Genial Writing vs dMemo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Genial Writing
Capture thoughts and feelings instantly with a simple writing tool. Share notes via email or messaging, and export them as JPG or PDF. Customize your writing experience with various notebook styles and colors.
- Dropbox Sync
- Export to JPG & PDF
- Note Preview Mode
- Share memos
- Copy/Paste between notes
- Customizable notebooks
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Record your feeling in a second and write down something you think. Or using cordial handwriting to say hello to your friends? Try this app :-) [Features] - Dropbox Sync, Backup/Restore - Export to JPG & PDF - Note Preview Mode : Page, First 3-Line - Sharing memo with friends via email, messaging app & Facebook. - Copy/Paste between notes in the app. System Clipboard - text only. - 3 styles x 12color - kinds of notebooks.
dMemo
Organize your thoughts with a simple memo app. Group notes with customizable folder colors, attach images, and search all your entries. Protect your data with a passcode and biometric unlock.
- Customizable folder themes
- Full text search
- Font style options
- Attach images to memos
- Export memos via email
- Passcode and biometric protection
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dMemo is a simple memo application. Features - The folder for grouping can be chosen from twenty-eight colors as theme color. - You can search text from all memos. - Font style setting. (Bold, Italic, and Underline) - A picture can be attached to a memo. - The memo file can be exported by e-mail. - Swipe (left or right) cursor function in the memo view. - The track pad (keyboard accessory) for cursor movement in the memo view. - All memo can protect by a passcode. - Unlock with Touch ID/Face ID.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: dMemo at 5.0 against Genial Writing's 3.5. dMemo also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Genial Writing's advantage is review sentiment (90% vs 75%) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Genial Writing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. dMemo asks for nothing beyond the download.
dMemo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Genial Writing has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of Genial Writing's written reviews are positive against 75% of dMemo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Genial Writing ships an update every 4 months, dMemo monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 7, 2026 and July 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Genial Writing | dMemo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YING CHIH HUA | Shigeru Hirata |
Customer experience
Genial Writing
dMemo
In-app purchases
Genial Writing
- Remove Ads$1.99
dMemo
No in-app purchases
