Comparison

Memorize Texts vs Save the Cat!

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

Head to head
About

Memorize Texts

This app helps you memorize texts, scripts, lyrics, and poems quickly. It uses gradual word or line hiding techniques to build your recall. Import your content and choose from various learning methods to master any text.

Highlights
  • Gradual word/line hiding
  • 10+ memorization methods
  • Import PDF, TXT, RTF, HTML
  • Auto-scroll text
  • Temporary reveal of hidden words
  • Actor-specific line focus
Features
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Fastest way to memorize texts, lines & lyrics: hide words or lines step by step until you know them by heart. Used by hundreds of thousands! ▶ HOW IT WORKS • Import or paste your text • Choose a memorization method • Read it aloud, then hide a few words • Repeat and increase the difficulty step by step • Continue until you can recite the full text from memory ▶ WHY IT WORKS • Your brain only has to memorize a small part at a time • The difficulty increases gradually • It helps you stay focused and practice actively You'll learn texts in minutes, rather than hours. ▶ FEATURES • 10+ memorization methods • Learn by hiding words, lines, first letters, and more • Actors: practice only your own lines • Import PDF, TXT, RTF, and HTML files • Auto-scroll your text while you practice • Long press to temporarily reveal hidden words • Long press "Reveal" to reset the text ▶ GREAT FOR • Actors & comedians: lines and scripts • Singers: lyrics • Public speakers: speeches • Students: lessons, presentations, and poems • Anyone who wants to memorize texts faster Are you ready to learn texts by heart faster? ▶ MADE BY A SOLO DEVELOPER Feel free to send your questions, suggestions, or feature requests from inside the app. I read and answer them myself! Kevin Privacy Policy & Terms of Use: https://www.cosmictaps.com/memocoach/privacy

About

Save the Cat!

This app helps writers structure stories for screenplays, novels, and TV episodes using a proven methodology. It guides you through developing loglines, genres, beat sheets, and scene organization with features for emotional arcs and character development.

Highlights
  • Develop logline and title
  • Choose from 10 story genres
  • Complete Blake Snyder Beat Sheet (BS2)
  • Organize scenes with 'the Board'
  • Track character arcs
  • Create emotional changes per scene
  • Sync files across devices
Features
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All new version, built from the ground up using Apple's standard, master-detail style for full compatibility with iOS functionality including Dark Mode. Even if you don't own the desktop version of Save the Cat!®, you can still use this amazing tool, touted as the "secret weapon" of the working writer, to help build better, more powerful stories, with greater resonance and emotional impact. Whenever your creative juices start flowing you'll have this revolutionary app, which is based on Blake Snyder's best-selling books and software, at your fingertips. You'll delight in the ability to structure your screenplay, teleplay, stageplay or novel the Save the Cat!® way. By incorporating the methods, tips and tactics found in the Save the Cat!® series of books on story structure, this application will help you to: * Develop a powerful Logline and Title * Choose one of the 10 unique Save the Cat!® Genres * Complete a Blake Snyder Beat Sheet (BS2) with variations for screenplays, novels, and 1/2 hour and 1 hour tv episodes. * Use “the Board” to create cards for each scene and arrange them in the perfect order and to track character arcs and other important aspects of your story. Just long-press on a scene or other element in the Board then pick what you want to insert at that point. * Add sequences to combine multiple scenes. * Add labels to the Board to keep track of important points. * Create Emotional Changes for each and every scene * Create Set-ups and Payoffs as your protagonist progresses through the story Sync your files across devices. This is a manual process so you're in complete control as to when you post and download your changes. Just create an account and login on all your devices. If you had a Save the Cat! account for the website or for when you purchased STC, that will not work here. You'll need to create a new account. You can even add one or more writing partners to your project and sync your changes with them if you have the Premium or Pro level. Enter the username for their new STC account. The free version allows you to add projects and work on your title, logline, genre, and the beat sheet. Many of the features listed below require an in-app purchase. Essentials has all the basic functionality you need to develop a screenplay, novel, or tv episode with characters, locations set-ups, and pay-offs. Premium adds the ability to track things or objects, and relationships. You'll also be able to develop a novel by chapters instead of using a beat sheet. Pro adds the ability to develop an entire series of movies or novels that use all the same characters, locations, things, and relationships and to track their stories across the entire series. You can also develop an entire tv series with multiple seasons. Other cool updates include the ability to have multiple versions of your beat sheet and multiple versions of your board for each beat sheet. Much improved script typing. And, if you're working on a novel, just type in your manuscript with proper formatting. All new facts section keeping track of important facts ("Bible" for tv writers) for characters, locations and other entities. Add important elements for characters, locations and other entities that you need to track through the story. Add the character or entity to the Board and track those items through the story. As always you can add attachments such as photos, pdf's, and other important research documents so you have everything at your fingertips.

