Comparison

memono Journal vs Appnote

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

Head to head
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

About

Appnote

Organize your thoughts with a beautiful and functional notepad. Create an unlimited number of notes and folders, format text, and enrich entries with media. Secure your data with password protection and cloud sync.

Highlights
  • Unlimited folders and notes
  • Rich text formatting
  • Add images, videos, PDFs, and links
  • Quick undo and pin notes
  • Instant search
  • Cloud sync and backup
  • Password and biometric protection
Features
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Appnote—your unique style in the world of notebooks. Every note becomes a story, and every idea comes to life in an elegant interface. Appnote is designed to bring your creative thoughts to life and organize them. Here, even mundane notes become works of art. UNLIMITED CREATIVITY Create an unlimited number of folders and notes—your ideas know no bounds. Nest folders, build your own structure, and find what you need with a single tap. And if you've already created the content, add it in its entirety. PDFs, DOCX files, and images become full-fledged entries in the list: with a thumbnail preview, their own name, and instant viewing, without any extra steps. TEXT THE WAY YOU WANT A full-fledged rich text editor right in your pocket: • fonts, sizes, styles, and colors—highlight what's important the way you want; • Bulleted and numbered lists, as well as to-do lists with checkboxes that are easy to mark; • Hyperlinks, horizontal lines, and quick formatting clearing; • Instant undo – made a mistake? Just redo it; • Read-only mode to avoid accidentally editing a completed note. Links in the text work just like real ones: one tap and you're on the desired page. And if you prefer a more relaxed editing experience, tap-to-click navigation can be disabled in the settings. BRING YOUR NOTES TO LIFE Add images, videos, PDFs, and DOCX documents, and insert images directly from the clipboard. View attachments in the built-in gallery, maximize them to full screen, save them to your device, or open them in your favorite external app. Edited a file in another program? Appnote will notice the changes and offer to replace the original file or place the new version nearby. EVERYTHING AT YOUR FINGERTIPS • Favorites — the most important notes always come first. • Recent — quickly return to what you were just working on. • Instantly search all notes and search within an open note to jump to the desired section. • Sort by alphabetical order, creation date, modification date, or custom order. TASK Deleted notes no longer disappear without a trace. They are sent to the Trash, from where you can restore them with a single tap or permanently delete them. You choose the retention period — from "delete immediately" to any number of days. EASY SHARING • Send notes, images, and documents to other apps using "Share." • Save a note as a file — plain text or HTML, preserving styles and attached media files. • Forward a note as a single .appnote file—including all attachments—and import it back on another device in one step. • Receive text, images, videos, and PDFs from other apps: Appnote will ask whether to create a new note or append to an existing one. FULLY PERSONALIZED Appnote adapts to you, not the other way around: • Light and dark themes, background wallpaper, text colors, note backgrounds, and list card colors; • Number of columns and font size in the note list; • Custom icons for notes and folders—to the left or above the title, with a caption consisting of the first letters of the title on the ruled lines; • Indents, default image size, autosave, and other little touches that make your experience more convenient. SECURITY AND RELIABILITY • Password protection and biometric login. • Auto-lock when minimized—immediately, after a set number of minutes, or never. • Backup to a local folder, iCloud, or the cloud—with detailed statistics by file type. • Sync with Google Drive: notes, attachments, and settings are always up to date across all your devices. WHEREVER YOU WORK Appnote speaks 16 languages, including right-to-left languages, and works on iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. Dive into the world of Appnote—an app where style, convenience, and security come together in one exceptional product. Never lose your ideas again: they're always at your fingertips. Terms of Use: http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

memono Journal4 screens
Appnote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: memono Journal at 4.6 against Appnote's 3.7. memono Journal also leads on ratings volume (301 vs 3). Appnote's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. memono Journal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 3 months. Appnote asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

memono Journal holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: memono Journal has 301 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 85% and 85% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

memono Journal ships an update every 6 weeks, Appnote every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 11, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
memono Journal versus Appnote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametermemono JournalAppnote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (301 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews85.2% of reviews85.2% of reviews
Number of ratings301 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDennis EbbinghausVladimir Gorkov

Customer experience

memono Journal

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

Appnote

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive85.2%
Neutral3.7%
Negative11.1%

Bugs and requests

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

Appnote

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

memono Journal

Subscriptions2
  • 3 months$0.993 Months
  • 1 Year$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • One-time purchase$9.99
None

Appnote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is memono Journal free?
memono Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Appnote free?
Appnote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, memono Journal or Appnote?
memono Journal is rated higher. memono Journal averages 4.6 out of 5 from 301 ratings, while Appnote averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do memono Journal or Appnote have ads?
Neither memono Journal nor Appnote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, memono Journal or Appnote?
memono Journal ships an update every 6 weeks, and Appnote every 2 months. Most recently, memono Journal was updated on October 11, 2026 and Appnote on October 11, 2026.

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