Dayfly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PlaceMemo or Dayfly?
PlaceMemo ships an update fortnightly, and Dayfly fortnightly. Most recently, PlaceMemo was updated on October 30, 2026 and Dayfly on October 25, 2026.

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