Comparison

Hemory vs Skein

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

Head to head
About

Hemory

This app acts as a personal memory assistant, transcribing and organizing your conversations into searchable memories. It helps you recall details from discussions, identify speakers, and browse information by timeline, topics, or a connected graph. Your data is kept private and encrypted.

Highlights
  • Background conversation recording
  • Searchable memory recall
  • Automatic transcription and summarization
  • Speaker voice recognition
  • Timeline, topic, and graph browsing
  • Privacy-focused data handling
Features
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Hemory listens, always on — wiring real memory into your agents. Everything you live through settles into a private, searchable memory. What was decided in yesterday's meeting, what a client asked three weeks ago, the idea you had on a walk. No notes to take, nothing to dig through. WHO IT'S FOR Founders, consultants, salespeople, and lawyers—anyone whose work is more conversations than they can remember. HOW IT WORKS Pair Hemory once. Listening runs on iPhone and Apple Watch, manual or scheduled. A standard MCP server opens that memory to the agents you already use: Claude, Codex, and other MCP clients. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Audio stays on your listening device. You decide when Hemory listens, and you can turn it off anytime. Free Trial gives you a one-time 10 hours of listening. Choose a plan once you've used it up.

About

Skein

Features
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Turn one sample size into a complete, graded knitting pattern. Skein is grading software for knitwear designers who need their numbers to be right — not just fast. Enter your gauge and finished measurements once. Skein computes exact stitch and row counts across 9 sizes (XS–5XL), writes the shaping instructions to match, and draws a live schematic from the counts it just calculated. SIX CONSTRUCTIONS Raglan, circular yoke, set-in sleeve, drop shoulder, hat, and sock — each with its own real shaping logic, built from published industry method. Set-in sleeves include an armscye check: Skein compares the cap edge to the armhole it eases into and reports the ease honestly, which is the part of set-in design that most often goes wrong. EVERY COUNT VERIFIED The rule Skein is built on: every printed count must be a count the knitter actually has. Table, split, and instructions are asserted to agree for every size, on every launch — 450+ checks across the engine. ONE PATTERN, EVERY SIZE Export a pattern and it reads the way a published one does — one set of instructions with every size bracketed in, smallest first, not size after size repeated on its own. YOUR PATTERNS, EVERYWHERE Your library, your in-progress projects, your yarn stash, and every PDF you've attached sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac through your own iCloud account. No separate sign-in, nothing to configure. A REAL SCHEMATIC, EVERY EXPORT Every exported pattern closes with a measurement diagram drawn to scale from the same stitch counts as the instructions, lettered and keyed the way published patterns are ("34 (38, 42…)″") — not a screenshot you have to add yourself. A FREE PATTERN TO START WITH The Chestnut Raglan, an original relaxed top-down pullover in nine sizes, is built into the app. Free, no email required. YOUR OWN PATTERN LIBRARY Add the patterns you've bought — attach the PDF, add your notes and sections, and keep everything in one place. WHILE YOU KNIT Skein opens on your row counter, right where you left off. Your row count also pins to the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, so you can glance without unlocking. Add a price per skein and every size shows an estimated yarn cost beside its yardage. STITCH PATTERN REPEATS Enter your motif repeat and every size holds whole repeats — cables and lace land cleanly in all nine sizes, with any deviation reported. ALSO INCLUDED, FREE Project tracker with row counter · Yarn stash · Gauge & needle tool (Craft Yarn Council standard) · Abbreviations & symbols reference DESIGNER PRO ($7.99/mo or $59.99/yr, 7-day free trial) All nine sizes · All six constructions · Designer Workspace with schematic-included PDF export iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Built by a knitwear designer. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://skeinknit.com/privacy-policy.html

Screenshots

Hemory4 screens
Skein4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Hemory at 15.0 against Skein's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Hemory sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $10.00 per month and Skein sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Hemory versus Skein: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHemorySkein
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (22 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB4 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBEAUTIFUL ONES INC.Nice People Collective LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Hemory

Subscriptions3
  • Starter$10.001 Month
  • Pro$20.001 Month
  • Max$50.001 Month
2 purchases

Skein

Subscriptions2
  • Designer Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Designer Pro Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Hemory free?
Hemory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Skein free?
Skein is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hemory or Skein have ads?
Neither Hemory nor Skein shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hemory or Skein?
Hemory ships an update weekly, and Skein weekly. Most recently, Hemory was updated on October 30, 2026 and Skein on October 22, 2026.

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