Memos Local vs CoreNote Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Memos Local
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Memos Local is a simple, private memo app for ideas, tasks, and everyday notes. Write quickly, find anything with search, pin important notes, and archive what you want to keep out of the way. Everything is stored locally on your device, so the app works offline and does not require an account, subscription, ads, or a network connection. Highlights: โข Fast, focused memo writing โข Search across your notes โข Pin, archive, restore, and delete โข Local-first privacy โข 12-language interface โข iPhone and iPad support Memos Local is completely free and built for quiet, reliable note-taking.
CoreNote Notes
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CoreNote is a private notes app. No account, no ads, no sign-in. Your notes sync between your iPhone, iPad, and Mac through your own iCloud. Each note has its own title, body, and ink color, written on a floating card instead of a full-page sheet. Bookmark the ones you come back to. Deleted notes sit in Trash for 7 days, then clear themselves. Empty notes are kept, not thrown away. Accounts is a single page: write down an email address or phone number, then list the apps you registered with it. Grouped by email and phone automatically. It records where you signed up โ names only, nothing else. What it does: - Notes with a separate title line, body, and one of four ink colors - Bookmarks, and a 7-day Trash - Accounts: which email or phone signed up for what, on one page - Three canvases: Indigo, Slate, and Pine - One app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, synced through your private iCloud database What it doesn't do: No account, no sharing, no search, no attachments, no analytics SDKs. It does not store passwords and is not a password manager. Notes are kept on your devices and in your own private iCloud, which we cannot read; nothing is sent to us, analyzed, or shared. Without iCloud, everything stays on the device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CoreNote Notes at every 4 days against Memos Local's every 6 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Memos Local ships an update every 6 weeks, CoreNote Notes every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Memos Local | CoreNote Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac โ better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ็ถ ๅจ | ่ พ ้ช |
In-app purchases
Memos Local
No in-app purchases
CoreNote Notes
No in-app purchases
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