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Linko vs Mem: A Notes App for What You Learn, or an AI Chief of Staff
Linko vs Mem: Mem is an AI chief of staff for notes, meetings and tasks; Linko is a notes app for what you learn. Who should pick which.
By Linko team
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Mem and Linko are both notes apps with AI that does the organizing for you. They are built for different days.
The short answer: Mem now calls itself "your AI chief of staff": it keeps track of your notes, meetings, tasks and projects and nudges you when something needs you. Linko is for what you learn: notes on what you read, watch and think, connected and brought back so they stay with you. If your notes are mostly about work to get done, look at Mem. If they are mostly about ideas to keep, look at Linko.
| Mem | Linko | |
|---|---|---|
| Built around | Notes, meetings, tasks and projects, with Mem Agent | Your own notes on what you read, watch and think |
| Organizing | Collections; Mem can organize notes for you | Files notes and resources under topics for you; your own tags too |
| Asking questions | Mem Chat for facts, summaries and reorganizing notes | Ask Linko across all your notes and resources; Cited lists the sources |
| Coming back | Heads Up shows related notes as you work; Mem Agent nudges | Daily review turns your notes into questions; related notes as you save |
| Voice | Voice Mode turns meetings and brain dumps into structured notes | Voice notes, written down for you |
| Articles and videos | Web clipper | Every saved article or video gets a page; Key points by section |
| Apps | Mac, Windows, iOS and web; no Android app | Web, iOS and Android |
| Free plan | 25 messages and 25 new notes a month | Yes, for your first notes and resources (see Pricing) |
| Paid plans from | $9 a month | Pro · Pricing |
What Mem does well
- Mem Agent builds a picture of your tasks, projects and goals and checks in when something needs you (Mem).
- Voice Mode turns a meeting or a brain dump into a structured note, and Heads Up surfaces related notes while you work (Mem help).
- Collections group notes, and a note can sit in several of them.
- Desktop apps for Mac and Windows, an iOS app and a web app. Mem says it is not yet on Android.
- A free plan with monthly limits, and paid plans from $9 a month; Pro tiers add custom routines and connections to tools like Gmail and Slack (Mem pricing).
What Linko does differently
- It is built for learning. You save an article, a video, a podcast or a book, and it gets a page with what it says and every note you took on it.
- Daily review brings back your own notes each day as questions, so ideas return before you forget them. See Daily review.
- Linko files your notes and resources under topics for you, and shows related notes as you save. See Tags and topics.
- Ask Linko answers from your notes and resources and lists what it used, and Linko for AI tools lets ChatGPT and Claude search the same notes.
- Apps for iOS and Android, and the web.
Where each one stops
- Mem: it is shaped around work to get done. Its site describes no daily review of old notes, and there is no Android app.
- Linko: it is not a task manager or a meeting assistant, and it has no desktop app; on a computer, use the web.
Who should pick which
- Your notes are meetings, tasks and projects, and you want an assistant over them → Mem
- You work on a Mac or Windows desktop app all day → Mem
- Your notes are about what you read, watch and think, and you want them back → Linko
- You use Android → Linko
Linko: free for your first notes and resources, and Pro when you want more. See pricing.
FAQ
Is Linko a Mem alternative?
For notes on what you learn, yes. If you want an AI chief of staff for meetings and tasks, Mem is built for that.
Does Mem have a daily review?
Mem's site does not describe one. Heads Up shows related notes while you work, and Mem Agent nudges you about tasks.
Can I ask questions about my notes in both?
Yes. Mem has Mem Chat; Linko has Ask Linko, which lists the notes and resources it used.
More comparisons: Linko compared with other apps.