Screenshots

Memorize Texts4 screens
Save the Cat!4 screens

Verdict

The call

Memorize Texts and Save the Cat! both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 80% of Memorize Texts's written reviews are positive against 39% of Save the Cat!'s. Memorize Texts also leads on ratings volume (2.6K vs 440). Save the Cat!'s advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Memorize Texts sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and Save the Cat! sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Memorize Texts against 4.6 for Save the Cat!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Memorize Texts has 2.6K ratings behind it against 440, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Memorize Texts's written reviews are positive against 39% of Save the Cat!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Memorize Texts ships an update every 5 weeks, Save the Cat! every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 21, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Memorize Texts versus Save the Cat!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemorize TextsSave the Cat!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2.6K ratings)4.6 (440 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better38.6% of reviews
Number of ratings2.6K — better440
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCosmic Taps SLBlake Snyder Enterprises

Customer experience

Memorize Texts

All ratings2,571 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral4.0%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews285 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral4.2%
Negative15.8%

Save the Cat!

All ratings440 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral3.0%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive38.6%
Neutral15.9%
Negative45.5%

User reviews

Memorize Texts

From 2.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Helpful for memorizing lines and scripts
  • 🚀 Efficient memorization methods
  • 💡 Customizable hiding/revealing of text
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 👍 Great for learning poetry, verses, and presentations

Room to improve

  • 💰 Many features locked behind premium paywall
  • 🔒 Lack of automatic syncing between devices
  • 🐛 Issues with PDF/text import and formatting
  • 🔒 Confusing subscription model and pricing

Save the Cat!

From 440 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✍️ Excellent script outlining tool
  • 🎯 Effective Save the Cat methodology implementation
  • 📱 Good mobile app functionality
  • 🔄 Syncing between devices works well
  • 🎨 Visual board feature enhances creativity

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription model with limited free features
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues
  • 🔐 Website login problems
  • 📝 Poor UI/UX design and clunky interface
  • 💾 Data loss and unsaved work issues

Bugs and requests

Memorize Texts

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Freezing and crashing issues
  • Inconsistent behavior when adding/removing texts
  • Incompatibility with non-Latin scripts

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add AI voice to read partner lines
  • Automatically detect and highlight user's lines
  • Option to randomize hidden words instead of sequential
  • Ability to change font and text formatting
  • Integrate spaced repetition and review scheduling

Save the Cat!

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App crashes when opening Board feature
  • Beat selection stuck in window mode
  • Login credentials rejected on website
  • Crashes every 10-15 minutes
  • Unable to upload attachments
Show 7 more
  • Text field entrapment - unable to exit beat field
  • Work disappears without explanation
  • iPad version won't sync to desktop version
  • App not available in certain countries/regions
  • Glitchy and unresponsive desktop version
  • Manual save required - no auto-save on crash
  • UI labels cut off in both orientations

Requested features

11 requests
  • Monthly subscription or free trial option
  • Spanish language support
  • Downloadable desktop app with same login credentials
  • Printable outline/board export
  • Scrivener export functionality
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  • Larger font size adjustment
  • Actual board layout with pinch-to-zoom on mobile
  • Auto-save functionality like Google Docs
  • Automatic app access with book purchase
  • Desktop version for Mac with full feature parity
  • Genre description snapshots in selection

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Memorize Texts

Subscriptions5
  • MemoCoach Premium$5.997 Days
  • MemoCoach Premium4 variants$8.991 Month
  • MemoCoach Premium2 variants$19.991 Year
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  • MemoCoach Premium3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • MemoCoach Premium3 Days trial2 variants$39.991 Year
One-time4
  • MemoCoach Premium$8.99
  • MemoCoach Premium$19.99
  • MemoCoach Premium$39.99
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  • MemoCoach Premium$59.99
10 purchases

Save the Cat!

Subscriptions6
  • Essentials Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
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  • Essentials Subscription$21.991 Year
  • Premium Subscription$29.991 Year
  • Pro Subscription$39.991 Year
One-time4
  • Upgrade Premium to Pro$9.99
  • Unlock Essentials$21.99
  • Unlock Premium$29.99
Show 1 more
  • Unlock Pro$39.99

Questions

Is Memorize Texts free?
Memorize Texts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Save the Cat! free?
Save the Cat! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Memorize Texts or Save the Cat!?
Memorize Texts and Save the Cat! are both rated 4.6 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2.6K and 440 ratings respectively.
Do Memorize Texts or Save the Cat! have ads?
Neither Memorize Texts nor Save the Cat! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Memorize Texts or Save the Cat!?
Memorize Texts ships an update every 5 weeks, and Save the Cat! every 2 months. Most recently, Memorize Texts was updated on September 21, 2026 and Save the Cat! on September 21, 2026.

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