Is Mem worth it?

Best Features, Pricing & User Reviews

Here's how Mem AI works and whether it is a suitable fit for your type of note-taking:

What is Mem?

Mem is a note-taking app designed for help store your best ideas & knowledge. It uses AI to help you chat with your notes, auto-organize features to help file away notes & voice mode for capturing voice notes. It is backed by OpenAI's fund and uses AI to better help users understand their notes.

It is available on Mac, Windows, iOS and web.

What does Mem AI do?

Mem allows you to take notes, uses collections to organize them for you & connects with Zapier for better actions.

• Create and build notes using markdown and keyboard shortcuts.

• Build out a collection based on a type of note you take - like recipes, business or something like this.

• Take the note and chat with the memories and context of it.

• It remembers the note chat history allowing you to compound knowledge.

• Use Copilot feature to see similar notes and source useful insights.

• You can add tasks, tables & checklists to notes.

Mem AI allows you to take notes and use AI to chat with your notes. This isn't a new technology, but it was one of the first to do this. Mem is a combination of a PKM app and an AI tool. It allows you to take notes and then ask the AI chat questions about them to generate better and more intelligent notes. Popular with entrepreneurs and exostoses, this AI-focused notes app wants to eliminate the need for folders and management of your notes.

Can you use Mem in small teams?

Yes, Mem allows you to collaborate on notes. It works for teams that share notes as they can see and write notes together like Google Documents.

Pros

Things we liked about Mem:

• Easy to use AI Chat - approachable and easier than some.

• Finds a good balance between a PKM and note-taking app.

• Can help remove the admin of organizing your notes.

• Good for small teams and sharing knowledge.

• Comes on a good range of devices.

Cons

Things we didn't get on with about Mem:

• Lacks routine development releases.

• Lacks AI chat customization - eg. changing AI models.

• Feels less superior to other apps in the field right now.

How much does Mem AI cost?

• Mem is free to use with limits.

• It costs $14.99 per month, monthly.

• And is $8 per month (per year).

Verdict

Should I get Mem?

Sort answer. Not yet.

Mem is a good concept for a note-taking application, a way to chat with your notes using the help of AI turns them into a sudo-journal and knowledge mine. But the problem with Mem is that they had a competitive advantage with their first version of the platform when AI first launched, and lost this quite fast when the OpenAI API launched.

This essentially means that a lot of other note-taking apps like Capacities, Kortex, and Tana were able to leapfrog them as they weren't able to keep up with the pace. In premise, Mem is a good idea and will be the future of note-taking, but the lack of development means they look like a mid-tier note-taking that aren't turning heads.

The good news is that Mem have restructured their entire platform (backend) and have their sights set to come back.

• We'd not recommend it as the first choice for taking notes with AI.

• It has a long way to go until they're able to come back fighting in the note-taking space.

Who is Mem best for?

They target towards the following type of users:

• Entrepreneurs

• Business owners

• Those who want to go deeper with note-taking

• Small teams