Local Memo vs Carré Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Local Memo
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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.
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。
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | Local Memo | Carré Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | tomohide yanome | Mizuki Kambe |
In-app purchases
Local Memo
No in-app purchases
Carré Note
No in-app purchases









