Comparison

Recall vs memory.wiki

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

Head to head
About

Recall

Features
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Recall is a personal memory app for iPhone, Apple Watch, and Mac. Speak, type, or snap a moment โ€” Recall files it away with the place and time it happened. CAPTURE HOWEVER YOU WANT โ€ข Voice โ€” tap to record, see your words transcribed live on screen โ€ข Text โ€” type a quick note when you can't talk โ€ข Photo โ€” snap with the camera or pick from your library TAGGED WITH PLACE AND TIME Every memory carries the location, address, and the moment it happened. Browse a Map view to see where you've been thinking. When you add an old photo, Recall offers to use the photo's date and original GPS instead of your current spot โ€” so memories from the past land in the right place on the map. HANDS-FREE WITH SIRI AND APPLE WATCH Say "Hey Siri, save to Recall" from iPhone, Apple Watch, or HomePod โ€” your iPhone files the memory away even while the app is asleep. Override the vault inline: "Hey Siri, save to Recall in TravelLog." Capture from your Watch by voice or tap, and it syncs back to iPhone the moment it reconnects. MULTIPLE VAULTS, YOUR FOLDERS Keep work, travel, and ideas in separate vaults. Vaults are just folders โ€” yours to organize. Link any folder from iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, or your Mac's iCloud Drive, and your memories land where you want them. YOUR FILES, NOT OURS Every memory is a plain Markdown file with YAML frontmatter โ€” open it in Obsidian, Apple Notes, any text editor, or just Finder. There's no proprietary database, no lock-in, and your vault folder IS the export. PRIVACY YOU CAN VERIFY Recall has no analytics, no tracking, no advertising, no accounts, and no servers we operate. Voice transcription uses Apple's on-device speech engine. Location tags only your own memories. Files live in iCloud or any folder you choose โ€” nothing is sent to us. Available on iPhone, Apple Watch, and Mac. Free, no in-app purchases.

About

memory.wiki

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memory.wiki is a personal knowledge hub for the AI era โ€” on the web. This is the companion app that goes with you. Capture a note, a URL, a photo, or a voice memo, and it lands in your hub. Read everything you've saved on your phone. Chat with your hub, or paste its URL into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or any LLMs. CAPTURE โ€ข Write: quick markdown notes โ€ข URL: paste any link, the server fetches it and stores a clean markdown copy โ€ข Photo: attach images straight from camera or library โ€ข OCR: extract text from a photo โ€ข Voice: transcribe speech to text โ€ข Home-screen widget: Ask, Search, Paste, or Capture in one tap READ โ€ข Every document in your hub, sorted by date โ€ข The same markdown rendering as memory.wiki on the web โ€ข Group documents into Bundles by topic, project, or audience USE โ€ข Built-in chat over your hub, answers cite the source โ€ข Share a Bundle with any AI by pasting its URL โ€ข memory.wiki/@yourname, one URL for your whole hub, ready to hand to Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or any LLMs. memory.wiki is free to use during beta. The web hub stays the source of truth โ€” every change syncs both ways. Privacy: notes, photos, audio, and email are tied to your account. None of it is used for tracking, advertising, or sold to third parties. See memory.wiki/privacy for details.

Screenshots

Recall4 screens
memory.wiki4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: memory.wiki at 17.0 against Recall's 26.2. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Recall versus memory.wiki: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecallmemory.wiki
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.217.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size7 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSanjay ShuklaHyunsang Cho

In-app purchases

None

Recall

No in-app purchases

None

memory.wiki

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Recall free?
Recall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is memory.wiki free?
memory.wiki is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Recall or memory.wiki have ads?
Neither Recall nor memory.wiki shows ads.

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