Comparison

GMemor vs TextLab

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

Head to head
About

GMemor

Capture sensitive thoughts with confidence using this private note-taking app. It supports Markdown writing, secure storage with biometric locks, and connects your ideas through bi-directional links and a knowledge graph visualization. Organize notes with templates, tags, and notebooks for efficient knowledge management.

Highlights
  • Bi-directional linking
  • Knowledge graph visualization
  • Markdown editing with hybrid preview
  • Note templates
  • iCloud sync
  • Notebook organization
  • Advanced search
Features
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GMemor is a privacy-first knowledge notebook for Markdown writing, bi-directional linking, and on-device AI summaries. Native three-platform workspaces use the Quiet Library design language. The Quiet Library Design • Warm paper background (#F5F1EA paper / #FFFCF7 surface), terracotta accent, moss green success • Three-font system: Newsreader serif (titles, body) + Inter sans (UI) + JetBrains Mono (code, shortcuts) • Focus ring, spacing, motion curves unified across the app iPhone — Focused Writing • Library label + notebook filter rail + time-grouped list • Editor: Newsreader 30 title + Newsreader 16 line-height 1.65 body, readable long lines • [[wikilink]] autocomplete + backlinks panel iPad — Notes Shell • Top bar + List 360 + Detail (statistics empty state when no note selected) • Source panel 280 slide-over (Library / Notebooks / Tags) — not a permanent third column • Graph / Trash / Import / Backlinks / managers open as overlays; narrow Stage Manager falls back to single column macOS — Desktop Workspace • Title toolbar + Sidebar + List 290 + Editor (max 760 reading width) + Inspector + Status bar • ⌘K Command Palette: Notes / Actions / Notebooks live search • ⌘⇧S AI summary for current note • Status bar shows real-time saved / words / chars / cursor • Quick Note 460×280 floating window + ⌘↵ save and dismiss Privacy First + On-Device AI • Face ID / Touch ID + 6-digit passcode lock • iCloud private container sync — no one outside your account can read • AI summaries run fully on-device (Llama 3.2 1B Q4) and continue in the background while you switch notes • mossSoft privacy bar with model name visible throughout generation Multi-Format Import • PDF / DOCX / HTML / CSV / JSON / Markdown / TXT → Markdown, all on-device • Progress screen: Newsreader 32 hero count + 4 status counter chips + optional on-device AI summary

About

TextLab

Transform and clean text with a variety of tools. Convert cases, remove extra spaces, count words, and more. Premium features include workflows, data formatting, and advanced search.

Highlights
  • Case conversion
  • Text cleanup
  • Word counting
  • Reverse and sort text
  • JSON and data formatting
  • Regex find and replace
  • Apple Intelligence integration
Features
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TextLab is a fast text utility for iPhone and iPad. Paste any text, pick a transformation, copy the result. No setup, no signup, no clutter. Whether you write copy, ship code, edit content, or just clean up messy text from emails and documents, TextLab handles the boring parts so you do not have to. Everything runs on your device. Your text never leaves your iPhone. WHAT IT DOES • Convert case in one tap. UPPERCASE, lowercase, Title Case, Sentence case, camelCase, PascalCase, snake_case, kebab-case. All the formats developers and writers actually use. • Clean up text fast. Remove extra spaces, empty lines, line breaks, duplicate words, duplicate lines. Trim whitespace. Strip rich text formatting in one tap. • Count what matters. Characters, words, lines, sentences, paragraphs, reading time. Live as you type. • Reverse, shuffle, sort. Reverse words, reverse letters, sort lines alphabetically or by length, shuffle randomly. PREMIUM TOOLS • Workflows. Chain any number of actions into a single reusable transformation. Save it, name it, give it an icon, run it on any text in one tap. Edit a workflow once, use it forever. • JSON and data formatters. Beautify or minify JSON. Format XML, HTML, YAML. Convert CSV to JSON and back with custom delimiters. Strip HTML tags. Strip Markdown. • Encoders and decoders. Base64, URL encoding, HTML entities, hex. Encode or decode in one tap. • Find and replace with regex. Full NSRegularExpression support for advanced search and replace. • Extract anything. Pull emails, links, phone numbers, dates from any block of text. Or write your own regex pattern to extract whatever you need. • Line tools. Sort lines, number lines (decimal or Roman), add prefix or suffix to every line, delete lines containing or not containing text, break lines after every word, sentence, or position. • Cleanup pro. Remove diacritics. Remove invisible Unicode characters that break text from web pages. Remove emojis. Filter words by pattern. • Markdown tools. Convert Markdown to HTML. Strip Markdown syntax to plain text. Clean Markdown formatting. • Apple Intelligence. On supported devices running iOS 26, run text through the on-device language model with your own prompt. Translate, rephrase, fix grammar, summarize. All on device. • Shortcuts integration. Every TextLab action and every workflow you create works as a Shortcuts action. Build automations, run them with a tap, a Siri command, or a Home Screen widget. • Share extension. Select text in any app, hit Share, run any TextLab action without leaving the app you are in. • iCloud sync. Your workflows follow you across iPhone and iPad. PRICING Free tier covers basic case conversion, cleanup, counters, and reverse. Genuinely useful with no time limits, no daily caps, no nags. PRIVACY TextLab does not collect any data. No analytics. No tracking. No accounts. All transformations run on your device. Your text is never sent over the internet. iCloud sync uses your private iCloud database, encrypted by Apple. WHO IT IS FOR • Developers who format JSON, debug data, convert case styles, encode tokens, test regex patterns. • Writers and journalists who clean up draft text, fix smart quotes, strip formatting, count words. • Marketers and copywriters who format headlines, generate slugs, count characters for ad copy, prepare social posts. • Students and researchers who clean up scraped text, format citations, transform data sets. • Anyone tired of pasting text into ten different websites just to fix capitalization. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

GMemor4 screens
TextLab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: TextLab at 100% against GMemor's 0%. TextLab also leads on price (Free vs $0.99). GMemor's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

TextLab is free to download; GMemor costs $0.99 up front. TextLab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GMemor asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GMemor ships an update every 10 days, TextLab fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
GMemor versus TextLab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGMemorTextLab
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer罡 刘Igor Bidenko

Customer experience

GMemor

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

TextLab

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

GMemor

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TextLab

One-time1
  • TextLab$9.99

Questions

Is GMemor free?
GMemor costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TextLab free?
TextLab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GMemor or TextLab have ads?
Neither GMemor nor TextLab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GMemor or TextLab?
GMemor ships an update every 10 days, and TextLab fortnightly. Most recently, GMemor was updated on November 5, 2026 and TextLab on November 9, 2026.

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