Comparison

dMemo vs MemoTaro

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Customizable folder themes
  • Full text search
  • Font style options
  • Attach images to memos
  • Export memos via email
  • Passcode and biometric protection
Features
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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.

About

MemoTaro

Securely store your notes with a password lock and biometric authentication. Easily organize, edit, and share your memos with intuitive drag-and-drop and swipe gestures. Find information quickly with powerful search and customize your viewing experience with font settings.

Highlights
  • Password lock with Touch ID/Face ID
  • Drag-and-drop memo organization
  • Swipe to delete notes
  • Direct sharing to messages, mail, social media
  • Memo search and character search
  • Customizable font size and color
Features
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MemoTaro is a memo app with ease of operation, utility, password lock function.  Compatible with Touch ID / Face ID. ◆ Password lock function: · Password lock can be selected. · When lock setting is done, it will be locked when in the background etc so it is safe.  Compatible with Touch ID / Face ID. ◆ Editing function: · Movement of memo is possible by drag & drop. Deleting notes can also be done with swipe, and operability is simplified. · Because you can lock the edits, if you keep the important memo locked, you can prevent mistakes that you accidentally erase. · Selective deletion, all deletion function is also installed ◆ Activity function: · Functions that can post directly to messages, mail, LINE, Twitter etc. ◆ Search refinement function: · It is also possible to narrow down the target memo and display it by entering a search word. ◆ Character search function on the edit screen: ・Even if you write a lot of notes, it is easy to find where you wrote it. ◆ Font setting: The font size and font color (select from black and gray) of the list screen and memo edit screen can be changed. * The maximum number of characters that can be entered in one memo is 100,000 (6.0 or later). * When you delete an application, the saved memo data will be deleted. * If the password becomes unknown, third parties can not invalidate the lock, so please be careful when managing the setting. ◆ Note: Ads will be hidden if you pay.

Screenshots

dMemo4 screens
MemoTaro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: dMemo at none against MemoTaro's 1. dMemo also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). MemoTaro's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price and rating 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. MemoTaro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. dMemo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for dMemo against 4.9 for MemoTaro. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MemoTaro has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

dMemo ships an update monthly, MemoTaro every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on July 31, 2026 and August 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
dMemo versus MemoTaro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterdMemoMemoTaro
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings113 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShigeru HirataMasashi Sasaoka

Customer experience

dMemo

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%

MemoTaro

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

dMemo

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

MemoTaro

One-time1
  • Ad-free$1.99

Questions

Is dMemo free?
dMemo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MemoTaro free?
MemoTaro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, dMemo or MemoTaro?
dMemo is rated higher. dMemo averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while MemoTaro averages 4.9 from 13 ratings.
Do dMemo or MemoTaro have ads?
MemoTaro shows ads; dMemo does not.
Which is updated more often, dMemo or MemoTaro?
dMemo ships an update monthly, and MemoTaro every 9 days. Most recently, dMemo was updated on July 31, 2026 and MemoTaro on August 11, 2026.

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