Idea Notes vs ReMee Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idea Notes
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"Capture your ideas — don't let them disappear." Tweet-style notes, organized with hierarchical tags, rediscovered at random. Make brainstorming a daily habit with your own personal idea journal. "Idea Notes" is a brain dump app designed to capture every spark, insight, and thought the moment it strikes. Tired of complex note-taking apps where ideas get buried under deep folder structures, or simple memo apps where notes are written and forgotten? "Idea Notes" rescues your ideas from the "write and forget" trap. Organize ideas flexibly with hierarchical tags. Reconnect with past thoughts through random rediscovery. Works fully offline, so you can capture ideas on the go, in bed, or anywhere inspiration strikes. By recording even just one idea a day, brainstorming becomes a natural habit. Features: ・Quick Capture: From launch to input in just 2 taps. Catch every spark and insight before it fades. ・Hierarchical Tag Organization: Organize ideas with nested tags. Add multiple tags to a single idea for multi-angle reflection. ・Random Rediscovery: Our signature feature surfaces forgotten ideas at random. Let your past self help your present self. ・Daily Idea Notification: A local notification delivers one past idea each day, turning reflection into a habit. ・Powerful Full-Text Search: Search across all your notes — find anything in seconds. ・Offline-First: No Wi-Fi needed. Launches instantly, captures instantly, even when you're off-grid. ・Image Attachments: Attach images to ideas to capture visual sparks alongside your thoughts. ・Archive Function: Hide ideas you don't need right now without deleting. Restore them anytime. ・Export Support: Keep your ideas as a personal asset with flexible export options. Start the habit of turning sparks into assets with "Idea Notes." ■ Pro Plan By purchasing the Pro Plan, you can unlock the following features: ※ The Pro Plan is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. 【Pro Plan Features】 ・Ad-free for uninterrupted thinking ・Up to 8 photos per note (vs. 2 in free) ・Unlimited tags (vs. 10 in free) ・Up to 4 nested tag levels (vs. 2 in free) ・Custom priority labels (vs. 4 in free) ・Unlimited daily random rediscoveries (vs. 10 per day in free) ・19 premium themes (vs. 7 in free) ・Export to PDF and text (Pro exclusive) For more information, please refer to the following: 1. Privacy Policy: https://giversthankapp.com/privacy-policy-for-idea-notes-quick-capture-en/ 2. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/us/terms.html
ReMee Journal
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ReMee is a memo app that lets you save your past notes like cards and rediscover them at unexpected moments as they appear at random. Daily insights, passing thoughts, moments you do not want to forget, and memories you want to keep with photos. With ReMee, you can save them all as individual cards. Each card can include photos, colors, reminders, tags, and bookmarks. You can change the paper color, ink color, and label color to match the feeling or scene behind each note, building a personal stack of cards over time. You can also set reminders so that a past card reaches your future self. Words that felt ordinary when you wrote them may later become a small encouragement or a new insight. ReMee is not just an app for organizing notes. It is a quiet card-style memo app for meeting your past self again and gently moving your present self forward. The name ReMee comes from “Re,” meaning once again, “Meet,” meaning to encounter, and “Me,” meaning yourself. ReMee is a place to meet yourself again. Main Features ・Save notes in a card-style format ・Attach photos ・Organize with tags ・Search and filter ・Bookmark important cards ・Set reminders to revisit cards ・Change paper colors, ink colors, and label colors ・Export your data as CSV ・Multilingual display support ・60-day free trial ・Continue with a one-time purchase after the trial Recommended For ・People who want to naturally rediscover past notes when they least expect it ・People who want to easily save daily insights and ideas ・People who want to send words to their future self ・People who enjoy the warmth and color of stationery on their phone ReMee was created with the hope that your past words can become a small ally for your future self.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ReMee Journal at none against Idea Notes's shown. ReMee Journal also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). Idea Notes's advantage is iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.4). On price, 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. Idea Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ReMee Journal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Idea Notes ships an update every 3 weeks, ReMee Journal every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idea Notes | ReMee Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RYOTA SUZUKI | BlueNotes Inc. |
In-app purchases
Idea Notes
- Pro Plan$12.99
ReMee Journal
- Lifetime License$9.99









