Comparison

Memory Handoff vs Memento

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

Head to head
About

Memory Handoff

Capture fleeting childhood moments with daily prompts. Record videos, photos, or notes to build a beautiful, lasting memory book for your child. Your memories are private and stored on your device.

Highlights
  • Daily memory prompts
  • Record video, photo, or text
  • Organized memory collection
  • Timeline view from birth to 18
  • Create printable scrapbooks
  • Generate memory reels (films)
Features
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You will forget almost everything — not the milestones, but the small ones. The mispronounced word. The song they invented in the bath. Their first opinion about clouds. Memory Handoff is built to catch them before they're gone. HOW IT WORKS Every day, one gentle question — chosen for your child's age. Answer it in thirty seconds: record a video, snap a photo, scan a drawing, or type a line. Then let it go. WATCH A CHILDHOOD TAKE SHAPE • Today — your daily prompt and the fastest way to capture a moment • Memories — every kept moment, beautifully collected • The Arc — see all the days from birth to eighteen, and the moments you've saved along the way • Keepsake — turn it all into something to hold YOUR MEMORIES REMAIN YOURS Everything is stored on your device and backed up to your own iCloud. Nothing is ever sent to our servers. No ads. No selling your data. Ever. CREATE SOMETHING TO HAND THEM When the time comes, weave every video, photo, and note into a printable Scrapbook or a Memory Reel — a little film of the small things — and give your child a piece of a childhood they could never have remembered on their own. Start today. By their eighteenth birthday, you'll have something no one else could give them. PRICING & TERMS Memory Handoff is free to use. Premium is an optional auto-renewable subscription — $6.99/month or $49.99/year — or a one-time $399 lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel anytime in your device Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://memoryhandoff.com/privacy.html

About

Memento

Features
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Some days deserve more than a number on a calendar. The first date. The wedding. The day the dog came home. Memento counts those days for you — down to the ones ahead, up through the ones you've shared. And each year, when the day comes around, it asks for one photo and a few words. That's how a countdown becomes a timeline: year after year, your milestones grow into the story of your life. WHAT IT DOES • Counts down and counts up — days left, days together, years passed • Marks milestones on its own: 100 days, 365, 1,000, five years, ten • On This Day — the same date, remembered across the years • A photo album and a journal for every event • Solar and lunar dates, both handled properly • Templates for birthdays, weddings, first dates, pets • Reminders 1, 3, 7 or 30 days ahead — so no day slips by • 18 colour themes and 8 app icons • Locks behind a PIN only you know • Exports everything to a ZIP anytime QUIET BY DESIGN No account. No cloud. Everything lives on your phone, works offline, and belongs to you. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Memory Handoff4 screens
Memento4 screens

Verdict

The call

Memory Handoff and Memento are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Memory Handoff sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Memento sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Memory Handoff ships an update every 5 days, Memento every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Memory Handoff versus Memento: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemory HandoffMemento
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCompassCare LLCHo Van Dai

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Memory Handoff

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$399.00
2 purchases

Memento

Subscriptions2
  • Memento Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Memento Premium Yearly$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Memory Handoff free?
Memory Handoff is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Memento free?
Memento is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Memory Handoff or Memento have ads?
Neither Memory Handoff nor Memento shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Memory Handoff or Memento?
Memory Handoff ships an update every 5 days, and Memento every 4 days. Most recently, Memory Handoff was updated on October 31, 2026 and Memento on October 31, 2026.

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