Last updated April 2026
Fabric and Mem both use AI to organise your content without folders or manual sorting. Mem applies this to notes. Fabric applies it to everything: files, documents, images, video, audio, links, emails. If you're choosing between them, the question is whether you need a note-taking app with AI, or a workspace where AI understands all your content.
Comparison table
Fabric | Mem | |
|---|---|---|
Pricing | Free (25 notes, 25 AI messages/mo), Pro $15/mo ($12/mo annual) | |
Content types | PDFs, images, video, audio, docs, links, ePubs, slides, spreadsheets, emails | Notes, web clips, email imports. No native support for video, audio, images, or PDFs beyond attachments |
AI | Built-in AI assistant across multiple models, contextual to your entire library. Can create/edit documents, make tasks, organize and more. | Mem Chat (Q&A over notes), AI writing, related note surfacing. Pro plan required |
Search | Semantic, visual, colour, inside-document, inside-video, cross-platform | Smart search with natural language queries across notes |
Notes & documents | Full markdown editor, real-time co-editing, version history | Markdown-style editor with bidirectional links, tags, templates |
Organisation | Spaces, folders, tags, kanban, grid/list/detail views, shared drives | AI-driven. No folders. Tags and bidirectional links available but optional |
Collaboration | Real-time co-editing, annotations, comments, chat, shared drives | Note sharing. No real-time co-editing, no annotations |
Publishing | One-click publish with analytics, password protection, stakeholder links | None |
Canvas | Spatial canvas for visual thinking and moodboarding, real-time multiplayer | None |
Tasks | Tasks with priority, due dates, reminders, linked to files | Basic task management within notes |
Integrations | MCP, API, CLI, Zapier, Google Drive, Notion, Dropbox, GitHub, Raycast | Zapier, API, email/calendar sync. Limited integration ecosystem |
Platforms | Web, iOS, Android, desktop, Chrome extension | Web, iOS, macOS. No Android app |
Offline | Desktop app with local folder sync. AI and search require connectivity | Desktop offline access. iOS limited |
What is Mem?
Mem is an AI-powered note-taking app. You write notes, clip content from the web, and import emails. The AI organises everything without folders, surfaces related notes automatically, and lets you ask questions about your content through Mem Chat. It's positioned as a "self-organising workspace," though in practice it handles text notes and web clips. Mem 2.0, released in early 2026, improved speed and stability. The free plan is limited to 25 notes and 25 AI messages per month. Pro is $15/month. There's no Android app.
What is Fabric?
Fabric is an AI workspace that combines file storage, note-taking, search, tasks, collaboration, and publishing.
The Fabric Memory Engine automatically extracts, enriches, and maps relationships between everything you save. Like Mem, it organises content without manual filing. Unlike Mem, it handles all file types, offers semantic and visual search, supports collaboration, and includes publishing. Available on all platforms including Android.
Key differences
Notes vs everything
Mem is a note-taking app. It handles text well. You can clip web content, import emails, and dictate voice notes. But it doesn't natively handle PDFs, images, video, audio, slide decks, or spreadsheets as searchable, AI-aware content. If you attach a PDF to a Mem note, it's an attachment. It's not extracted, indexed, or understood by the AI the way a note is.
Fabric treats every content type as first-class. PDFs, images, video, audio, documents, slides, spreadsheets, ePubs, links, emails. Everything is automatically extracted, enriched, and made available to the AI and to search. If your knowledge lives in more than text notes, Fabric has a wider aperture.
AI
Both products have AI assistants that can answer questions about your content. Mem Chat searches your notes and generates answers with sources. Fabric's AI does the same but across a broader content library, including files Fabric has automatically extracted and understood.
Mem's AI also surfaces related notes as you work, which is a nice touch for building connections between ideas. Fabric maps relationships between content through the Memory Engine, which serves a similar purpose across a wider range of content types.
Mem's AI requires the Pro plan ($15/mo). Fabric includes AI at every tier.
Search
Mem has smart search with natural language queries across your notes. Ask a question in plain English and it finds relevant notes.
