Comparison

MemoryPie vs Liminal

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MemoryPie

This app helps you memorize text by gradually hiding letters as you learn. It supports various input methods, syncing across devices, and organizational tools. Ideal for anyone needing to quickly and effectively learn long passages of information.

Highlights
  • Add text by typing or pasting
  • Progressively hide letters
  • Long-press for word hints
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Organize texts with folders
  • Special font for clarity
  • Import/export via CSV
Features
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MemoryPie is a unique app designed to help anyone memorize any long passage of text quickly and easily. As you learn the text better, you can hide more letters from each word until you have everything memorized. Although the app is simple, it can be truly useful to many people no matter what they want to learn. features: * Easily add any text to memorize - simply type the text or copy and paste * Store as many texts as you want in a simple list view * Need a quick hint? just long-press a word, and you'll get a preview of that word * Use iCloud to sync your texts across all of your devices * Use folders to group related texts together * Special font that makes it easier to distinguish l's (L's) from I's (i's) * Import or export multiple texts using CSV files * Dark Mode support * VoiceOver support * Multiple window support on iPad * WatchOS app * Handoff between iOS and Mac * Also available as a web app

About

Liminal

Engage in thoughtful conversations with AI reconstructions of great minds. Explore philosophical concepts through interactive games and unique encounters designed for quiet reflection. Many features are available offline and free to use.

Highlights
  • AI reconstructions of great minds
  • Interactive philosophical games
  • Poetry generation
  • Question and answer sessions
  • Thought experiments
  • Offline play
  • No ads or tracking
Features
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Liminal is a quiet game about thinking. You arrive in the Atrium — a hall of doors. Behind each door is a great mind, reconstructed from their writings to think *with* you: Albert Camus on the café terrace, Nietzsche at altitude, Rumi turning toward the Beloved, Kafka in the unmarked office, the Stoic Marcus Aurelius, and more than a dozen others. Choose a voice, choose how you want to be met — challenged, accompanied, or left mostly to silence — and play. THE GAMES • Words for the Sea — offer a handful of words and receive a short poem in the thinker's voice. • Ask anything — put a real question to a real mind and hear a considered reply. • The Descent — one question, then deeper, and deeper still. • The Dilemma — a classic thought-experiment that branches to a reflection with no clean answer. • The Fork, The Reframe, Agree or Disagree, The Mask, A Minute of Silence — short games that read you back to yourself. ENCOUNTERS — where the voices meet • Two Voices — ask two thinkers one question and watch the second answer the first. • The Symposium — a panel answers, and a neutral narrator names the sharpest disagreement. • Philosophers' Football — draft two sides from the roster and let the eternal match be narrated. • The Oracle, The Gift, The Mirror — smaller rooms for fortune, reflection, and a parting tool to carry. QUIET BY DESIGN No ads. No tracking. No feed. Liminal asks nothing of you but attention. Many games work offline, for free. A NOTE ON THE VOICES The thinkers in Liminal are AI reconstructions written in each mind's spirit — they are not the real people, and nothing they say is professional advice. Liminal is for reflection, not counsel. Live, in-character answers are generated by Anthropic's Claude. The thinkers in Liminal are AI reconstructions — not the real people, and nothing they say is professional advice. Every line is original, written in each voice's spirit — never a verbatim quote from any author. Liminal is for reflection, not counsel. Live, in-character answers are generated by Anthropic's Claude. Sign in with Apple to carry your account and credits across devices. A handful of live answers are free; more are available as a small in-app purchase.

Screenshots

MemoryPie4 screens
Liminal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Liminal at 5.0 against MemoryPie's 4.7. Liminal also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). MemoryPie's advantage is ratings volume (80 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MemoryPie sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Liminal sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Liminal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MemoryPie has 80 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MemoryPie ships an update every 3 months, Liminal every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
MemoryPie versus Liminal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemoryPieLiminal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (80 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings80 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB10 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBenjamin KindleHessam Zahedi

Customer experience

MemoryPie

All ratings74 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral2.7%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive80.6%
Neutral2.8%
Negative16.7%

Liminal

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MemoryPie

One-time1
  • Advanced Features$2.99
2 purchases

Liminal

One-time2
  • 25 Credits$2.99
  • 100 Credits$9.99

Questions

Is MemoryPie free?
MemoryPie is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Liminal free?
Liminal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MemoryPie or Liminal?
Liminal is rated higher. MemoryPie averages 4.7 out of 5 from 80 ratings, while Liminal averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do MemoryPie or Liminal have ads?
Neither MemoryPie nor Liminal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MemoryPie or Liminal?
MemoryPie ships an update every 3 months, and Liminal every 3 weeks. Most recently, MemoryPie was updated on November 2, 2026 and Liminal on November 2, 2026.

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