Comparison

Numen vs Hum Memo

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

Head to head
About

Numen

Features
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Numen is a calm, premium second brain you talk to. Tell it anything you don't want to forget — a parking spot, a wifi password, your mom's birthday, the wine you loved last Tuesday, the thing your kid said at bedtime. Ask later in plain language and Numen finds it, connects it, and surfaces it when you need it. Just say it. Numen remembers. WHAT YOU CAN SAVE • Notes — anything in your own words • Reminders — with natural-language times ("Sunday morning", "before the trip") • Calendar events — flights, dinners, recurring classes • Contacts — people, with how you know them and what matters about them • Secrets — wifi passwords, card details, house codes — held behind tap-to-reveal chips HOW IT WORKS Type or speak the way you'd text a friend. Numen turns one messy sentence into the right number of clean, typed memos — and links them to the people and trips already in your graph. Ask in plain language: "Where did I park?" — "What's the wifi here?" — "Brief me on Rome." Numen recalls by meaning, not keywords. The right answer arrives in one quiet sentence. AT A GLANCE A clean calendar, a today view, a reminders list — all populated by what you've said. Open them when you need to see your day, never to enter it. PULSE — IT SPEAKS FIRST Each morning, Numen quietly summarizes the day ahead — what's on the calendar, what's worth knowing before it sneaks up on you. When it commits to checking in later, it remembers and shows up. CALM BY DESIGN No badges that scream. No emoji clutter. No persona theatrics. Numen sounds like a competent butler — short, past tense, never alarmed. The interface stays out of the way. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your memos are yours. Sensitive fields are stored separately from your notes and never echoed in conversation — values appear only behind tap-to-reveal chips. NUMEN PRO Unlimited memos. Unlimited chat. Pulse with morning briefs and proactive check-ins. Push notifications for reminders and events. — The only thing you need to remember. Terms of Use: https://www.numen.to/terms

About

Hum Memo

This voice-first productivity app transforms spoken thoughts, conversations, and meetings into organized notes, actionable tasks, and calendar events. It offers advanced features like multilingual transcription, speaker separation, and AI-powered insights, all while prioritizing user privacy.

Highlights
  • Voice note and meeting recording
  • Speech-to-text transcription
  • Task and event extraction
  • Multilingual and speaker recognition
  • Searchable notes and folders
  • Calendar integration
Features
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Think out loud. Leave with a plan. Turn a passing thought, a meeting recap, or a brain dump into organized notes and clear next steps. Hum Memo brings voice capture to your iPhone and Apple Watch. CAPTURE THE MOMENT • Speak naturally. Turn recordings into transcripts, summaries, titles, and tags. • Record from your wrist. Save a voice note on Apple Watch and send it to your paired iPhone for processing. • Type when talking isn’t convenient, or save supported links alongside your notes. • Record in multiple languages, including conversations that switch between them. MAKE YOUR WORDS USEFUL • Find the next step. Hum Memo suggests tasks and calendar events from your notes for you to review and add. • Keep things organized. Search your notes and group them into folders. • Make it yours. Edit titles, summaries, and transcripts. • Take your work with you. Export notes to Notion or Obsidian, send tasks to Reminders, Todoist, or Things, and add events to your calendar. GO DEEPER WITH HUM MAX • Ask questions across your notes, with references back to the source. • Explore connections between people and topics. • Recognize enrolled speakers in your recordings. YOUR NOTES STAY YOURS No ads. Your content is never sold or used for advertising. Cloud features process recordings and text through our service providers. You can delete your account in Settings; see our Privacy Policy for retention details. MEMBERSHIP Hum Memo requires an account and an active Hum Pro or Hum Max subscription. Monthly and yearly plans are available, with free trials for eligible customers. Features and monthly usage allowances vary by plan. Current prices, allowances, and available trial offers are shown in the app before purchase. The Apple Watch companion requires Hum Memo on your paired iPhone. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://hummemo.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://hummemo.com/terms.html

Screenshots

Numen4 screens
Hum Memo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Numen at 16.6 against Hum Memo's 26.2. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Numen sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and Hum Memo sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Numen versus Hum Memo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNumenHum Memo
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—7 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB771 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBulrosa OUJZMB GmbH

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Numen

Subscriptions4
  • Pro$8.991 Month
  • Max$19.991 Month
  • Pro$89.991 Year
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  • Max$189.001 Year
4 purchases

Hum Memo

Subscriptions4
  • Hum Memo Pro7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Hum Memo Max7 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Hum Memo Pro7 Days trial$89.991 Year
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  • Hum Memo Max7 Days trial$149.991 Year

Questions

Is Numen free?
Numen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hum Memo free?
Hum Memo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Numen or Hum Memo have ads?
Neither Numen nor Hum Memo shows ads.

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