Cat Scratches vs PageCache
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cat Scratches
Streamline your web content workflow by sending articles and selected text directly to your writing app. This tool offers customization options for templates and tags, ensuring content is organized as you save it. It integrates seamlessly with your preferred writing environment and provides a fallback option for broader compatibility.
- Capture selected text or full pages
- Send content directly to Drafts
- Fallback to Share Sheet
- Customize templates, tags, and filters
- Sync extension settings with iCloud
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Cat Scratches is a Safari extension for sending clean website text to Drafts. It can also use the Share Sheet for Notes, Mail, Messages, and other apps. Automatically extract the main article body, or select text to clip a passage. Use it to: • Send the page title, source URL, and text to Drafts • Save captures to Notes or other apps through the Share Sheet • Convert captures to readable Markdown • Choose templates, tags, and cleanup settings How it works: 1. Enable the Cat Scratches Safari extension 2. Open a webpage in Safari 3. Run Cat Scratches 4. Review or edit the capture in Drafts, Notes, or another app Cat Scratches only reads a page when you run the extension. It does not track browsing history or collect data. Source code is available at https://github.com/ddegner/cat-scratches.
PageCache
Save any webpage or article for offline reading with a single tap. Capture full pages, including images and formatting, to access later without an internet connection. Organize your saved content with tags and search through your reading list instantly.
- One-tap saving from any browser
- Full offline capture with original formatting
- Organize with tags
- Instant search across saved pages
- Distraction-free reading experience
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PageCache lets you save any webpage or article for offline reading — no subscription, no clutter, just your reading list. Tap the share button in Safari or any browser, and PageCache instantly captures the full page — images, formatting, and all — so you can read it later without an internet connection. FEATURES • One-tap saving from Safari and any app with a share sheet • Full offline capture — reads exactly like the original page • Organize with tags to keep your reading list tidy • Search across all your saved pages instantly • Bookmark mode for pages you want to revisit live • Clean, distraction-free reading experience Perfect for long reads, research, recipes, news articles, or anything you want to come back to later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PageCache at 5.0 against Cat Scratches's 4.0. Cat Scratches's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and device support (4 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PageCache holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Cat Scratches | PageCache |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Degner | LimaWorks LLC |
Customer experience
Cat Scratches
PageCache
In-app purchases
Cat Scratches
No in-app purchases
PageCache
No in-app purchases









