LearnBack vs Mento
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LearnBack
This app helps you retain information by actively recalling what you've learned. Capture insights via voice or text, organize them with tags, and track your progress with visual insights. It also includes digital well-being features like eye rest reminders.
- Active recall prompts
- Voice and text input
- Timeline and tagging
- Visual progress insights
- Digital well-being alerts
- Privacy-focused design
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Stop forgetting what you read, watch, and study. LearnBack turns everyday learning into long-term memory. Capture what you discover, recall it in your own words, and review it at the right time with active recall and spaced repetition. Whether you are preparing for exams, learning a new skill, reading books, watching educational videos, or collecting ideas, LearnBack helps you build knowledge that stays with you. REMEMBER BY RECALLING Learning is not only about consuming more information. LearnBack asks you to retrieve what you learned in your own words, helping you move from passive scrolling to active learning. CAPTURE BY TEXT OR VOICE Save a quick written recall or record your thoughts while reading, studying, commuting, or watching a video. Add a title and tag so every idea stays organized. BUILD PERSONAL FLASHCARDS Turn your own recalls into flashcards based on the ideas that matter to you. Your cards come from your learning—not a generic deck. REVIEW AT THE RIGHT TIME Use spaced repetition to revisit important ideas before they fade. Rate each review as Again, Hard, Good, or Easy, and keep strengthening your memory over time. YOUR LEARNING TIMELINE Browse your recalls by date, replay voice notes, revisit written insights, and build a personal history of what you have learned. INSIGHTS THAT KEEP YOU MOVING Track your daily streak, recall activity, review progress, and learning categories. See small steps become a lasting habit. LEARN WITHOUT BURNING OUT Optional eye-care reminders support the 20-20-20 rule, while stretching reminders encourage you to move during long learning sessions. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account required. No cloud storage. No external servers. Your learning stays on your device, and LearnBack does not collect your data. PERFECT FOR • Students and exam preparation • Books, articles, courses, and podcasts • Language and professional learning • Coding and technical concepts • Lifelong learners and curious minds • Anyone tired of forgetting useful ideas Learn less passively. Recall more actively. Remember for longer. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://learnback.lovable.app/
Mento
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Mento is the notes app that quizzes you back. Capture what you learn, organize it your way, and practice until it sticks — so you walk into every exam knowing it. Most notes go somewhere to be forgotten. Highlighting feels productive, but without practice it's just reading. Mento closes the loop: your notes, PDFs, and lectures become flashcards, and spaced repetition schedules every review so five minutes a day is enough. CAPTURE EVERYTHING • Jot an idea in seconds — Mento files it so you don't have to • Record the lecture and study every word with automatic transcription • Snap photos, save links, add images and video to your notes • Import PDFs and read, highlight, and annotate them like notebook pages REAL NOTES, NOT JUST FLASHCARDS • Rich notes with images, video, audio, checklists, and tags • A space for every class, so each course has one home • Fast search across everything you've saved HANDWRITE LIKE PAPER • A full notebook with quill, fountain pen, pencil, and highlighter • Paper templates to match — ruled, grid, and more • Lasso your handwritten notes and turn them into flashcards STUDY UNTIL YOU KNOW IT • Turn notes and PDFs into flashcards with AI • Practice with multiple choice, matching, typed answers, and more • Quiz yourself on diagrams by hiding the labels • Take full tests and see exactly what you know REMEMBER IT FOR GOOD • Spaced repetition schedules every review at the right moment • Set an exam date and Mento paces your studying toward it • Track your streak and watch your progress build PLAN YOUR WEEK • A calendar with your reviews, exams, and daily notes in one place • Write a daily note and turn any line into a task Mento tracks for you Mento is free to use. Optional Pro and Student subscriptions unlock more storage, longer recordings, and more. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be cancelled anytime in your App Store settings. Questions? We're at https://mento.so/help — or support@mento.so Privacy: https://mento.so/privacy · Terms: https://mento.so/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Mento at every 3 days against LearnBack's every 3 weeks. LearnBack's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. LearnBack sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Mento sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
LearnBack ships an update every 3 weeks, Mento every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LearnBack | Mento |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (21 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mohammed Attwa | Blalingo |
In-app purchases
LearnBack
- LearnBack Pro – Monthly$0.991 Month
- LearnBack Pro$9.991 Year
- LearnBack Pro$19.99
Mento
- Student Monthly$9.991 Month
- Pro Monthly$16.991 Month
- Student Yearly$64.991 Year
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- Pro Yearly$109.991 Year









