MemofyAI vs Lumen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MemofyAI
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■ Your messy notes deserve better. Scribbled meeting notes you can't read later. Quick ideas jotted down between tasks. A to-do list buried in a wall of text. MemofyAI turns your rough, unstructured notes into perfectly organized documents — automatically. Just type (or paste) your messy text. AI instantly adds headings, bullet points, and structure. Done. ■ Perfect for... - Meeting notes that need to become proper minutes - Random ideas that deserve structure - To-do lists that need checkboxes and priorities - Lecture notes that need to be study-ready - Handwritten notes or whiteboards — just snap a photo ■ 5 Smart Modes 1. Auto-detect — AI figures out what kind of note it is and formats accordingly 2. Memo — General notes with clean headings and sections 3. Meeting Minutes — Adds date, attendees, decisions, and action items 4. TODO — Creates prioritized checklists 5. Idea — Organizes your brainstorm with next steps ■ Camera Input — Read Handwriting Instantly Point your camera at handwritten notes, a whiteboard, or printed text. The app reads it and organizes it automatically. No more typing things out by hand. ■ On-Device AI for Privacy Choose the on-device AI mode and the AI runs directly on your phone. - In on-device mode, your notes stay on your device - Nothing is uploaded to any cloud - No one else can see your data — ever Confidential work notes, personal journal entries, sensitive ideas — type freely. ■ Works Offline After downloading the on-device AI model, you don't need an internet connection. Use it on a plane, underground, or anywhere without signal. ■ Home Screen Widgets Add a widget to your home screen or lock screen. Start writing notes with a single tap — no need to open the app first. ■ Meet Memobee — Your AI Buddy A cute, friendly assistant that lives in the app. Tap Memobee to start organizing your notes. A small touch of joy in your productivity. ■ Use Your Notes Anywhere - Copy to clipboard and paste into any app - Share with colleagues or friends - Save as a file for backup - Works great with Obsidian and other note apps ■ Why MemofyAI? - AI organizes your notes automatically - 5 modes for every type of note - Camera reads handwriting and whiteboards - On-device AI mode keeps your notes on your phone - Works without internet - Home screen and lock screen widgets - No ads Download now and never struggle with messy notes again.
Lumen
This app acts as a browser that remembers what you read, building a personal knowledge base from engaged pages. It allows you to ask questions in plain English about your reading history, with answers generated by an on-device AI. All your data remains private and offline.
- On-device AI knowledge base
- Plain English questioning
- Automatic content organization
- Private and offline browsing
- Tracker blocking
- Source citation for answers
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Lumen is a browser with a memory. Most browsers forget the second you close a tab. Lumen does not. As you read, it quietly builds a personal knowledge base from the pages you actually engage with, and then lets you ask questions about any of it in plain English, answered by an AI model that runs entirely on your device. Nothing you read, nothing you ask, and nothing Lumen learns about you ever leaves your phone. WHAT IT DOES Lumen reads along with you. It distinguishes between pages you genuinely read and pages you opened and swiped away, and it extracts the meaningful content from the ones that stuck. That content gets summarized, embedded, and organized into a searchable knowledge base, all on-device. Later, when you want to find something, you do not have to dig through history or remember which tab it was in. You just ask: "What did I read about sourdough starters last week?" "Summarize that article about the new M-series chips." "What were the main arguments in that piece I read on Tuesday?" Every answer cites the pages it came from, so you can jump straight back to the source. AUTO-ORGANIZED Your reading sorts itself into a clean hierarchy: Topics, Websites, and Pages. Each level carries its own AI-generated summary, so you can scan what you have been learning at a glance. No tagging, no folders to maintain. Lumen handles it in the background. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Lumen has no server. There is quite literally nothing to send. On-device LLM: a quantized Llama 3.2 model runs locally through Apple's MLX framework. Local SQLite storage: your reading history, summaries, and embeddings never leave the device. Built-in privacy: tracker blocking, third-party cookie blocking, and fingerprint resistance. Secure: HTTPS-only by default, with mixed-content blocking. No strings attached: no accounts, no sync, no telemetry, no ads. The AI weights download once on first launch (~700 MB). After that, everything works fully offline: browsing, reading, asking, answering. BUILT FOR iOS Lumen is written from scratch in Swift and SwiftUI, designed specifically for iPhone and iPad. It uses Apple's own frameworks wherever it can: NLEmbedding for semantic search, WKWebView for browsing, SQLite with FTS5 for full-text queries, and MLX Swift for on-device inference. Zero third-party trackers. Zero external services. WHO IT'S FOR While most browsers treat the web as a feed to scroll past, Lumen treats it as a library worth keeping. If you read a lot online and constantly think "I know I saw something about this recently but I cannot find it again," Lumen is for you. Researchers, students, writers, developers, and lifelong learners. You do not need to change how you browse. Browse normally, and Lumen takes care of the rest. REQUIREMENTS iOS 18 or later. iPhone with Apple Silicon recommended for the fastest on-device AI performance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Lumen at every 2 weeks against MemofyAI's monthly. MemofyAI's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MemofyAI ships an update monthly, Lumen every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MemofyAI | Lumen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 126 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Haruki Uriu | Daniel Kosukhin |
In-app purchases
MemofyAI
No in-app purchases
Lumen
No in-app purchases








