Comparison

NavsTMS vs MemoryLab App

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

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About

NavsTMS

This app aids in memorizing Bible verses through interactive games and recitation practice. It tracks progress for multiple users, syncs across devices via iCloud, and offers verses in various translations. Includes bonus content and a graphical status report.

Highlights
  • Verse memorization games
  • Audio recording and playback
  • Multi-device iCloud sync
  • Progress tracking for multiple users
  • Multiple Bible translations
  • Email verse sharing
  • Graphical status report
Features
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Here’s help for memorizing verses in The Navigators' TMS Bible memory program. See, say and record the verses, and play several games to help you commit verses to memory. Tracks memory and review status for multiple participants and gives points for their memory/review activity. Shares memory status information across multiple devices via iCloud. TMS topics are divided by series: Live the New Life Proclaim Christ Rely on God's Resources Be Christ's Disciple Grow in Christlikeness Bonus: Includes "Growing in Christ" verses - Lessons on Assurance and Lessons on Christian Living; also includes two TMS verses found only in the 2:7 Series Features and Benefits – - Encourages memorization and review of important Bible verses - Make audio recordings and play back to check your recitation - Verses are currently available in NASB, KJV, NKJV, ESV, and NIV - Shares memory status across multiple devices via iCloud - Easily email a friend to share a verse you are memorizing - Memory games include Show/Hide, Phrases (show a phrase at a time), Word Take-Away, Initials, and Reference ID (gives the Scripture text and lets you choose the reference) - Drag-and-drop both Topics and Verse References in a unique implementation of the Bridge and the Wheel (iPad only due to screen space requirements) - Includes full text of TMS Course Workbook - The “Transformed Into His Image” screen is a graphical status report of the number of verses memorized, and also a challenge to apply those verses by becoming more like Him. Further, it is a reminder that Jesus is coming again, perhaps soon! For each verse that is memorized, one “box” is uncovered to reveal a little more of an image of the glorified Christ. The uncovered boxes are slightly shaded, a reminder that even at our best we see only a partial image of His glory. Touch the “But Soon!” button for a full and clear image. So let’s live for Him and grow in His likeness while we still have the opportunity. Spanish version is now available! NavsTMSesp

About

MemoryLab App

This app helps you memorize text-based content through interactive exercises. It offers multiple learning levels, including typing and fading word challenges, and supports various content types like scripts, poems, and math problems. All data is processed locally on your device for privacy.

