MemolyNote Taking

Every kind of note, kept on your device.

A local notebook for everything you want to remember: text, rich formatting, photos, voice, drawings, scans and reminders, all kept on your device.

Coming to iOS and Android

Category: Note Taking
Platforms: iOS and Android
Status: In development
Made by: Torchingale

The name

memoly/ˈmiː.mo.li/

Memo, a short note to your future self, with a soft ending that makes it feel friendly rather than formal. A name for the small things you write down so you can stop holding them in your head.

Why it exists

Note apps tend to become either too bare to organise anything or too heavy to open quickly. We wanted something in between: instant to capture, calm to browse, and private by default, because notes are some of the most personal data we have.

What Memoly does

Write the way you think

Headings, lists, checklists, quotes, colours and highlights from a toolbar above the keyboard. Type / at the start of a line for quick formatting, and undo or redo any step.

Photos, voice, drawings and files

Add photos, voice recordings, drawings, extra text pages and files right inside a note. Long-press + to save a quick note, drawing, voice note or photo in one step.

Search inside photos and files

Memoly reads the text in your photos and inside PDFs, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and more when you attach them, so search finds what a file says, not just its name. It all happens on your phone.

Scan paper into notes

On Android, scan documents with the camera into clean PDF pages. On any phone, the text in your photos is read on the device and becomes searchable.

Reminders that repeat

Daily, weekly, monthly or yearly, or pick weekdays with their own times. The Reminders tab groups everything into overdue, today, tomorrow and upcoming.

A private folder

Move notes to Private and open them with your phone's biometrics or passcode, or with a Memoly password if you prefer.

Every change, kept

Note history shows each edit as a before and after. Restore an earlier version with one tap.

Talk to it

Say “Quick note, buy milk” or “Show archive” and Memoly does it, in English or Turkish, using your phone's speech recognition. Dictate into any note, or have a note read aloud.

The identity behind Memoly

Nothing in Memoly’s look is decoration. Here is what the icon, each colour and each typeface stands for.

Icon

A single rounded M, drawn in one soft stroke with its tips curled, the way you would write it in a hurry. Orange shading into yellow on near-black: warm, quick and easy to find on a crowded home screen.

Colours

Orange#F97306
The brand colour: warm and energetic, the colour of a note you do not want to lose.
Night#1B1B1A
The ground behind the icon and the dark theme, so your notes are what shines.
Graphite#282828
Surfaces in the dark theme, one step above the ground so every note has an edge.
Cyan#00BCD4
One of the accent colours you can switch to: the cool opposite of the default orange, for people who want a calmer app.

Type

Buy milk, call mum, book the flights.PoppinsThe default, out of nine bundled typefaces you can choose from
Round and even, it keeps quick, messy notes looking tidy. Your notes are yours, so the typeface is too.

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Questions about Memoly

Do I need an account?

No. Memoly has no accounts. Open the app and start writing.

Where are my notes stored?

On your phone. Torchingale has no server for Memoly, so your notes are never uploaded to us. They leave your phone only when you export, share or back them up yourself.

How do I move my notes to a new phone?

Go to Settings > Backup & Restore > Export backup file and save the .memoly file anywhere you like. On the new phone, choose Import backup file. Importing replaces the notes on that phone.

Can I search text inside photos and documents?

Yes. Text in photos (Latin alphabets) is read on your phone, and PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OpenDocument, EPUB, HTML, RTF and text files up to 25 MB become searchable when you attach them. You can turn this off in Settings.

Can reminders repeat?

Yes: daily, weekly, monthly or yearly, or on specific weekdays, each with its own time.

What can the voice assistant do?

In English or Turkish it can save a quick note, start a new note, pin a note or open a folder such as Archive or Private. It uses your phone's speech recognition.

Does Memoly work offline?

Writing, organising, reminders, search, text recognition and backups all work offline. Link previews, and on some phones speech recognition, need an internet connection.

Is Memoly free?

Yes. There are no purchases and no ads.