Comparison

Scrap Divers vs Memory Castle

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

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About

Scrap Divers

Control a robot with one finger in this fast-paced arcade game. Dodge obstacles like sawblades and flames as you fall through an infinite tunnel. Compete globally for the longest fall with unique robots and challenging environments.

Highlights
  • One-finger robot control
  • Dodge dangerous obstacles
  • Infinite falling tunnel
  • Pixel art visuals
  • 15 playable robots with unique abilities
  • 8 diverse environments
Features
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Dive into an incredibly fast-paced and beautifully crafted retro runner! Control your robot with just a finger to dodge sawblades, flames and many other dangerous obstacles while flying through an infinite tunnel. Are you ready for the drop? Parachute not included. Features: • Accessible yet hard to master gameplay - compete with the world for the longest fall • Amazing pixel art visuals combined with rocking chiptune to keep you immersed • A roster of 15 playable robots, each one with unique abilities and challenges • 8 diverse environments full of hazards to overcome with a secret reward waiting at the end

About

Memory Castle

Features
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Memory Castle turns the oldest memory trick in the world into a game. Long before notebooks and phones, Greek and Roman speakers memorized whole speeches by imagining a building and placing each idea in a room. Memory champions still use it today. It's called the memory palace, or the method of loci, and it works because your brain is brilliant at remembering places. HOW IT WORKS • Step into a hand-painted room and study where each object sits. • Tap each one and picture it there. The more vivid and absurd, the better it sticks. • The room empties. Drag every object back to the exact spot where it belongs. • Get it perfect and the room grows by one more object. Master the room and climb on. 20 HAND-PAINTED ROOMS From a sleeping pod under star charts to a treehouse strung with lights, every room is its own little world, with objects you won't find anywhere else in the castle. THE GATEKEEPER Every three rooms, the Gatekeeper blocks the stairs. To pass, rebuild all three rooms from memory, back to back, with no hints. Pass and your climb is saved. Slip and you'll have to earn your way back up. THREE WAYS TO PLAY • Story Mode: Climb the castle room by room. Miss once and you get one more try. Miss again and you head back to the start of that part of the castle. Pick up from any room you've reached on the castle map. • Timed Mode: Every room arrives fully set up, revealed object by object on a clock you set from 1 to 7 seconds. One slip ends the run. • Endless Mode: Rooms keep coming, and after each one you rebuild every room so far. The load keeps growing. How deep can you go? PLAY YOUR WAY • Easy, Medium or Hard: 4, 5 or 6 objects per room, chosen separately for each mode. • A calm original soundtrack. Pick your favorite song or let it play at random. • Made for iPhone and iPad, and for the foldable iPhone, folded or open, in any orientation. • Plays completely offline. No account and no sign-in. • Nine languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese, switchable any time. • A short walkthrough teaches each mode the first time you play it. TIPS FROM THE MEMORY PALACE • Make it strange. A thermometer dancing on the shelf is easier to recall than a thermometer sitting there. • Use your senses. Imagine the sound, the smell, the weight of each object. • Walk the room in order. Go left to right, the same way every time. • Rest, then review. The Gatekeeper rewards rooms you've revisited in your mind. FAIR AND SIMPLE Story rooms 1 to 3 are free to play. Unlock the rest with small one-time purchases: All Rooms, Endless Mode, Timed Mode, or All Access for everything. No subscriptions, no ads, no energy meters asking you to wait, and no personal data collected. WHO IT'S FOR • Students who want a better way to learn for exams. • Puzzle fans looking for a calm challenge that rewards focus, not speed. (Unless you pick Timed.) • Anyone who walks into a room and forgets why. Start here. • Families: no ads, no chat, nothing to sign up for. A SKILL THAT STAYS WITH YOU The memory palace isn't just for games. Once you've built a few rooms in Memory Castle, you'll have a technique you can use for shopping lists, names, speeches and study, long after you put your phone down. Twenty rooms. One Gatekeeper after another. How far can you go?

Screenshots

Scrap Divers4 screens
Memory Castle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Memory Castle at none against Scrap Divers's shown. Scrap Divers's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. Scrap Divers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Memory Castle sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Scrap Divers versus Memory Castle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScrap DiversMemory Castle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB68 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperGearhead Games ApSALARIC CORBIN

Bugs and requests

Scrap Divers

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Freezing on login screen
  • Incompatibility with older devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Sandbox mode to create custom robots
  • More levels and content updates
  • Multiplayer mode

Memory Castle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Scrap Divers

One-time1
  • No Ads$2.99
5 purchases

Memory Castle

One-time5
  • Endless Mode$0.99
  • All Rooms$0.99
  • Timed Mode$0.99
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  • Complete the Castle$0.99
  • All Access$1.99

Questions

Is Scrap Divers free?
Scrap Divers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Memory Castle free?
Memory Castle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Scrap Divers or Memory Castle have ads?
Scrap Divers shows ads; Memory Castle does not.

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