Comparison

FirstSeed Notes vs Memo

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

Head to head
About

FirstSeed Notes

Capture, organize, and refine your thoughts with a beautifully designed note-taking app. Supports Markdown, task management, and transcription to create summaries and meeting minutes. Syncs across devices and offers customization options.

Highlights
  • Markdown-supported note creation and editing
  • Task management with ToDo lists
  • Highlighting important sentences
  • Recording and transcription capabilities
  • Note categorization with tags
  • Cross-device syncing via iCloud
  • Customizable font size and line spacing
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FirstSeed Notes is a beautifully designed note-taking app that helps you capture and refine your daily thoughts and insights. By writing down the words in your mind and organizing your ideas, you can naturally build them up over time. It supports your everyday thinking and actions, from taking notes and keeping records to organizing ideas, managing ToDos, and reflecting on important sentences. Main Features - Create and edit notes (simple and comfortable writing experience) - Organize tasks with a ToDo list - Highlight important sentences to record and review them later - Supports recording and transcription - Create summaries, meeting minutes, study notes, action lists, and more from transcriptions - Categorize and organize notes with tags - Quickly access important notes with bookmarks - Fast access to recent notes - Share individual notes or entire notebooks - Sync across devices - Customize font size and line spacing - Markdown support - Smart formatting feature - Display character and line counts Data can be synced and shared via iCloud servers. Some of the above features require a subscription or lifetime license. About Subscription: Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Terms of Use: https://firstseed.io/terms.html

About

Memo

Features
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Memo - Quick Notes is a fast, lightweight notepad you can start writing in the moment it opens. No folders, no deep hierarchies. Jot something down, share it, and move on. β–  Add a memo exactly where you want it Spread two fingers apart between two memos and a new memo slides into that spot. Press and hold to reorder, swipe right to pin, swipe left to archive. Organize your list with your fingertips. β–  An editor that gets out of the way - Plain text, headings, and bold - Bulleted, numbered, and checklists - Completed items can move to the bottom automatically (optional) - Return continues a list; an empty line ends it β–  Powerful copy and share - Copy as plain text or with formatting (press and hold to reuse the last format) - Share as text to LINE, Messages, Mail, AirDrop, and more - Share as image: the whole memo rendered as one clean, tall image β–  20 themes and flexible typography Snow, Linen, Ink, Nocturne, Lagoon, Honey, Ember, Blossom, and more. Choose from San Francisco, Rounded, Serif, or Monospaced, six text sizes, and adjustable line spacing. β–  Feels good to use Subtle sounds and haptic feedback the moment an action lands: checking an item, copying, archiving, adding a memo. Both are kept quiet and can be turned off in Settings. β–  Your list, your way - Group by date (Today, Yesterday, Previous 7 Days, Previous 30 Days…) - Sort by Date Edited, Date Created, Title, or Manual; newest or oldest first - Instant search - Press and hold the app icon to start a new memo right away β–  Your data stays yours - iCloud sync across devices signed in to the same Apple Account - Export and restore JSON backups - Archived memos can be restored at any time - Your memos are never sent to our own servers β–  Remove Ads (one-time purchase) Every feature is free. A single purchase hides the ads shown in Settings. Available in Japanese and English.

Screenshots

FirstSeed Notes4 screens
Memo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Memo at none against FirstSeed Notes's 5. Memo also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). FirstSeed Notes's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. FirstSeed Notes sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Memo asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences Β· 4 level
FirstSeed Notes versus Memo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFirstSeed NotesMemo
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews85.7% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysβ€”
AdsNo β€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
MonetizationFreemiumβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size117 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFirstSeed IncTakahiro Kimura

In-app purchases

5 purchases

FirstSeed Notes

Subscriptions4
  • Personal Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Team Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Personal Yearly1 Month trial$26.991 Year
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  • Team Yearly1 Month trial$95.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$49.99
None

Memo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FirstSeed Notes free?
FirstSeed Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Memo free?
Memo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FirstSeed Notes or Memo have ads?
Memo shows ads; FirstSeed Notes does not.

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