Comparison

Obius vs Memol

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

Head to head
About

Obius

This app offers a visual workspace for organizing notes and ideas. It allows for reusable content blocks, color-coded sections for intent, and AI-powered features for content generation and semantic search. It prioritizes privacy with local-first storage and end-to-end encryption.

Highlights
  • Visual workspace for notes and ideas
  • Reusable content blocks (Loops)
  • Color-coded sections by intent
  • AI-powered content generation and search
  • Version history and snapshots
  • Offline functionality and end-to-end encryption
Features
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Obius — Notes that evolve. Designed for the way you think. Your ideas don't arrive in straight lines. Obius is a visual workspace where notes carry color, ideas connect to each other, and what you wrote yesterday folds into what you're building today. Built for founders, PMs, designers, researchers — and anyone who outgrew Apple Notes but never quite fit into Notion. LOOPS — WRITE ONCE, REUSE EVERYWHERE Drop a Loop into any note — a named, reusable content block like @launch_checklist or @weekly_review. Edit it in one place, every copy updates instantly. Perfect for running lists, shared context, and anything you reference more than once. SECTIONS THAT CARRY MEANING Every section has an intent — a color that tells you at a glance what kind of thinking lives there. Open ideas, questions you're sitting with, work in motion, issues to fix, things that are done. Five colors. Five intents. Your thinking, visible. — Drag and drop to reorder — Collapse, expand, and nest sections — Rich content: text, checklists, code, quotes, images, audio — Tap once to change a section's intent ECHOES — REMINDERS THAT BRING THE NOTE BACK Attach a time-based reminder to any Loop. Unlike calendar pings, an Echo resurfaces the full note when the moment matters — with all its context intact, not a one-line nag. OBIUS INTELLIGENCE AI that lives inside the workspace, not in another tab. — Generate full pages from a single prompt — Edit, rewrite, and refine content in place — no copy-pasting between apps — Smart titles that actually describe the page — Semantic search that finds ideas, not just keywords — Research context: pull what you need, paste, and think from there INSIGHTS THAT SURFACE WHAT MATTERS Obius watches your pages for patterns so you don't have to. Cleanup suggestions, related notes you forgot about, lists hiding in your text, and safety flags for leaked credentials or secrets. VERSION HISTORY, BUILT IN Every note quietly snapshots itself. Browse the timeline, restore any earlier version, watch your thinking evolve over time. No save button. No lost work. SHARE LIVE OR FROZEN Generate a short public link to share a live note that updates as you edit — or freeze a snapshot in time. Readable URLs. View counts. Comments optional. CALENDAR See your work across time. Plan ahead, look back, stay oriented — without leaving Obius. LOCAL-FIRST. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT. — Pages stored on your device first — Works fully offline; syncs when you reconnect — End-to-end encrypted sync — No tracking. No selling data. Not now, not ever. — Optional local-only mode for maximum privacy YOUR MIND. YOUR ARCHITECTURE. Obius isn't another notes app. It's a workspace shaped like thinking — simple enough to start in seconds, deep enough to grow with how you actually work. Designed for the way you think. Terms of Use (EULA): https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRq_bt_Z_V7ci7lS3hHLzq4QjRrDFJsJu6Ab-oedeeSakGPGcx_dJlG3EDAzdetptd21GPyEtzTxKbg/pub Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRbJ9cYTWnyQSYeL8JrTOizC0eC-f8rhoicqh3GttTDIrbNlesR-_auwkFz2OLsTTzguDG3YLtzwnEY/pub

About

Memol

Features
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Memol is a notes app built on one idea: it's okay to forget. Notes aren't for remembering. Write something down, let it leave your head, and just ask the AI when you need it back. Write as a team, and a colleague picks it up right when you've forgotten it. We built Memol so you can work with a clear head, always. 【Who it's for】 • People who take notes but can never find them later • People whose notes turn to chaos because tagging and foldering is a hassle • Companies and shops where only one person knows how something works • People frustrated by Evernote's price increases • People who find Notion too heavy and feature-packed • Students and their study notes 【What makes Memol different】 ■ AI search — no tags, no folders needed The AI understands every note by meaning. Search with vague, natural phrases like "the hiring plan we decided in last month's leadership meeting" or "that design idea I had at the cafe" and you'll find it. Notes you forgot to tag, notes from back when your folders were a mess — all findable. ■ Share with your team and end key-person risk Invite people to a workspace and everyone can AI-search any note, no matter who wrote it. No more work grinding to a halt when a veteran is out, or knowledge vanishing when someone leaves. Important notes can be locked to "view only," so you can share them without risking unwanted edits. ■ Great for students, too Lecture notes, exam prep, report drafts, reading notes. ■ Simple, pleasant writing A focused editor with the extras stripped away. Markdown, image attachments, tables, and code blocks are all there when you need them. You can also capture voice notes that transcribe as you speak, and let AI start a draft from just a topic. 【How people use it】 • Sharing meeting minutes across a team • Sharing customer records (salons, clinics, animal hospitals, and more) • Managing client-specific rules (accounting firms, professional services) • Sharing recipes and manuals across locations (restaurants) • Building up a library of repair cases (auto repair shops) • Property notes and customer history (real estate) • Lecture notes, exam prep, reading notes (students) If you take notes but never really use them, if your team struggles with key-person risk, if you're looking to move off Evernote, or if you're a student — if even one of these is you, give Memol a try. Website: https://memol.app X: @memol_app Contact: support@memol.app

Screenshots

Obius4 screens
Memol4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Memol at none against Obius's 4. Memol also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Obius sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Memol asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Obius ships an update weekly, Memol every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Obius versus Memol: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterObiusMemol
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDemetri HodgesLINKAKU inc.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Obius

Subscriptions3
  • Obius Pro Founder$4.991 Month
  • Obius Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Pro Annual$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • Power Pack$9.99
None

Memol

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Obius free?
Obius is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Memol free?
Memol is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Obius or Memol have ads?
Neither Obius nor Memol shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Obius or Memol?
Obius ships an update weekly, and Memol every 2 days. Most recently, Obius was updated on October 5, 2026 and Memol on October 11, 2026.

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