Comparison

MeMemo vs Notes for Life

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

Head to head
About

MeMemo

This minimalist journaling app helps you reflect on your past, present, and future. Organize your life across various time scales, capture thoughts with keywords or notes, and access your entries instantly. Enjoy a clean interface designed for deep reflection and long-term life planning.

Highlights
  • Life laid out as a grid
  • Yearbook and calendar views
  • Record across five scales
  • Capture entries four ways
  • Minimalist design
  • Home screen widgets
  • Instant search
  • Private iCloud sync
Features
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MeMemo — my minimalist life journal. Here, reflect on who you were, settle into who you are, and plan who you'll be. FEATURES - See your whole life laid out as a single grid on the Me page. - Organize your entire life at a glance on the Yearbook page. - Browse and organize your months, weeks, and days with the Year and Month views. - Record across five scales: Me, Year, Month, Week, and Day. - Capture each entry four ways: keywords, a one-liner, plans, and notes. - Quickly write and plan your life, year, month, week, and day on the detail pages. - A minimalist design that lets you sink into your own words and thoughts. - Home Screen widgets: today's highlights and this week's plans. - Instant search: find anything across life, year, month, week, and day. - Private iCloud sync: seamless across iPhone and iPad. - Face ID protection: one more lock for your journal. - Data export: Markdown, TXT, and PDF — your PDF becomes a book. WHO IT'S FOR - New to journaling and not sure where to start: just open and write your first line. - Want to record your life but short on time and energy: one line, one minute is enough. - Put off by complex journaling apps: just plain, simple text — zero learning curve. - Minimalists: an interface so clean it's just you and your words. - Perfectionists: a tidy framework, time scales, and design that all line up. - Long-term thinkers: one app to hold a lifetime, slowly written into your own memoir. - Privacy-first: your records are yours alone — and you can lock them. - ADHD and wandering minds: a place to land your scattered thoughts. - Forgetful types who lose track of what they've done: your past, always within reach. - Born planners: plan ahead across life, year, month, week, and day. - Bullet-journal and diary lovers: daily, yearly, three-year, and five-year diaries all fit. - Anyone who wants to sort themselves out: untangle the mess in your head. PRIVACY & TERMS - Your data lives only on your devices and private iCloud; we collect no personal data. - Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Everyone deserves to record their life, fully. May MeMemo help you find your true self.

About

Notes for Life

Features
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Life is a focused app for managing long-term life goals. Write what truly matters as checkable items and move forward step by step, like using a real life notebook. Key features: Life Notebook Home: a single, realistic notebook-style home view with clear focus. Checkable life items: completed items are automatically archived to your completion log. Task management: create tasks, add notes, complete, and reopen. Completion log: see what you actually finished, organized by completion time. Task comments: each task has its own comment thread for reflection and context. Multi-line notes: edit detailed notes directly in task detail. iCloud sync: keep data consistent across devices. Daily reminders: get notified at your preferred time. Widget: view your next life item from the Home Screen. Life is designed for steady long-term progress, not complexity. Check off one meaningful step each day, and let time compound your growth.

Screenshots

MeMemo4 screens
Notes for Life4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Notes for Life at none against MeMemo's 1. Notes for Life also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly). On price, 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

Both are free to download. MeMemo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Notes for Life asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MeMemo ships an update weekly, Notes for Life daily. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MeMemo versus Notes for Life: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeMemoNotes for Life
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews97.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer行滨 于恩澄 许

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MeMemo

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$19.99
None

Notes for Life

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MeMemo free?
MeMemo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notes for Life free?
Notes for Life is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MeMemo or Notes for Life have ads?
Neither MeMemo nor Notes for Life shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MeMemo or Notes for Life?
MeMemo ships an update weekly, and Notes for Life daily. Most recently, MeMemo was updated on October 18, 2026 and Notes for Life on October 14, 2026.

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