B · out of 10
Mem is a bet that filing is a waste of time. You dump notes in, and search, related-note suggestions and an assistant that has read everything do the organising. When it works it feels like having a memory. When it does not, you cannot fall back on folders, because there barely are any.
How it scores
Features25% of score
6.6Depth and breadth of what the app can do.
Ease of use20% of score
7.4Speed, polish and how long it takes to feel at home.
AI15% of score
8.8Quality and usefulness of the built-in AI, not just its presence.
Sync & reliability15% of score
7.4How dependably notes move between devices.
Value15% of score
5.8What you get for what you pay.
Platform coverage10% of score
5.6How many places you can actually use it.
Pricing
$14.99/month · $120/year
No free tier.
Around $14.99/month, or roughly $10/month billed annually. Free trial only.
Platforms
- Windows
- macOS
- iOS
- Android
- Linux
- Web
42 tracked features supported
What it does well
- Semantic search actually finds the note you half remember
- Related notes surface while you write, without you asking
- Very low friction to capture something
- Calendar and email context make meeting notes useful
Where it falls short
- Expensive for what is a fairly thin editor
- Almost no manual structure when the AI guesses wrong
- No Windows, Linux or Android app
- Offline is barely there
Our take
A convincing demo of AI-organised notes, priced like a full workspace it is not.
Best for: People who capture constantly and never file anything.
Feature by feature
Capture & input
How notes get into the app in the first place.
- Voice recordingPartly
- Audio transcriptionPartly
- Speaker identification
- Meeting recording
- Handwriting / stylus
- Drawing canvas
- OCR / handwriting search
- Web clipper
- Share extension
- Quick capture
- Images
- PDF & documentsPartly
- Document scanning
Organization
How notes are structured, linked and found again.
- TagsPartly
- Folders / notebooksPartly
- Multi-level folders
- Internal links
- Backlinks
- Graph view
- Databases / boards
- Daily notes / journalPartly
- Note templatesPartly
- Saved searches
- Pins / favorites
- Merge notes
AI
Assistants, generators and meaning-based search.
- AI chat / writing assistant
- AI agent with toolsPartly
- Custom AI agents
- Semantic search
- AI web searchPartly
- Connected apps for AI
- Prompt templatesPartly
- Custom AI instructions
- AI memoryPartly
- Scheduled AI tasks
- Flashcard generator
- Spaced repetition
- Quiz generator
- Fill in the blank
- Mind maps
- AI image generation
- Infographic generator
- Slide deck generator
- AI mini apps
- Brainrot video generator
- AI audio overview
- Bring your own model
- AI job notificationsPartly
Writing & editing
What the editor itself can actually do.
- MarkdownPartly
- Rich text
- Code blocks
- Math / LaTeX
- TablesPartly
- Find and replace
- Version historyPartly
- Note infoPartly
Sync & data ownership
Where your notes live and how easily they leave.
- Cloud sync
- Sync through your own cloud
- Offline supportPartly
- Offline-first / own your data
- Self-hosting
- End-to-end encryption
- Locked notes
- Daily backup
- Import
- Export
- Public API
- Command line tool
- Remote MCP server
- Plugins / extensions
Sharing & collaboration
Working with other people inside your notes.
- Share with people
- Real-time collaborationPartly
- Comments
- Public sharing
Experience
The everyday polish around the writing surface.
- Dark mode
- Custom themes
- Multi-language
- Command palette
- Split view
- Focus mode
- Home screen widgets
- Apple Shortcuts
Compare with
All Mem alternatives
Mem vs Grape
Adds: Flashcard generator, Spaced repetition
Mem vs Notion
The all-in-one workspace that swallowed the note app category.
Mem vs Obsidian
Plain markdown files on your disk, with a plugin ecosystem bolted on top.
Mem vs Apple Notes
Already on your phone, and better than it has any right to be.