PlaceMemo vs Dayfly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
PlaceMemo
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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 50ā500 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.
Dayfly
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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 ā 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 ā 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 ā 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 ā 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.
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Verdict
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
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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PlaceMemo | Dayfly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod ā better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 ā better | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lake514 Inc. | Yohan Gwak |
In-app purchases
PlaceMemo
- PlaceMemo Premium$2.99
Dayfly
- Mayfly Pro$3.99









