Notex vs memono Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notex
Organize your thoughts and memories with a versatile note-taking app. Create rich text notes, add photos, and manage everything with folders and color-coding. Secure your sensitive information with strong encryption.
- Rich text formatting
- Photo insertion
- Folder organization
- Color-coding
- Secure encryption
- Fast search
- Batch manipulation
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- NOTES - PHOTOS - FOLDERS - COLORS - IMPORTANTS - ENCRYPTION - SEARCH All this things in app “Top Notes”. * Create as many notes and photos as you need. * Format your notes with bold, italic and many other text formatting functions. * Create bullet and number lists inside your notes. * Insert pictures into your notes. * Drag items inside folder as you need. * Take pictures from you camera inside app and store it in folders, or import existing pictures from you photo albums. * Search easy and fast - just start enter search words and see results at once. * Use colors - it is help you visually divide you memos on colored subject groups. * Mark important notes - they are always will be at your eyes (even on app icon). * Folders - familiar way to organize your notes. * Use named secure keys for encryption, if you want to protect your data from others. Encrypt notes, photos and even whole folders. We use strong AES-256 encryption method to protect your data. * Walk through notes and photos with swipes left and right – it is familiar. * You can forget “Back” button, which is always far from your finger – just swipe note/photo up or down, when you want return to folder. Similar with folders – swipe current folder up or down to navigate parent folder. * Manipulate multiple notes/photos at once with special mode – mark multiple items and move all of them in other folder, or encrypt it, or delete all marked items in one tap. * Incredible simplicity and usability. Working with serious tasks must be easy and funny. Try out “The Notes”! We tried to make it simple and comfortable to use. Good luck!
memono Journal
Create rich multimedia journal entries with text, photos, audio, and location data. Organize notes with color categories, set reminders, and share them easily. Secure your entries with a lock and fingerprint access.
- Multimedia notes (text, photos, audio)
- Location tagging
- Color-coded organization
- Reminders and notifications
- Secure lock with Touch ID
- iCloud synchronization
- Note sharing
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Multimedia journal and notes application for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Apple Watch. ** SAE Alumni Award 2015 WINNER ** TEXT Add a title and text to your note. Phone numbers, addresses, web links and email addresses can be used interactive from inside memono. PHOTOS Take a photo with the camera or choose one from the photo library and add it to your note. View the photo fullscreen and zoom into it. Save multiple images per note. PHOTO FILTERS Choose from many different photo filter effects and apply them to your photo. Remove the filter effects at any time to reuse the original photo. AUDIO RECORDING Record a voice message for every note. LOCATION Add a location to your note or let memono do it automatically. DATE The date will be added automatically to each note and can also be edited. COLOR CATEGORIES Assign different colors to your notes to organize them. SHARE NOTE Share your note via email, SMS, Twitter, Facebook, Sina Weibo or save a custom designed memono note to your photo library. REMINDER ALERT Set a reminder alert for each note and receive a notification. ICLOUD Use iCloud to synchronize your notes across all your devices and to save a backup in iCloud. LOCK Lock your memono app by defining a touch pattern gesture to protect your notes and keep them private. Use Touch ID to unlock memono with your fingerprint. SEARCH & SPOTLIGHT SEARCH Notes can be filtered by doing a text search. 3D TOUCH Quick actions, peek and pop. APPLE WATCH Use Apple Watch to create a note. View your notes on Apple Watch. Receive notifications from memono on Apple Watch. memono Pro is offered as a one-time purchase or as a subscription either 3-montly or yearly. You can cancel subscriptions at any time through your App Store account settings. Subscriptions automatically renew if they are not canceled within 24 hours of the end of the current period. Subscriptions can be managed by the user and auto-renewal can be turned off in the user's account settings after purchase. For more information, see our privacy policy and our terms and conditions. http://appinghouse.com/memono-privacy.html http://appinghouse.com/memono-terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: memono Journal at none against Notex's shown. memono Journal also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (85% vs 72%). Notex's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Notex sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and memono Journal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 3 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
memono Journal holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 66 and 301 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Notex's written reviews are positive against 85% of memono Journal's.
Notex ships an update every 3 weeks, memono Journal monthly. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Notex | memono Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (66 ratings) | 4.6 (301 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.8% of reviews | 85.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 66 | 301 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 40 BYTE YAZILIM BILISIM REKLAM E-TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI | Dennis Ebbinghaus |
Customer experience
Notex
memono Journal
User reviews
Notex
From 66 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and straightforward
- 💡 Great for organizing notes and photos
- 🎨 Nice layout and colors
- ✅ Useful for various purposes
- 🌟 Long-time users appreciate it
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent bugs and glitches
- 📉 Performance degradation over time
- ❌ Lack of essential features
- 💸 Paid features not always worth it
- 🚫 Poor customer support
memono Journal
From 301 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🔒 Password protection
- 📷 Ability to add photos
- 🎵 Voice recording support
- 📍 Location tracking
Room to improve
- 💸 Ads are too frequent
- 🔍 Difficulty finding/searching notes
- 🔤 Small font size
- 📁 Limited organization options
Bugs and requests
Notex
Reported bugs
17 issues- App crashes or freezes
- Long lists not displaying or scrolling
- Some fonts not supported
- Cursor jumps when editing text
- Keyboard covers last paragraph
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- Notes disappearing or becoming blank
- Copy-paste functionality issues
- Text automatically changes to uppercase
- Notes deleted without warning or recovery
- App freezes when adding photos
- Inability to edit or paste text
- Cursor jumps when adding paragraphs
- App not loading or crashing on startup
- Highlighting not working
- Password entry screen issues
- Font resets to default after pressing enter twice
- Blurry photos in notes until zoomed
Requested features
19 requests- Picture sizing and enlargement in notes
- Synchronization with other Apple devices (iCloud, etc.)
- Trash/Recycle bin for deleted files
- Ability to attach webpages to folders
- Option to reset default font
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- More font variety and customization
- Cloud syncing (iCloud, Dropbox)
- Automatic folder sorting (alphabetical)
- Select all items with a single tap
- Add inception dates back to notes
- Ability to change folder colors
- Touch ID and performance updates for iOS 10
- Ability to embed videos in folders
- Manual sorting of notes/folders
- More color palette options for notes
- Ability to title locked notes
- Beginner mode with more help
- Individual font selection for notes
- More colors for notes and folders
memono Journal
Reported bugs
3 issues- Photos disappearing after saving
- Syncing issues between devices
- Crashes and freezes on certain devices
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to change font size and style
- Option to add multiple photos per note
- Folder/category organization
- Improved search and sorting functionality
In-app purchases
Notex
- No Limits, No Ads$1.99
memono Journal
- 3 months$2.993 Months
- 1 Year$4.991 Year
- One-time purchase$9.99









