- Choose Memlow if you want your own notes, lists and small sheets without building a system first, working offline, with no AI.
- Stay with Notion if you need databases with linked pages, a team wiki, integrations, or desktop and iPhone apps.
- Notion exports Markdown and CSV, and Memlow imports both: Markdown files as notes, CSV files into a sheet.
Memlow and Notion side by side
What we say about Notion comes from its own help pages, pricing and policies, checked in October 2026. The small numbers link to the sources under the table.
| What | Memlow | Notion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, no paid plan. A few ads in the Android app | Free for one person; Plus $10 a seat a month billed yearly ($12 monthly); Business $20 ($24 monthly)1 |
| AI | None | Notion AI on Business and Enterprise; a limited trial on Free and Plus2 |
| Works offline | Yes, everything, in the app and in the browser | Pages you mark as available offline, in the desktop and mobile apps; not in browsers3 |
| Phones and computers | Android 8.0 or newer, and the web | Web, Windows, Mac, iPhone and iPad, Android4 5 |
| Tables and databases | Sheets with formulas, charts, checkboxes and dropdowns; no linked databases | Databases with relations and views |
| Encryption | Notes on your device; backups and shared notes encrypted end to end | Encrypted at rest and in transit; no end-to-end encryption described6 |
| Files | Photos and voice notes inside notes | Free plan: uploads up to 5 MB each1 |
| Take your notes out | Markdown, text, PDF or a backup file | Markdown and CSV, HTML or PDF7 |
Sources, checked October 2026
- Notion pricing
- Notion Help: Notion AI FAQs
- Notion Help: use pages offline
- Notion desktop apps
- Notion mobile apps
- Notion security
- Notion Help: export your content
Is Notion free?
For one person, yes. As of October 2026, Notion is free for a single person, and its Plus plan costs $10 a seat a month billed yearly, or $12 month to month. Notion AI comes with the Business and Enterprise plans, with a limited trial on Free and Plus. Memlow has no paid plan and no AI on any plan; the Android app shows a few ads and the web app none.
Where Notion is better
- Databases: tables of pages with relations, filters and many views, which Memlow doesn't have.
- Team wikis and documents, with pages inside pages.
- Integrations and an API, so other tools can read and write your workspace.
- Apps for Windows, Mac, iPhone and iPad. Memlow has the Android app and the web app only.
Where Memlow is different
- There's nothing to build. Open it and write: a note, a checklist with a reminder on one item, a goal, a sheet.
- It all works offline, in the Android app and in the browser after your first visit.
- There's no AI, on any plan, and no paid plan at all.
- Notes stay on your device, and backups go to your own Google Drive, encrypted with a password only you know.
- Memlow Sheets has 108 functions and 15 chart types for budgets, timetables and stock lists, inside the same app as your notes.
Who should stay with Notion
If you run a team's docs in Notion, track work in its databases or connect it to other tools, stay with it: Memlow doesn't do those things. If you mostly use Notion for your own notes, lists and a budget table, and you've felt it's more than you need, Memlow is the lighter option.
How to move from Notion
- In Notion, export the pages you want as Markdown and CSV. Unzip the download if it comes as a zip file.
- Open app.memlow.com on your computer and drop the Markdown files onto it. Each file becomes a note, with its headings, lists, checklists and tables.
- For a table, open a sheet and import the CSV file as a new tab.
- Turn on Google Drive backup, so your notes reach the Android app too.
Databases don't come across as databases: their rows arrive as CSV for a sheet, or as plain notes. Bring in notes from text or Markdown files and Import a CSV or TSV file into a sheet have the details.
