Comparison

ButterflyMX vs MeMos

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

Head to head
About

ButterflyMX

Control property access, including doors, gates, elevators, and garages, directly from your smartphone. Grant entry to visitors and deliveries remotely, and receive video calls for enhanced security. Manage all building access points seamlessly from one app.

Highlights
  • Open doors, gates, elevators, garages from smartphone
  • Grant visitor access remotely
  • Receive delivery notifications and grant access
  • Video calls with visitors before granting access
  • Manage all property access points
Features
Currently charting
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ButterflyMX makes property access simple. With the ButterflyMX mobile app, you can open doors, gates, elevators, and garages from your smartphone. Whether you’re coming home, welcoming a guest, or accepting a delivery, it’s all one tap away. Key mobile app features: - Property access from anywhere. Unlock any connected entry point on your property using your smartphone. - Visitor access made easy. Send Visitor Passes to friends, family, and trusted service workers so they can enter even when you’re not home. - Never miss another delivery. Share Delivery Passes and get notified when deliveries arrive to grant property access from anywhere. - Security you can see. Receive video calls and speak with your visitors before granting them property access. From front doors and garages to gates and elevators, ButterflyMX connects every access point in one secure, easy-to-use app, so property access is simple at your building.

About

MeMos

This app lets you record and save thoughts as customizable virtual micro-cassettes. Organize, personalize, and revisit your ideas with unique visual and audio features. Your recordings remain private on your device.

Highlights
  • Virtual micro-cassette recording
  • Customizable cassette design with photos/stickers
  • Automatic transcription of recordings
  • Playback with tape-shuttling and multi-take support
  • Scheduled playback for idea revisiting
  • Private by default, no account required
Features
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MeMos - record and save to virtual micro cassettes you can customize. Your thoughts stop being another row in a list and start being an object you'll recognize and revisit. THE SHELF Your MeMos stack vertically, grouped by the day you recorded them. As you scroll, each case tips back to show its title and more. Prefer something simpler? One tap switches the view to a simple list. MAKE EACH ONE YOURS • Put a photo and or stickers on the outer panel and flap, then pinch and drag to crop it exactly how you want it • Name the cassette to better organize your recordings • Every MeMo is stamped with its own code and takes the colour of the hour it was recorded LISTEN OR READ • Drag the play button to shuttle through the tape — the further you push, the faster it runs • Every MeMo is transcribed automatically, so you can read one instead of playing it • Record several takes onto a single MeMo and skip between them in playback REVISIT YOUR THOUGHTS Schedule a time to play back a MeMo to keep the momentum of your ideas going PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account, no sign-up, nothing uploaded. Your recordings stay on your iPhone. Transcription uses Apple's speech recognition, which runs on device wherever your iPhone supports it.

Screenshots

ButterflyMX4 screens
MeMos4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ButterflyMX at Free against MeMos's $4.99. ButterflyMX also leads on ratings volume (114K vs 1) and chart position (#43 vs unranked). On rating, 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

ButterflyMX is free to download; MeMos costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for ButterflyMX against 5.0 for MeMos. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ButterflyMX has 114K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ButterflyMX ships an update fortnightly, MeMos weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
ButterflyMX versus MeMos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterButterflyMXMeMos
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.9 (114K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings114K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#43 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperButterflyMX, Inc.Anthony Grant

Customer experience

ButterflyMX

All ratings112,895 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.1%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews402 reviews
Positive51.2%
Neutral9.2%
Negative39.6%

MeMos

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

ButterflyMX

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Frequent app crashes
  • Missed notifications
  • Inconsistent door unlocking
  • Intercom call routing problems
  • Elevator access issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Remote door opening option
  • Improved delivery workflow
  • Independent user controls
  • Accessibility improvements
  • Bluetooth/offline access

MeMos

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ButterflyMX

No in-app purchases

None

MeMos

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ButterflyMX free?
ButterflyMX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MeMos free?
MeMos costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ButterflyMX or MeMos?
MeMos is rated higher. ButterflyMX averages 4.9 out of 5 from 114K ratings, while MeMos averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ButterflyMX or MeMos have ads?
Neither ButterflyMX nor MeMos shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ButterflyMX or MeMos?
ButterflyMX ships an update fortnightly, and MeMos weekly. Most recently, ButterflyMX was updated on November 1, 2026 and MeMos on October 16, 2026.

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