Highlights
  • Multi-level memorization exercises
  • Voice recording and playback
  • Flashcard creation and study
  • Spelling and math drills
  • Offline functionality
  • Text import via typing, dictation, or camera
  • Local data processing for privacy
Features
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Memorize anything made of words. Scripts, monologues, speeches, wedding vows, toasts, lyrics, poems, prayers, recipes, interview answers. If it is written down, MemoryLab will get it into your head, and it will tell you honestly how much of it is in there. THREE LEVELS, ONE PIECE AT A TIME Level 1, Read and Listen. The text is performed aloud to you, voice by voice, so a script sounds like a scene instead of a page. The words light as they are spoken and the page follows along. Frame any passage with your finger and loop it until it sticks. Level 2, Type Over. The whole text in front of you. Read it, hear it, type over it. See it, say it, write it. Level 3, Fading Blanks. Words start disappearing by type. Take out the nouns, then the verbs, then the adjectives, and fill the gaps by typing or out loud. Hide every word and you are reciting the whole thing from memory on an empty page. Every word you get right draws itself in green, every miss turns red and shows you what you missed, and at the end you get your score with a map of what to review. Then you chase 100 percent. IN YOUR OWN VOICE Read a document into the app and play it back at any pace, looped, with the words lighting as you say them. Level 3 can ask each question in your voice. FLASHCARD DECKS Terms, dates, names, anything that comes in pairs. Study a shuffled batch, sort each card into Got It or Needs Work, then rematch the misses. Record your voice on either side. Multiple choice too. SPELLING TESTS See the word or hear it only, then type it or say it back letter by letter. The real thing, without the parent having to read the list out loud. MATH DECKS Multiplication, division, addition and subtraction, with a number keypad instead of a keyboard, worked steps on the page, the problem read aloud, and Mad Minute when it is time to go fast. EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR PHONE There is no server. There is no account to make. There is no AI. The practice, the scoring, the speech recognition, and the camera import all run on your device, so MemoryLab works with no signal at all: on a plane, or in a basement. Your documents are yours. Nothing is uploaded and no one else can see them, which matters if what you are learning is not yours to share yet. GET YOUR TEXT IN Type it, paste it, dictate it, or photograph it. Camera and PDF import turn a page into editable text on the device. Hand a document to another MemoryLab. YOUR LAB Shelves of documents on twenty one scenes, reordered by hand and searchable, with a Home Screen widget. Full iPad layouts. THREE DAYS FREE, THEN READ FOR FREE The complete Hamlet act by act, twenty seven Shakespeare monologues, speeches from Lincoln and Kennedy and Douglass, verses and prayers, poems and rhymes, and study decks all ship with the app and stay readable for nothing, always. For your first three days everything works, no card needed. After that the practice itself, the recording, the reading aloud and the tests, opens with Full Access: yearly at $34.99 or weekly at $6.99, each starting with a 3-day free trial, or one lifetime purchase of $99.99. THE STORE Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese: each one 20 areas of life, more than ten thousand cards. Kindergarten is free in full in every language, and you can try 20 cards a day from every other deck. One purchase unlocks a module permanently. BUILT FOR Law Students, Actors, students, parents and teachers, public speakers, musicians, brides and grooms and best men, language learners, and anyone keeping their mind sharp. A NOTE ON SCORES Your phone's speech recognition does the listening, and accents, background noise and old fashioned words can all stop it hearing you correctly. A score is practice feedback, never a measure of how well you know your piece. When it mishears a word you know you said, you can overrule it. Terms of Use: https://arteest.co/memorylab/terms Privacy Policy: https://arteest.co/memorylab/privacy

Screenshots

NavsTMS4 screens
MemoryLab App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MemoryLab App at Free against NavsTMS's $4.99. MemoryLab App also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). NavsTMS's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (59 vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

MemoryLab App is free to download; NavsTMS costs $4.99 up front. MemoryLab App sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $34.99 per year. NavsTMS asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MemoryLab App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NavsTMS has 59 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of NavsTMS's written reviews are positive against 100% of MemoryLab App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NavsTMS ships an update every 4 months, MemoryLab App fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
NavsTMS versus MemoryLab App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNavsTMSMemoryLab App
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (59 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings59 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#155 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJames D BattleJames Jorel O'Dell

Customer experience

NavsTMS

All ratings59 ratings
Positive79.7%
Neutral6.8%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive74.5%
Neutral7.3%
Negative18.2%

MemoryLab App

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

NavsTMS

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App won't open
  • App crashes frequently
  • Text box not displaying typed letters
  • Stuck on 'Let's Begin' page
  • App not functioning after working previously
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  • Discrepancy between book and app verses

Requested features

15 requests
  • Darker background/theme options
  • Option to change font size
  • Add personal verses
  • Ability to change verse from memorized to not memorized
  • Allow user to select version for each verse
Show 10 more
  • Add NLT Bible version
  • Option to choose font size and background
  • Add flash card functionality
  • Ability to swipe between verses
  • Allow setting different versions for different verses
  • Family sharing feature
  • Option to uncheck verses for review
  • Add NIV84 version
  • Improve UI/UX
  • Add visual diagrams from hard copy

MemoryLab App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

NavsTMS

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

MemoryLab App

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Access$34.991 Year
One-time2
  • Single Document$9.99
  • Lifetime Access$99.99

Questions

Is NavsTMS free?
NavsTMS costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MemoryLab App free?
MemoryLab App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NavsTMS or MemoryLab App?
MemoryLab App is rated higher. NavsTMS averages 4.2 out of 5 from 59 ratings, while MemoryLab App averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do NavsTMS or MemoryLab App have ads?
Neither NavsTMS nor MemoryLab App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NavsTMS or MemoryLab App?
NavsTMS ships an update every 4 months, and MemoryLab App fortnightly. Most recently, NavsTMS was updated on October 16, 2026 and MemoryLab App on October 3, 2026.

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