Table Memo vs Tally Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Table Memo
Create and manage simple memos in a spreadsheet format. Organize data with customizable columns and rows, and export your memos as CSV files. This app also functions as a CSV viewer.
- Spreadsheet-style memo creation
- Add/delete columns and rows
- Edit item names and cell data
- Optional color mode for text and cells
- Export memos as CSV
- CSV viewer functionality
- Customizable table settings
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Table Memo is simple memo app of spreadsheet form. Each memo has a header of several columns, and has rows of memo. You can add/delete columns, edit each item name, add/delete/copy/move rows of memo. Created/edited memo can be sent by mail as CSV (with values encapsulated in double quotes) formatted data (UTF-8 encoding). You can also use Table Memo app as simple CSV (with values encapsulated in double quotes) viewer(use iOS mail app). How to use: 1. Create Memo At memo list view (first view of this app), tap add('+') button, and input the memo title. By tapping Edit button, you can edit memo name, delete memo, and reorder list. 2. Edit Memo data Select the created memo, and open memo table view. Tap each cell you want edit, and edit the data. If color mode is on, text and cell color also can be changed. To add new row, tap add('+') button. To copy or delete row, tap the row number of left side and select operation. By double tapping a cell, the entire contents of the cell is displayed, so you can check and copy the contents. At the bottom of memo table view, there are four buttons, 1) trash button, 2) action button, 3) table settings button, 4) reorder button, from left to right. 1) trash button You can delete current opened memo. 2) action button Current opened memo can be duplicated, or can be sent by mail as CSV formatted data. 3) table setting button Table settings view will open (see below). 4) reorder button By tapping this button (the reorder button changes to the edit button), memo table becomes the reorder mode, and you can reorder rows by dragging each row. To back to edit mode, tap the edit button. 3. Table Settings 1) Use Color switch If set ON, text and cell color becomes changeable. [[CAUTION]] If set OFF after using color, all color data will clear. 2) MEMO TITLE section Select memo title and edit the title. 3) Left Inset setting You can adjust the space on the left side of the cell. 4) Font Size setting You can change the font size of the table. 5) Columns section To add new column, tap add('+') button. To delete column or reorder columns, tap Edit button. By selecting each ITEM of columns, column edit view will open (see below). 4. Column edit 1) ITEM name section You can edit item name. 2) Column width section You can change column width by slider. By tapping the adjust button, the column width will be set to the width of existing data. *You can also open this view by long press of header item at memo table view. 5. Settings Tapping settings button at memo list view, SETTINGS view will open. You can change settings below: 1) THEME of this app 2) settings of CSV export/import - encoding of CSV data - export header - import 1st row as header 3) default column name and default number of columns.
Tally Notes
This spreadsheet app simplifies total calculations for various needs, from shopping lists to inventory management. It offers unlimited folders, notes, and items, with features like unit pricing, tax settings, and CSV export. Enjoy a completely free experience with dark mode and home screen widgets.
- Unlimited folders, notes, and items
- Unit price, quantity, and tax settings
- Automatic total calculation
- CSV output and sharing
- Batch operations and filtering
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Dark mode
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It's a tally notes (spreadsheet) app. Easily calculate totals. All features are completely free to use. - Unlimited adding folders/notes/items - Unit price/quantity/consumption tax settings - Automatically calculate totals / shopping calculations and inventory management - CSV output / save file / share to SNS - Batch operations such as copy/duplicate/color coding - Filter/Sort/Bulk delete - Easy input from history - Free Word Search - Home/lock screen widget - Dark mode URL scheme: tallynotes://
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tally Notes at none against Table Memo's 1. Tally Notes also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 10 months). Table Memo's advantage is ratings volume (502 vs 7) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Table Memo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tally Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Table Memo against 4.6 for Tally Notes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Table Memo has 502 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of Table Memo's written reviews are positive against 78% of Tally Notes's.
Table Memo ships an update every 10 months, Tally Notes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Table Memo | Tally Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (502 ratings) — better | 4.6 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.2% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 502 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RYOICHI KAWAHARA | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
Table Memo
Tally Notes
Bugs and requests
Table Memo
Reported bugs
7 issues- Data disappearing/deleted
- CSV export not sending emails
- CSV export results in garbled text (character encoding issues)
- Calculation errors with commas
- App crashing when adding columns
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- App not working with iOS 13.6
- No syncing across devices despite iCloud settings
Requested features
20 requests- Syncing between devices (iPhone/iPad)
- Login option to save data to account
- Ability to categorize lists with folders
- Option to set new memos at the top or choose sort order
- Copy function for existing tables
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- Template feature for recurring memos
- More output options besides CSV
- Widget for iPhone
- Ability to merge cells
- Improve horizontal scrolling visibility
- Option to change the default input language
- Improve touch sensitivity
- Add automatic cloud backups (Dropbox/iCloud)
- Ability to duplicate entire tables
- Increase column limit
- Move cell color selection to a more accessible position
- Allow copying of row content when adding columns
- Make the left-most number column customizable
- Allow editing of the base number column to keep it visible
- Add total number of items as a default option
Tally Notes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Table Memo
- Remove ads.$1.99
Tally Notes
No in-app purchases





