Comparison

PixMemo vs ImageMemo

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

Head to head
About

PixMemo

Capture information with your camera and receive intelligent recommendations for relevant notes. Enhance notes with handwriting and text, then share them via email or Bluetooth. The app learns your preferences to improve future suggestions.

Highlights
  • Note-taking via camera
  • Intelligent note recommendations
  • Handwritten and text editing
  • PDF export via email
  • Bluetooth data transfer
  • User preference learning
Features
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PixMemo helps easy taking a note using camera and recommends suitable notes for your situation. A lot of things to taking a note are required in your life, like a timetable of your commuting train, notices on your school bulletin board and so on. You just only need to take a photo, PixMemo recommends the suitable notes. For example, if you are leaving your home in the morning on Monday, PixMome selects the timetables of your nearby bus stop. You can add handwritten lines and texts in the note. And you can also send the note as an attached PDF file by e-mail or as data via Bluetooth between devices. The great features of PixMemo is learning of notes recommendation. When PixMemo recommends a note and you feel the note is suitable for your situation, please push “Like button” otherwise please push “Dislike button”, PixMemo learns which notes are suitable for your situation. The free version of PixMemo limits 10 notes, if you like the PixMemo, would you like to purchase upgrade function? By upgrading, the limit is deactivated. 1. Making a new note You can make a new note by touching the camera icon You can take a new phote by choosing “Camera”. You can use a photo stored on your device as a new note by choosing “Photo album” or “Camera roll”. If you want to get a note from your family or friends, please select “Receive nearby”. The details are in 3. Note view. 2. Collection view (Top screen) On a top screen, you can see thumbnail images of all notes. These images are grouped in time order. PixMemo will show “Recommendation” as the first group. PixMemo calculates a suitability score for each note and chooses notes as a recommendation group by suitability score order. 3. Note view Once you select a thumbnail image, you can see the detail of the note. You can set a title of the note and see the suitability score of this note in the top of this view. In a toolbar at the bottom, there are 6 buttons as follows; - Like button If you feel that the note is suitable to see at the situation, please push “Like button”. - Dislike button If you feel that the recommended note is not suitable in your situation, please push “Dislike button”. - Edit button PixMemo shows an edit view for this note. See 4. Edit View. - Action button “Send nearby”: You can send the note to a near iPhone or iPod which is set as “Receive nearby” in the top screen. “Send by e-mail”: The note will be sent by e-mail as an attached file in PDF format. “Printout”: You can printout the note by an Apple's AirPrint printer. - Alarm button See 5. Alarm Settings View - Trash button You can remove the note. 4. Edit View You can choose following edit mode by touching upper right buttons. (1) Drawing mode You can draw handwritten lines on the memo. You can change line type and color with buttons located lower on the screen. (2) Text mode You can put a text on the note. By touching the frame of the text, you can change the text. (3) Select mode For selected drawings, you can move, change color or delete.For selected texts, you can move, change color, change size or delete. (4) Clipping mode You can clip the photo of the note. 5. Alarm Settings View “Reminds Me At a Location” You can set photographing location, reference location 1, 2 and 3. One of them can be set as reminding location. By touching a [i] button, you can see the location on a map. You can move the location by double touching on the map. “Reminds Me On a Day” You can set date/time of notification condition. The notification can be repeatable like every day, every week and so on. “Alarm Sound” You can choose an alarm sound. 6. Settings (1) Number of Recommendation You can change a number of recommendations. (2) Thumbnail size You can change the size of thumbnail image. (3) Upgrade The free version limits 10 notes. Would you like to purchase upgrade function? *for iOS7 users Please confirm the Settings app and “Notification Center” > “PixMemo” for notification style.

About

ImageMemo

Add text notes directly onto photos or create standalone text-based images. Save combined images to your album for easy recall or use them as graphics for social media and presentations.

Highlights
  • Add notes to photos
  • Create text-only images
  • Save as single image file
  • Share images from other apps
  • Add timestamps to notes
Features
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"I want to add a note to the photo and save it as it is" - an app that can be used in such a case. Instead of writing text like a notepad, you can leave a photo + note as a single image. What can be done Put a note on the photo You can put text by attaching a memo belt under the photo you selected from the camera roll or the photo you took on the spot. Since it is saved as a single image, you can immediately recognize the "memo of that time" just by looking back at the album. It's OK without a photo You can also create "title card-style" images with only background color + notes without using photos. It can also be used as a slide cover or a piece for SNS. I can give you an image from anywhere If you send an image you are viewing in your browser, email, or other app to this app from "Share", you can add a note to that image and save it. It is convenient to use it, such as attaching a one-word note to a screenshot of the document. You can leave it with a date If you want to leave a "when is a memo", output it with a time stamp. It is also easy to use as a record and trace.

Screenshots

PixMemo4 screens
ImageMemo3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ImageMemo at 100% against PixMemo's 33%. ImageMemo also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks). PixMemo's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 18.5). On price 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. PixMemo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ImageMemo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PixMemo ships an update every 5 weeks, ImageMemo every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 2 level
PixMemo versus ImageMemo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixMemoImageMemo
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS7.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB14 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPrime System Laboratory Co.,Ltd.Yasuko Shikiuchi

Customer experience

PixMemo

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

ImageMemo

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PixMemo

One-time1
  • Upgrade your PixNote$3.99
None

ImageMemo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PixMemo free?
PixMemo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ImageMemo free?
ImageMemo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PixMemo or ImageMemo have ads?
ImageMemo shows ads; PixMemo does not.
Which is updated more often, PixMemo or ImageMemo?
PixMemo ships an update every 5 weeks, and ImageMemo every 9 days. Most recently, PixMemo was updated on October 11, 2026 and ImageMemo on October 13, 2026.

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