Comparison

Memory Palace vs Pocket Palace

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

Head to head
About

Memory Palace

Create and organize memory palaces using text, photos, and panoramas. Review your routes step-by-step to enhance recall for speeches, lists, and sequences. This tool focuses on the memory palace structure and review flow.

Highlights
  • Create palaces and loci
  • Use photos as visual references
  • Mark loci on images/panoramas
  • Combine text, photo, and panorama loci
  • Refine locus order
  • Step-by-step route review
  • Walkthrough mode
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Build memory palaces with ordered loci, photos of places, and supported real-world panoramas — then review your palace route step by step. Memory Palace is a focused Method of Loci tool for building stable palace routes and keeping your loci and visual references organized in one place. A palace can be as simple as an ordered list of text-only loci. It can also be visual: import photos of rooms, streets, landmarks, or other places, add supported panorama scenes, mark one or more loci on an image, and keep those loci in the same palace route. Some loci may remain text-only when a photo or panorama is unavailable, or when the place exists only in your imagination. Create and manage your palace • Create palaces and loci • Use photos of places as optional visual references • Mark one or more loci on a photo or panorama • Keep text-only, photo-based, and panorama-based loci in one palace route • Refine the order of loci while building your palace route • Review existing palace routes without hunting through spreadsheets, documents, or annotated image files Review the palace route • Move through loci one by one in Walkthrough mode, following the same palace route each time • Revisit the visual reference when a locus has one • Return to saved panorama views for supported panorama loci Good for material with an order — or material you choose to arrange into one • Speeches, presentations, and scripts • Ordered lists, checklists, and procedures • Timelines, historical sequences, and event chains • Exam outlines, classification systems, and frameworks • Poems, quotations, passages, and other ordered content • Terminology or vocabulary lists you choose to organize into a route Memory Palace does not try to become another notes app, brain game, or deck-first flashcard app. It focuses on the memory palace structure and review flow: palaces, ordered loci, optional visual references, and Walkthrough mode. Memory Palace keeps the palace structure. You choose what each locus is meant to cue in your own memory. Built from real memory-sport practice: after placing 6th overall at the 2011 World Memory Championship, the creator built Memory Palace to solve a practical problem — keeping thousands of loci across more than a hundred palaces organized over years of use. Start with a palace, create your first locus, and walk the palace route to remember. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pocket Palace

Master your memory with the ancient Method of Loci. Build virtual memory palaces from real places, plant loci, and use spaced repetition for recall. Includes guided breathing exercises and a progression system to track your memory mastery.

Highlights
  • Create memory palaces from real locations
  • Plant loci for memory storage
  • Spaced repetition review schedule
  • Guided breathing exercises for consolidation
  • Renown progression system
  • Method of Loci wiki guide
  • PAO and Major/Peg system (Premium)
Features
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The ancient art of memory, rebuilt for your pocket. The Method of Loci — used by Cicero, Sherlock Holmes, and every World Memory Champion — works by placing vivid mental images inside familiar locations you can walk through in your mind. Pocket Palace is the only app built around this technique from the ground up. BUILD YOUR PALACES Create memory palaces from real places you know — your childhood home, a school, your daily commute. Add rooms as stops on your mental walk. Plant loci — the exact spots where memory images live. Every palace you build becomes a permanent storage location your brain never forgets. SPACED REPETITION TRACKER Memory doesn't work without review. Pocket Palace's built-in Tracker runs a scientifically-grounded spaced repetition schedule: review on Day 1, then +3 days, +7 days, +30 days, +90 days, and +270 days. Self-report each review honestly. Miss a date and the sequence resets — that accountability is the whole system. BREATHING BREAK Memory consolidates best during rest. The built-in Breathing Break guides you through the 4-7-8 technique — a 60-second session between study sessions. Complete a session to permanently unlock 5 additional palace slots. One session every 48 hours. EARN YOUR RENOWN Every review you complete earns you a stage. Progress from Initiate to Scholar to Architect to Mnemonist to Grand Master. Your Renown reflects genuine, consistent practice — not just how many palaces you've created. THE METHOD WIKI New to memory palaces? The Method tab is a complete guide: how to choose a palace, how to place loci, how to create vivid memory images, and how to use spaced repetition effectively. Everything you need to go from beginner to serious practitioner. PREMIUM: PAO & PEG SYSTEM Serious memory athletes use the Person-Action-Object (PAO) system to encode numbers. Assign a memorable Person, vivid Action, and distinctive Object to every number 00 to 99. Chain them into scenes. Place the scenes in your palace. A 10-digit number becomes a 3-scene story you'll never forget. The Major/Peg System reference teaches you how to convert numbers into consonant sounds and build words — the foundation every great PAO list is built on. WHAT'S FREE 5 memory palaces, unlimited rooms and loci Spaced repetition Tracker (3 palace slots) Complete Method wiki Renown progression system Breathing Break with palace slot rewards CSV data export 10 practice sessions per day POCKET PALACE PREMIUM Three ways to unlock everything: $0.99/month — try it with no commitment, cancel anytime $5.99/year — best value, save 50% vs monthly $14.99 one time — pay once, own forever Premium includes: Unlimited palaces and Tracker slots PAO List — build your global 00–99 Person, Action, Object system Major/Peg System reference and multi-digit encoding guide Full Metrics History with review charts Instant Breathing Break access from the home screen Existing $2.99 purchasers are automatically recognized as lifetime members. Nothing to do — your access is preserved. NOW IN ESPAÑOL Pocket Palace is fully available in Spanish. Switch languages anytime in Settings — every screen, button, and feature translated. YOUR DATA Everything you create stays on your device. No account required. No data ever leaves your phone. Pocket Palace has no servers and collects no personal information. Start with one room. Five solid loci. One vivid image per locus. Walk it three times. Come back tomorrow. That's the whole system. It's been working for 2,500 years. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Memory Palace4 screens
Pocket Palace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Pocket Palace at 4 against Memory Palace's 1. 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. Memory Palace sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Pocket Palace sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 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 — 5.0 for Memory Palace against 5.0 for Pocket Palace. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Memory Palace ships an update fortnightly, Pocket Palace every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Memory Palace versus Pocket Palace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemory PalacePocket Palace
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer剑津 付Glass Key Holdings LLC

Customer experience

Memory Palace

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pocket Palace

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Memory Palace

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$39.991 Year
4 purchases

Pocket Palace

Subscriptions2
  • Pocket Palace Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Pocket Palace Annual$5.991 Year
One-time2
  • Pocket Palace Premium$2.99
  • Pocket Palace Premium — Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is Memory Palace free?
Memory Palace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pocket Palace free?
Pocket Palace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Memory Palace or Pocket Palace?
Memory Palace and Pocket Palace are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Memory Palace or Pocket Palace have ads?
Neither Memory Palace nor Pocket Palace shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Memory Palace or Pocket Palace?
Memory Palace ships an update fortnightly, and Pocket Palace every 3 weeks. Most recently, Memory Palace was updated on October 31, 2026 and Pocket Palace on October 31, 2026.

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