Comparison

Talking Archiver Lite vs Screen Memo

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

Head to head
About

Talking Archiver Lite

Features
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The app is the standard lite edition. It is recommended to use iOS 16.3.1 or higher iOS edition. A valuable and powerful text archives manager. Listen our favorite plain text file or the content from webpage whenever and wherever. When this App is talking, just tap the home key or lock your device, the App will repeat talking in the background status. Input from pasteboard or plain text file, It could talk the text with over 30 international languages. The repeating talking all of archives could help us listen and go over our important archives. Edit the text archives, we could add some memo to our archives and update the archives where and whenever. With the help of the powerful pasteboard, we could copy the text from an email,text, web page of safari, or any other text as long as the text is not part of an image. Then paste all of these text to the Talking Archiver. With the help of iTune File Sharing, we could move the any text files from the PC to this App file sharing folder. After Tap the import button at the bottom left corner and select the import file item, the open file view will list all of file in the sharing folder. All of the important text data will be saved to the Core Data Database system. One archive would be talked by one speaker. So it is very interesting to listen several speakers talk the text records one by one. As a talking app, the user also could select the talking volume and the talking speed. The user could select the repeating times of the talking. Export the archives to the plain text file, export the pasteboard , export to the email box by sending email. Talking solution by Long Press gesture. In the main view, long press the single table cell, the related text note will be talked repeated. The color of talked cell will be red color. At this talking situation, we long press another table cell, the current talking will be stopped. The App will immediately start talking the text of another table cell. We could stop the talking situation by tapping the stop button. Talking Solution by tap the talking all button. In the main view, when we tap the talking all button, the app will talk the text of each note one by one. If we need to skip, we could tap the next button or the prev button at the bottom toolbar. When a phone call is coming and is accepted, then tap the All Talking button in the main view or tap the talk button in the single view, after that, both sides could hear the same talking contents at the same time in the same speed. The phone owner could hear the talking from the phone. The people in the calling could hear the talking in the call. In short, this App includes the file editor, the pasteboard editor, the database management system,the talking ability, and sending email features.As a result, wherever, we could review,create, share and listen the talking of our favourite archives.

About

Screen Memo

Easily capture full-page website screenshots with a built-in ad blocker and dark mode support. This utility is compatible with iPads and iPhones, offering a fast and efficient browsing experience.

Highlights
  • Full page website capture
  • Built-in ad blocker
  • Dark mode support
  • iPad compatibility
  • Fast and easy to use
Features
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Save web pages the way you found them — links included, not just a picture of them. Unlike a screenshot, a saved page stays tappable: follow links, copy text, and read it later just like the real thing. 【Save】 - Save a full page with its links intact (Web Archive format) - Save the full page as one image - Save as a real text PDF (selectable and searchable text) - Capture just the visible part of the screen 【Read & Find】 - Full-text search across everything you've saved - A distraction-free Reader Mode that strips out ads and clutter - Automatic read/unread tracking, so nothing gets lost 【More】 - Free built-in ad blocking - AirPrint support - Dark mode / Full iPad support / Xscreen compatible Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Talking Archiver Lite4 screens
Screen Memo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Talking Archiver Lite at none against Screen Memo's 1. Talking Archiver Lite also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Screen Memo's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 9 months). On price 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. Screen Memo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Talking Archiver Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Talking Archiver Lite ships an update every 9 months, Screen Memo fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Talking Archiver Lite versus Screen Memo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTalking Archiver LiteScreen Memo
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB43 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer方 沈Koichiro Umemiya

In-app purchases

None

Talking Archiver Lite

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Screen Memo

One-time1
  • Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Talking Archiver Lite free?
Talking Archiver Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Screen Memo free?
Screen Memo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Talking Archiver Lite or Screen Memo have ads?
Screen Memo shows ads; Talking Archiver Lite does not.
Which is updated more often, Talking Archiver Lite or Screen Memo?
Talking Archiver Lite ships an update every 9 months, and Screen Memo fortnightly. Most recently, Talking Archiver Lite was updated on October 7, 2026 and Screen Memo on October 15, 2026.

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