I have lost count of how many times I have notes created and I kept putting off opening them because they were so dirty. They weren’t formatted and I couldn’t tell which was a title and which was a copy.
That’s when I decided to try one of those AI note-taking apps and see what it could do. I went to Mem and what he did with my notes was more than I expected.
I threw a wall of texts at Mem just to see what would happen.
It came back with sections, bolded terms, and a comparison table.
I wanted to create a note about what dogs can and cannot eat. So I asked Gemini to prepare something. When I pasted it into Mem, I ended up with a wall of text. Then I saw a broom icon with sparkles around it, and when I hovered over it, it said: “Clear notes in one click.” Mem added things like titles, bullet points, and a preview of what you added and removed. The app also added a comparison table for which foods were safe and which were not.
In the preview, I was able to see the suggested fixes without deleting the ones I had. My notes were in blue and Mem’s suggestions were in red. If there was a suggestion that you didn’t agree with, you could click Refine to adjust the suggested corrections. Even then, it didn’t fix anything until it showed me one more preview with the latest changes. That’s when I was able to click OK to make them permanent.
I didn’t feel like writing, so I told Mem what to write.
I could see the note take shape and capture everything I missed.
After a long day of writing, my fingers can cramp. So when I need to add something to a note, I use the voice recording function to express all my thoughts in a single brain dump. Mem shows me what I added, which makes reviewing easier as I can see if I missed anything.
Mem treats each sentence as a new line, but the recording doesn’t stop when I stop talking. I can see how much time I spend creating the recording, but it won’t stop until I click Done. After that, I can see how Mem asks me to edit my notes with the new information and shows me a preview of what he added and what he will delete. If I’m happy with the changes, I can click Done.
I asked Chat to review my notes and he caught what I missed
It prevented me from adding information that was already in my notes.
I wasn’t too sure if I added a section on what human foods can be used as dog treats. To make sure, without re-reading the entire note, I asked Mem’s chat if that section was in my notes. After searching for a few seconds he told me that he already had a section on that.
The chat showed the name of the section, Safe and Healthy “Human Food” Treats. He showed me the information with:
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Format
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emojis
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Why these foods are excellent delicacies
That made it easier to flip through the information and find the part of the note I wanted. He also included a little note at the end about the 10% rule, which recommends that treats make up no more than that amount of my dog’s daily calories.
I haven’t reached the limit yet, but 25 bills a month isn’t much.
$12 a month is expensive when my other notes apps are free
I don’t really like the 25 notes a month you can create in the free tier. I haven’t reached the limit yet, but I know I will eventually. I don’t want to pay another subscription. I have other apps that I can use for free to paste my notes, like Obsidian and Google Keep. They won’t clean up my notes like Mem, but at least they’re free.
I’ll only reach the limit if I start treating Mem like a storage app.
I don’t need to save all the notes, just the ones I need to clean up
I don’t keep my notes for long. I’ve only kept them for a few weeks. After a while, I ended up cleaning up my notes and getting the space I needed. I’m not going to worry about him 25 note limitI will delete the ones I no longer need. Mom already cleaned them up, so I can copy and paste them somewhere else.
My notes are finally readable and that’s all I needed
I already have my note-taking app, but I wanted to try Mem. I wasn’t disappointed with what it could do, but I wasn’t very happy with its limits. I’m still doing things with the free version and that’s all that matters right now. I already have a plan set up for when I reach the limit and it does not include the monthly subscription payment.
