Comparison

Notex vs memono Journal

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Rich text formatting
  • Photo insertion
  • Folder organization
  • Color-coding
  • Secure encryption
  • Fast search
  • Batch manipulation
Features
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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!

About

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.

Highlights
  • Multimedia notes (text, photos, audio)
  • Location tagging
  • Color-coded organization
  • Reminders and notifications
  • Secure lock with Touch ID
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Note sharing
Features
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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

Screenshots

Notex4 screens
memono Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notex ships an update every 3 weeks, memono Journal monthly. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Notex versus memono Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotexmemono Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (66 ratings)4.6 (301 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.8% of reviews85.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings66301 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer40 BYTE YAZILIM BILISIM REKLAM E-TICARET LIMITED SIRKETIDennis Ebbinghaus

Customer experience

Notex

All ratings66 ratings
Positive80.3%
Neutral6.1%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews195 reviews
Positive71.8%
Neutral8.2%
Negative20.0%

memono Journal

All ratings301 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral7.6%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews900 reviews
Positive85.2%
Neutral6.8%
Negative8.0%

User reviews

Notex

From 66 App Store ratings

What 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 ratings

What 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

1 purchases

Notex

One-time1
  • No Limits, No Ads$1.99
3 purchases

memono Journal

Subscriptions2
  • 3 months$2.993 Months
  • 1 Year$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • One-time purchase$9.99

Questions

Is Notex free?
Notex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is memono Journal free?
memono Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Notex or memono Journal?
memono Journal is rated higher. Notex averages 4.1 out of 5 from 66 ratings, while memono Journal averages 4.6 from 301 ratings.
Do Notex or memono Journal have ads?
Notex shows ads; memono Journal does not.
Which is updated more often, Notex or memono Journal?
Notex ships an update every 3 weeks, and memono Journal monthly. Most recently, Notex was updated on October 23, 2026 and memono Journal on October 23, 2026.

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