Capacities vs Mem vs Reflect vs Tana
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Capacities
Object-based note-taking app
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Mem
AI-native note-taking with automatic organization
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Reflect
Daily notes app with AI-powered search and linking
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Tana
Outliner + database with AI for knowledge graphs
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.8 / 10 | 6.8 / 10 | 6.8 / 10 | 6.8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | Paid | Freemium |
| Free tier | — | — | — | — |
| Paid from | — | — | — | — |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Users | — | — | — | — |
| Founded | 2021 | 2019 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Maker | — | Mem Labs | — | — |
| Verdict | Capacities reimagines note-taking around typed 'objects' (Notes, Books, Meetings, People) you link and tag rather than files in folders, making it a thoughtful fit for networked thinking and personal knowledge management... |
Mem is an AI-first note-taking app that de-emphasises folders in favour of automatic organisation, smart search, and AI that surfaces related notes and answers questions across your knowledge base. It suits individuals w... |
Reflect is a polished, keyboard-driven networked-notes app in the Roam/Obsidian lineage, with daily notes, backlinks, end-to-end encryption and a built-in AI assistant for summarising and rewriting. It is genuinely fast... |
Tana is an ambitious, AI-native note and knowledge tool that fuses outlining with structured data through its supertags and node-graph model, letting power users build personal databases, daily notes, and AI-assisted wor... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.