Fabric's search goes further. Semantic search finds content by meaning. Visual search finds similar images. Colour search finds assets by palette. You can search inside PDFs to the page, slide decks to the slide, and video to the timestamp. Cross-platform search pulls results from Google Drive, Notion, and Dropbox alongside your Fabric library. Mem's search is good for notes. Fabric's search handles a wider range of content and search methods.
Organisation
Both products reject folders in favour of AI-driven organisation. Mem uses AI to group related notes and surface connections. You can still add tags and bidirectional links if you want manual structure. Fabric uses the Memory Engine to map relationships between all saved content, with Spaces, folders, tags, and multiple views available when you want them. Both share the philosophy that AI should do the organising. Fabric offers more manual control when you want it.
Platform support
Mem has no Android app. That's a meaningful gap for a tool that wants to capture everything. Web and iOS only, with a macOS desktop app.
Fabric is available on web, iOS, Android, desktop, and as a Chrome extension. If you're not exclusively on Apple devices, Fabric covers more ground.
Collaboration
Mem supports sharing individual notes. No real-time co-editing, no annotations, no team workspaces with shared drives.
Fabric supports real-time co-editing on documents and canvases, threaded comments, pinned annotations on any content type, in-context chat, and shared drives. If you work with other people, Fabric has the tools. Mem is built for individual use.
Publishing
Mem has no publishing features.
Fabric lets you publish or share anything with one click. Built-in analytics, password protection, stakeholder links.
Stability
Mem has faced criticism for sync issues and slow development cycles. G2 reviews mention missing features and unresponsive support. Mem 2.0 improved things, but some users report ongoing reliability concerns.
Fabric is a more mature product in terms of platform stability and breadth of features.
Pricing
Mem's free plan is very limited: 25 notes, 25 AI messages per month. That's a trial, not a usable free tier. Pro is $15/month or $12/month annual. For what's essentially a note-taking app with AI, that's not cheap. Notion offers more functionality at $10/month.
Fabric includes AI at every tier and handles a much broader range of content. [Insert Fabric pricing details.]
When to use each
Use Fabric if you work with more than just text notes. You save PDFs, images, meeting recordings, design references, links, and documents and want them all searchable and AI-queryable in one place. You want collaboration, publishing, spatial canvases, or cross-platform search. You need Android support. You want AI included at every pricing tier.
Use Mem if your workflow is entirely text-based notes and web clips, you're on iOS/Mac only, and the idea of AI-organised notes without any other workspace features appeals to you. Mem's related-notes surfacing is useful for connecting ideas across a large volume of text notes.
Why people move from Mem to Fabric
They needed more than notes. Mem handles text. People who work with PDFs, images, video, and other file types found themselves using Mem alongside three or four other tools. Fabric consolidates that.
They needed Android. No Android app is a dealbreaker for a lot of people. Fabric supports all platforms.
They wanted deeper search. Mem's smart search works across notes. Fabric's semantic, visual, and in-document search works across all content types and connected services.
They wanted collaboration. Mem is a single-player tool. Teams need more.
They wanted reliability. Sync issues and slow development pushed some users to look for something more stable.
FAQs
Can I import my Mem notes into Fabric?
Mem supports data export. You can bring your notes into Fabric and they'll be indexed, searchable, and available to the AI alongside everything else you save.
Does Fabric auto-organise like Mem does?
Yes. The Fabric Memory Engine automatically extracts, enriches, and maps relationships between everything you save. You don't need to manually organise anything. Both products share this philosophy.
Is Fabric free?
Fabric has a free tier with limited storage and AI.
Does Mem work on Android?
No. Mem is available on web, iOS, and macOS only. Fabric supports web, iOS, Android, desktop, and Chrome extension.
Which has better AI?
Both have AI that can answer questions about your content. Fabric's AI works across a wider range of content types (not just notes), includes multiple models, and is available on every pricing tier. Mem's AI requires the Pro plan at $15/month.
Is Mem cheaper than Fabric?
Mem's free plan is very limited (25 notes, 25 AI messages). Pro is $15/month. Fabric's free tier includes more functionality, and AI is available at every tier rather than locked behind a single paid plan.
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