Handwriting Memorandum vs Chat Memo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Handwriting Memorandum
Easily capture your thoughts and ideas with a simple digital notebook. Draw sketches or jot down notes using your finger for quick and convenient input.
- Finger-based note-taking
- Simple sketching functionality
- Digital notebook
- Quick input
- Easy to use interface
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You can take notes or draw simple sketches with your fingers using this app.
Chat Memo
A straightforward note-taking app designed for intuitive, one-line entries. It offers widget support for home screen access, character counting, and easy line-by-line copying. The app prioritizes a clean, ad-free experience for efficient memo management.
- One-line memo registration
- Widget support
- Character counting
- Line-by-line selection and copying
- Passcode protection
- Image registration
- Strike-through for TODO lists
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Simple memo application. It is easy to use intuitively, writing one line at a time. Widget support allows you to put notes on your home screen. You can count the number of characters. You can select and copy notes line by line, so you can use it as a copy and paste book. There are no advertisements, and ease of use is our top priority. This is the author's own personal memo application. Features You can register memos one line at a time. The image can be registered. You can also use it as a TODO application because you can use a strike-through line. You can also delete one line at a time. You can also delete them all at once, so it's easy. You can select and copy one line at a time. A passcode can be set. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Handwriting Memorandum at 5.0 against Chat Memo's 4.3. Handwriting Memorandum also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Chat Memo's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 12 months). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Handwriting Memorandum holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chat Memo has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Handwriting Memorandum's written reviews are positive against 100% of Chat Memo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Handwriting Memorandum ships an update every 12 months, Chat Memo weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Handwriting Memorandum | Chat Memo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.3 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuichi HARA | Naoyuki Rikiji |
Customer experience
Handwriting Memorandum
Chat Memo
In-app purchases
Handwriting Memorandum
No in-app purchases
Chat Memo
No in-app purchases
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