The 8 best Mem alternatives
Mem scores 7.0 out of 10 here, and its weak spots are specific: expensive for what is a fairly thin editor. These are the apps that fix that, ranked by overall score.
Grape
Take the note. The AI does the filing, the studying and the searching.
Mac / Win / Linux / iOS / Android
Gains you: speaker identification, handwriting / stylus, drawing canvas. Same territory: ai-first.
$3/mo
Notion
The all-in-one workspace that swallowed the note app category.
Win / Mac / iOS / Android / Web
Gains you: speaker identification, multi-level folders, databases / boards. Same territory: ai-first.
$12/mo
Obsidian
Plain markdown files on your disk, with a plugin ecosystem bolted on top.
Win / Mac / iOS / Android / Linux
Gains you: handwriting / stylus, drawing canvas, ocr / handwriting search. Same territory: minimal & fast.
$4/mo
Apple Notes
Already on your phone, and better than it has any right to be.
Mac / iOS / Web
Gains you: handwriting / stylus, drawing canvas, ocr / handwriting search. Same territory: minimal & fast.
Free
Craft
Documents that look designed before you touch anything.
Mac / iOS / Win / Android / Web
Gains you: handwriting / stylus, drawing canvas, document scanning. Same territory: minimal & fast.
$10/mo
RemNote
Take notes and generate the flashcards in the same keystroke.
Web / Win / Mac / Linux / iOS / Android
Gains you: handwriting / stylus, drawing canvas, multi-level folders. Same territory: ai-first.
$8/mo
Granola
Meeting notes that write themselves, with no bot in the call.
Mac / Win / iOS / Android
Gains you: speaker identification, custom ai instructions, multi-language. Same territory: ai-first.
$14/mo
Capacities
A studio for your mind, organised by object type instead of folders.
Web / Mac / Win / iOS / Android
Gains you: graph view, databases / boards, saved searches. Same territory: ai-first.
$12.99/mo
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