Comparison

Rub Memo vs Multi

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

Head to head
About

Rub Memo

This app allows you to erase text by rubbing your finger over it, mimicking the feel of erasing pencil on paper. It also offers a home screen widget for quick access, reordering paragraphs, and inserting various media like tables, checklists, and drawings.

Highlights
  • Erase text with finger rub
  • Home screen widget for notes
  • Reorder paragraphs by long-press and drop
  • Insert tables, checklists, images, and drawings
  • Full-text search with highlighted matches
  • Lock notes with Face ID/Touch ID
  • Export and share as PDF
Features
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β–  Erase with Your Finger Turn on β€œEraser” in the toolbar, then trace over the text you want to remove. Erase one character at a time without selecting a range. Rewrite as easily as rubbing out pencil marks on paper. If you erase too much, tap β€œUndo” to bring it back. β–  Meet Your Walking Cat A pixel-art cat strolls around your note screen. Choose from Calico, Black, or Robot, and enjoy 38 animations, including walking, jumping, and relaxing. Tap the cat to make it move out of your way. You can also turn it off in Settings. β–  Home Screen Widget Check the last note you opened right from your Home Screen. Tap the widget to open that note instantly. β–  More Features β€’ Touch and hold paragraphs to move and reorder them β€’ Insert tables, checklists, images, and hand-drawn sketches β€’ Use the eraser to remove inserted items, including tables and images β€’ Search all your notes with matching text highlighted β€’ Lock individual notes with Face ID / Touch ID β€’ Export and share notes as PDFs β€’ Switch between Japanese and English β€’ Adjust text size, fonts, ruled lines, and eraser width β–  No Ads, No In-App Purchases, No Account Required The app does not collect your data. Your notes are stored on your device and are never sent to external servers by the app.

About

Multi

Features
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A timer in one app, a counter in another, and you lose count while switching between them. Multi-Module Counter puts all of it on one screen. β–  Eight kinds of units, as many as you like β€’ Countdown β€” keeps counting the overtime after it hits zero β€’ Stopwatch β€” with laps β€’ Interval β€” work and rest, round after round β€’ Chess clock β€” two players, tap to switch turns β€’ Counter β€” name it, color it, count with + and βˆ’ β€’ Scoreboard β€” 2 to 4 teams side by side β€’ Level meter β€” crowd level in dB with peak hold β€’ Buzzer β€” gather around the phone; the first color to tap wins Units come in 1Γ—1 and 2Γ—1 sizes. Timers can show a bar or a ring. β–  One start. Everything runs. The three keys at the top control the whole board. Link units, like locking a counter the moment a timer runs out, and you get an exact count of what happened within the time. β–  Save a layout for every occasion Charades, workout, board game, cooking, quiz. Start from a preset, then save and switch your own layouts. β–  Readable from across the table Big, heavy, monospaced digits you can read with the phone in the middle of the table. Works in portrait and landscape. The last 10 seconds are shown in color and sound (sound can be turned off). β–  Keep and share results Stop the board and every unit’s final value lands on one result card. Share it as an image. β–  Free Up to 4 units, 2 layouts and 20 results. One small banner at the bottom of the screen, never on the board, plus a full-screen ad only at natural breaks such as when a timer ends or the board is stopped. β–  Pro (one-time purchase) β€’ Unlimited units, layouts and results β€’ iCloud sync β€’ Ads and share-image watermark hidden No subscription, no free trial, no upsell. β–  Please note The level meter uses the phone’s microphone and is indicative only. The buzzer judges tap order on a single device. Languages: English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Korean, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil)

Screenshots

Rub Memo4 screens
Multi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rub Memo at none against Multi's 1. Rub Memo also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Multi sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Rub Memo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rub Memo ships an update every 6 days, Multi every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 5 level
Rub Memo versus Multi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRub MemoMulti
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 6 days β€” betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo β€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
MonetizationFreeβ€”
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size14 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerseiji hondaHiroyuki Kako

In-app purchases

None

Rub Memo

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Multi

One-time1
  • Multi-Module Counter Pro$6.99

Questions

Is Rub Memo free?
Rub Memo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Multi free?
Multi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Rub Memo or Multi have ads?
Multi shows ads; Rub Memo does not.
Which is updated more often, Rub Memo or Multi?
Rub Memo ships an update every 6 days, and Multi every 3 weeks. Most recently, Rub Memo was updated on October 31, 2026 and Multi on November 1, 2026.

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