Comparison

Hjarni Notes & Memory vs Dama

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

Head to head
About

Hjarni Notes & Memory

This app acts as a central knowledge base, allowing you to store notes in plain Markdown. It integrates with AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT, giving them a persistent memory based on your controlled notes. Share context with your team and maintain consistent AI interactions.

Highlights
  • Markdown knowledge base
  • AI assistant memory integration
  • Plain text notes
  • Team note sharing
  • Customizable AI instructions
  • Versioned note changes
Features
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Your AI starts from zero every conversation. Hjarni gives it a memory built from notes you control. Write a note on your phone. Ask Claude or ChatGPT about it on your laptop, and it already knows. Hjarni is a Markdown knowledge base with a built-in MCP server. Notes, folders, tags. That is the whole product. MCP is not a plugin bolted on afterwards. The app was built around it. Call it a second brain, a personal wiki, a PKM system or a Zettelkasten. It is one place to keep what you know, in plain Markdown, so both you and your assistant can read it. HOW IT WORKS Save a note once. Connect Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP client. Your AI reads your notes, follows your instructions, and writes new notes that fit your system. Save project decisions, preferences and research. Ask your assistant to remember something and it writes the note for you. Save a session summary to pick up where you left off, or turn finished work into a guide you can reuse. Stop re-explaining your stack, your customers, or your style guide at the start of every conversation. Write once. You both remember. ON YOUR IPHONE Capture a note in seconds from the New tab. Triage it later from the Inbox. Search everything you have written. Read anywhere. This is the capture and read-anywhere companion. The long editing sessions happen on the web. That is on purpose. ONE MEMORY, EVERY ASSISTANT Claude and ChatGPT each keep their own memory, and neither one shares. Hjarni sits outside both. Switch assistants, keep your context. Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and anything else that speaks MCP. MEMORY YOU CAN ACTUALLY READ Assistant memory is a black box. Hjarni is not. Every note is plain Markdown you can open, search, and edit. Every change is versioned, so you can see what your AI wrote, diff it, and revert it. Export everything, any time, in a format that opens anywhere. SHARED NOTES FOR YOUR TEAM Team folders give everyone the same context. Your conventions, your decisions, your onboarding docs. Every teammate's AI reads the same thing, so nobody has to be the person who remembers. YOU OWN THE INSTRUCTIONS Set instructions per folder and per team. Tell your AI how to format notes, which tags to use, what tone to write in. Your AI works the way you work. SIMPLE BY DESIGN We left features out. No databases. No kanban boards. No page builders. Hjarni is a place to write and organize. The constraint is the feature. WHO IT IS FOR Developers, teams, founders, researchers, writers, travelers. Anyone who has typed the same context into a chat window twice. HJARNI PRO Hjarni is free to use, with a limit on how many notes you can keep. Pro removes the limit and adds file attachments, imports, email capture, and folder collaborators. Pro is an auto renewing subscription, monthly or annual. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews unless you turn off auto renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for the renewal within 24 hours before that. Manage the subscription and turn off auto renew in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://hjarni.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://hjarni.com/privacy

About

Dama

Easily collect and organize links from any app into a single, searchable location. Automatically categorizes saved content and offers quick access to favorites. Enjoy a private, lightweight experience with manual iCloud backups.

Highlights
  • Save links from any app via share sheet
  • Automatic categorization of saved links
  • Search by title, description, or domain
  • Mark links as favorites for quick access
  • No sign-up required
  • Light and dark mode support
  • Manual iCloud backup and import
Features
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Liked an article, wanted to watch a video later, or saw a post you didn't want to lose? You bookmarked it somewhere — and then never found it again. Dama is the simplest way to collect links from any app, in one place. ■ Save with one share, from anywhere Share directly to Dama from Safari, YouTube, Instagram, X, KakaoTalk, and any app with a share sheet. No need to open Dama first. ■ Organized into categories automatically Saved links are sorted into categories, and Dama suggests the right category for similar links — so you spend less time organizing. ■ Find what you need, fast Search by title, description, or domain, and keep your most-used links one tap away with favorites. ■ Light, private, and ready to go No sign-up required. Light and dark mode are both fully supported. ■ Back up and import with iCloud Back up to iCloud anytime from Settings, and import it later to merge into your current library. This is a manual backup, not real-time sync. Stop losing links. Start keeping them in Dama.

Screenshots

Hjarni Notes & Memory4 screens
Dama3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Hjarni Notes & Memory at 3 against Dama's 1. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Hjarni Notes & Memory sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month and Dama sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hjarni Notes & Memory against 5.0 for Dama. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hjarni Notes & Memory ships an update every 3 days, Dama every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Hjarni Notes & Memory versus Dama: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHjarni Notes & MemoryDama
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerevert van den bruelHyoSeop SHIM

Customer experience

Hjarni Notes & Memory

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Dama

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Hjarni Notes & Memory

Subscriptions2
  • Hjarni Pro Monthly$11.991 Month
  • Hjarni Pro Yearly$119.991 Year
1 purchases

Dama

One-time1
  • A Coffee for Dama$1.99

Questions

Is Hjarni Notes & Memory free?
Hjarni Notes & Memory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dama free?
Dama is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hjarni Notes & Memory or Dama?
Hjarni Notes & Memory and Dama are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Hjarni Notes & Memory or Dama have ads?
Neither Hjarni Notes & Memory nor Dama shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hjarni Notes & Memory or Dama?
Hjarni Notes & Memory ships an update every 3 days, and Dama every 6 days. Most recently, Hjarni Notes & Memory was updated on November 9, 2026 and Dama on November 10, 2026.

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