Comparison

Memo Notepad vs 168 Planner

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

Head to head
About

Memo Notepad

Capture your thoughts, drafts, and lists effortlessly. Organize notes into notepads, set reminders, and collaborate with others via email or an integrated messenger. Enjoy offline access with seamless cloud syncing.

Highlights
  • Organize with multiple notepads
  • Share and collaborate on notes
  • Fast, secure cloud sync
  • 100% offline use
  • Set reminders for notes
  • Integrated messenger for shared notes
Features
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The simple and easy place for your quick thoughts Memo Notepad provides you with a totally simple way to take notes on your iPhone. Saving, cloud syncing all happens in the background. Just focus and write down what you are thinking super quickly and easily. Memo is a perfect place for your thoughts, email drafts, journals, lists, or study and meeting notes. Beyond the simplicity of standard note taking, Memo gives you the power to organize your notes into individual notepads or to set reminders if you want to come back to a note later. If you want to share your notes with your friends, you can easily send them a copy over email. You can even add a contact from your Address Book to a note to let them view and edit a note. Sharing a lot of notes? You can share an entire notebook of notes, even discuss your notes with the integrated messaging support. Everything in Memo is usable offline, all your notes are always accessible, you'll never be bothered about your connectivity. Even sharing will still work offline, when you are online later Memo will sync your changes to your contacts. You can use Memo Notepad offline or online, all your notes made offline will sync when you get back online. You can access all your notes offline. You can search through your notes, and it will find what you are looking for instantly as you type. Features: - Organize your thoughts with multiple notepads - Share and collaborate on notes with family, friends or coworkers - Super fast sync - encrypted and securely backed up in the cloud - Personalize with various font options in Writing Styles - Designed to allow 100% offline use. Never wait for "syncing" - Mark notes to be reminded later - Integrated messenger for shared notepads Tips: - If you delete a note by accident, shake to undo - If you forget your cloud sync password, try guessing a password to reveal the 'forgot password' button, it will email you a reset link Other Apps: - You can use your same sync account with our other apps: Do it (Tomorrow), Everyday Notes Premium Cloud Sync Subscription Service: - Sync with Dropbox and Google Drive as well as other bonus features is available on a subscription basis of $0.99/month or $4.99/year. (subscription uses iTunes Account at purchase, final price depends on country) - To cancel or select not to auto-renew a subscription, go to Account Settings after purchase. Subscriptions during a single period cannot be cancelled. - Premium subscriptions automatically renew, unless selected not to, or canceled. Cancellations or disabling of auto-renew must happen at least 24 hours before the end of the month or year. - Bonus features include: Note and Notepad locking with password and touch-id support, more font options, dark and sepia themes. Sync Accounts (if enabled): - Privacy policy can be found at https://account.adylitica.com/txt/privacy_policy.txt and Terms of use at: https://account.adylitica.com/txt/terms_of_use.txt Memo Notepad is a project we are working to make a great app for everyone's notes. Please email us at web-support@adylitica.com with your feedback, questions, issues, ideas, or just to say hello :)

About

168 Planner

Track your time across key life areas to understand where your hours go. Design your ideal week, set goals, and gain insights into your habits and energy levels. Optimize your 168 hours for a more fulfilling life.

Highlights
  • Time logging with backfill
  • Weekly dashboard and calendar view
  • Design ideal week targets
  • Track top 5 goals
  • Weekly insights and comparisons
  • Energy and life area tracking
Features
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168 Hours is a unique time-tracking app designed to help you bridge the gap between the life you're living now and the life you want to live. Log your time across life's key areas: work, fitness, sleep, relationships, creativity, and more. See where your hours actually go, not where you think they go. WHAT YOU GET Time Logging Record what you did, how long it took, and which life area it belongs to. Backfill entries from earlier in the day or past days. Your calendar fills in as you go. This Week Dashboard See your total logged hours, free time remaining, and a full breakdown by category, updated in real time as you log. Calendar View Browse any day on a 24-hour timeline. Colored blocks show exactly how your time was spent. Tap any block to edit or delete it. PREMIUM FEATURES Ideal Week Design the week you actually want to live. Set your target hours for each life area, and compare your ideal against your real logged time every week. Goals Track your top 5 goals. Add them, refine them, and mark them complete as you grow. A built-in brainstorming notepad helps you figure out what matters most. Weekly Insights Unlock deeper analysis: category trends, week-over-week comparisons, and a visual breakdown of your 168 hours. Energy Tracking Log your daily energy on a 1–5 scale. Over time, see which days and habits drain or fuel you. Life Area Check-Ins Rate 6 areas of your life each week: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, relationships, and career. Get a holistic picture of how you're really doing. Week Review Look back at past weeks to see how much you've grown. No more ads! ONE-TIME PURCHASE Premium is a single one-time purchase. No subscription, no recurring fees. Pay once, keep it forever.

Screenshots

Memo Notepad4 screens
168 Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: 168 Planner at 5.0 against Memo Notepad's 4.5. 168 Planner also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Memo Notepad's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (23 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Memo Notepad sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and 168 Planner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

168 Planner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Memo Notepad has 23 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Memo Notepad ships an update every 2 months, 168 Planner daily. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Memo Notepad versus 168 Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemo Notepad168 Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (23 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdylitica, Inc.Tristan Kilper

Customer experience

Memo Notepad

All ratings23 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral8.7%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive71.9%
Neutral9.4%
Negative18.8%

168 Planner

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Memo Notepad

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Sync$0.991 Month
  • Premium Sync$4.991 Year
1 purchases

168 Planner

One-time1
  • 168 Planner Pro$5.99

Questions

Is Memo Notepad free?
Memo Notepad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 168 Planner free?
168 Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Memo Notepad or 168 Planner?
168 Planner is rated higher. Memo Notepad averages 4.5 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while 168 Planner averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Memo Notepad or 168 Planner have ads?
168 Planner shows ads; Memo Notepad does not.
Which is updated more often, Memo Notepad or 168 Planner?
Memo Notepad ships an update every 2 months, and 168 Planner daily. Most recently, Memo Notepad was updated on September 21, 2026 and 168 Planner on September 12, 2026.

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