Comparison

Local Memo vs Carré Note

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

Head to head
About

Local Memo

Features
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Keep your notes close. Local Memo organizes notes, folders, photos and voice recordings on your iPhone or iPad, without an account or cloud sync. ORGANIZE YOUR WAY Create as many folders as you need, nested up to 15 levels deep. Choose folder colors from a palette or fine-tune them with hue, saturation and brightness sliders. Move items between folders, use drag and drop, and switch between grid and list views. WRITE AND COLLECT Write notes with bold, red or blue text. Add photos directly to folders or attach photos and files to notes. Record and play voice memos alongside your writing. FIND WHAT YOU NEED Search folder names, note titles and text, photo names and attachment filenames. Matching text is highlighted to help you find the right item. LOCK PRIVATE FOLDERS Protect selected folders with Face ID, Touch ID or your device passcode. Your device must have a passcode set. The app does not store your password. Locked content is excluded from the Home Screen widget. MAKE IT COMFORTABLE Choose your own background color and black or white text. If a combination becomes hard to read, restore the default colors in Settings. Red and blue note text keeps its own color. QUICK ACCESS Use the small widget to create a new note, or the medium and large widgets to read a selected note. The layout adapts to iPhone and iPad, including landscape orientation. ON YOUR DEVICE Your notes and files stay in the app on your device. There is no account, advertising, analytics or in-app purchase, and the app does not sync through iCloud or an external server. Keep a device backup: deleting the app also deletes its contents. Links to the developer’s other apps open the App Store. 20 LANGUAGES Japanese, English, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Dutch, Turkish, Arabic, Hindi, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese.

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Carré Note

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思いついたことを、パッとメモに。 Carré Noteは、文字・手書き・写真・チェックリストの4つの形式で記録でき、フォルダとカテゴリーで整理できるメモアプリです。 ■ 4つの記録方法 ・文字メモ ― 文章はもちろん、箇条書きに階層を付けて整理できるアウトライン形式にも対応。 ・手書きメモ ― 思いついた図やイラストを、そのまま自由に描いて残せます。 ・写真メモ ― 端末に保存されている写真から選んで、そのままメモとして保存できます。 ・チェックリスト ― 買い物リストやTODOなどに。チェックを付けながら管理できます。 ■ フォルダとカテゴリーで整理 メモはフォルダにまとめ、フォルダはカテゴリーごとに色分けして管理できます。 メモが増えても、目的のものを見つけやすく、すっきり整理できます。 ■ 検索 文字メモとチェックリストの内容をまとめて検索できます。 「あれ、どこに書いたっけ?」というときも、キーワードからすぐに見つけられます。 ■ バックアップ すべてのデータを1つのファイルにまとめてバックアップ・復元できます。 バックアップファイルはパスワードで保護することもできます。 機種変更や万一の端末トラブルに備えて、大切なメモを保存しておけます。

Screenshots

Local Memo4 screens
Carré Note3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Local Memo at none against Carré Note's shown. Carré Note's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Local Memo ships an update weekly, Carré Note every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Local Memo versus Carré Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocal MemoCarré Note
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developertomohide yanomeMizuki Kambe

In-app purchases

None

Local Memo

No in-app purchases

None

Carré Note

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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