Comparison

Memento AI vs Buckets

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

Head to head
About

Memento AI

Capture thoughts quickly via voice or text and have them automatically filed. Receive persistent reminders for deadlines that escalate as they approach. Ask questions in natural language to retrieve information from your notes.

Highlights
  • Voice and text note capture
  • Automatic transcription
  • Persistent deadline reminders
  • Natural language search
  • Private notes
  • Data export
Features
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# Memento — Don't Lose That Thought You know that moment when you think of something important and tell yourself, *“I’ll remember this later”*? And then, two hours later, it’s gone. That’s what Memento is for. Say it. Type it. Get it out of your head. Memento keeps it for you and helps bring it back when you actually need it. ## Just say what you're thinking Open Memento and start talking. No folders, tags, or complicated setup. Your voice note is automatically turned into text, so you can capture a thought in a couple of seconds and move on. ## Reminders that actually help If you mention a date or deadline, Memento can remind you. And for things that really matter, it doesn’t just remind you once and disappear. Reminders start quietly, then become more noticeable as the deadline gets closer. Done already? Mark it complete from your lock screen and the reminders stop. ## Ask your notes Instead of searching through everything you've written, just ask. **“What did I say about the roof?”** **“What do I have coming up this week?”** Memento looks through your own notes and gives you an answer. If you never wrote it down, it will tell you that too. It won't make something up just to give you an answer. ## Made for forgetful minds Maybe you have ADHD. Maybe you're just busy. Maybe your brain is full of things all the time. The problem was never really writing things down. It's remembering to come back to them. Memento is built for that part. ## Your notes are yours Your notes are private to your account. They aren't used for analytics. You can export everything whenever you want, or delete your account and all your data directly from the app. ## No complicated system Memento isn't another folder system. It isn't a habit tracker. It's just a place to put the things you don't want to forget — and a little help making sure they come back at the right time.

About

Buckets

This app helps you manage your time by setting weekly intentions for different life areas. It allows you to block out time, run focus sessions, and confirm actual time spent, ensuring your week reflects your priorities. All data stays on your device.

Highlights
  • Set weekly intentions for life areas
  • Block time on your calendar
  • Run focus sessions with a timer
  • Confirm actual time spent
  • Calendar mirroring
  • Health app integration for workouts
  • Data export to JSON
Features
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Where does your week actually go? Buckets holds the parts of your life that matter, work, movement, sleep, family, and gives each one a weekly intention: how much time you actually want to pour in. Then it helps you protect that time before the week gets noisy. HOW IT WORKS Bucket. One area of your life, with a weekly intention. Work. Movement. Sleep. Family. Study. Faith. Whatever yours are. Block. You protect time for a Bucket by placing a Block on your calendar, in advance. A promise made to yourself while the week is still quiet. Session. When the Block arrives you start a focus session, and the timer runs. Work, move, rest, read. The session just holds the time. Pour. When you finish you confirm what actually happened, and only then does it pour into the Bucket. A Pour is never recorded without you. That last part is the whole point. Buckets does not watch you, guess at you, or fill itself in behind your back. Your week is only as full as you say it is, which is what makes the number worth looking at. YOUR WEEK, IN ONE PLACE Vessels for each Bucket that fill as the week goes on A plan timeline where you drag a Bucket onto the day to protect time Your existing calendar shown alongside, so open space stays honest Widgets for today's plan, one Bucket's ring, and how the week is filling A Live Activity and Dynamic Island for the running session Morning and evening moments, a daily reflection, and a weekly close Shortcuts for starting and finishing a session by voice ON YOUR DEVICE, AND NOWHERE ELSE No account. No sign up. No server. Every Bucket, Block, Session and Pour lives in the app's own database on your phone. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is sold, nothing leaves the device unless you choose to connect your calendar or Health. FREE, AND PRO Free holds one Bucket, with the full day, sessions, reflections, and every Pour you ever confirm. Buckets Pro holds as many Buckets as your life has parts, plus repeating Blocks, calendar mirroring, workouts that arrive ready to pour from Health, and export of every confirmed Pour as plain readable JSON. Built by one person, in Swift, for iPhone on iOS 18 and later. SUBSCRIPTION Buckets Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. Buckets Pro (Yearly): $39.99 per year, with a 1 week free trial for new subscribers. Buckets Pro (Monthly): $6.99 per month. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your Apple Account settings after purchase. If you take the free trial, any unused portion of it is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://buckets-app-xi.vercel.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://buckets-app-xi.vercel.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Memento AI4 screens
Buckets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Memento AI at none against Buckets's 2. Memento AI also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. Buckets sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Memento AI asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Memento AI against 5.0 for Buckets. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Memento AI versus Buckets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemento AIBuckets
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIrakli KochuaRami Salameh

Customer experience

Memento AI

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

Buckets

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Memento AI

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Buckets

Subscriptions2
  • Buckets Pro$6.991 Month
  • Buckets Pro7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Memento AI free?
Memento AI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Buckets free?
Buckets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Memento AI or Buckets?
Memento AI and Buckets are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Memento AI or Buckets have ads?
Neither Memento AI nor Buckets shows ads.

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