Comparison

Memory Canvas vs Cat Hourglass

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

Head to head
About

Memory Canvas

Features
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MemoryCanvas helps you capture everyday life, organize your ideas, and look back on your journey. Use a flexible canvas to bring together journal entries, photos, voice notes, links, tasks, and saved content. Keep life’s moments organized and easy to revisit. KEY FEATURES • Write freely about your daily experiences and feelings • Add photos and revisit memories in your gallery • Quickly create and manage task lists • Save and organize different types of content • Explore automatically generated weekly and monthly summaries • See your life unfold through your canvases MAKE EVERY ENTRY MEANINGFUL More than a place to take notes, MemoryCanvas is a canvas for your life. Discover patterns in your days through statistics and visual summaries, and see how your life changes over time. MADE FOR YOU • Journal lovers who enjoy capturing everyday moments • Creative minds looking to organize ideas and inspiration • Anyone who wants to keep daily tasks and plans organized Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://meteornote.com/privacy/

About

Cat Hourglass

Enhance focus with a charming cat companion and rewarding gameplay. Earn fish by completing timed sessions to unlock custom rewards, track progress with detailed statistics, and enjoy offline functionality. Syncs seamlessly between iPhone and Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Customizable focus sessions
  • Earn fish for rewards
  • Detailed focus statistics
  • iPhone and Apple Watch sync
  • Offline functionality
  • Screen Time restrictions
Features
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Turn focused time into small rewards with a cat by your side. Choose an illustrated hourglass for a countdown, or use an open-ended timer as drops of water slowly wear away a stone. Earn fish by completing focus sessions, then exchange them for rewards you set yourself. • Custom tasks, durations and rewards, with one-off or repeating schedules • Four hourglasses, a water-and-stone scene and long-term achievement badges • Real focus records, task breakdowns, heatmaps and a fish jar you can shake • Focus sessions and records shared between iPhone and Apple Watch • Optional Screen Time restrictions, phone-stillness detection and wrist-flip controls • Multiple languages, with light and dark appearances Sign in with Apple is required on first use. Afterwards, local timers and records work offline; this app’s tasks, records and reward ledger sync when connected. Phone-rest detection and wrist gestures require foreground sensor sampling. Basic timers and records are free. Premium unlocks additional hourglasses, advanced statistics, all widgets, task categories and Night Owl mode. Choose an auto-renewing monthly or annual subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the app. Restore purchases from the membership page and cancel automatic renewal anytime in Apple subscription settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Memory Canvas4 screens
Cat Hourglass4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cat Hourglass at every 3 days against Memory Canvas's every 2 months. On price, ads, 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. Memory Canvas sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Cat Hourglass sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Memory Canvas ships an update every 2 months, Cat Hourglass every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Memory Canvas versus Cat Hourglass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemory CanvasCat Hourglass
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB161 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer光正 邓QUN LIN

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Memory Canvas

Subscriptions1
  • Memory Canvas Pro 月会员$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • 记忆画布 Pro 终身版$24.99
4 purchases

Cat Hourglass

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$2.001 Month
  • Annual Premium$6.991 Year
One-time2
  • Cat Hourglass Lifetime$10.49
  • Cat Hourglass Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is Memory Canvas free?
Memory Canvas is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cat Hourglass free?
Cat Hourglass is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Memory Canvas or Cat Hourglass have ads?
Neither Memory Canvas nor Cat Hourglass shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Memory Canvas or Cat Hourglass?
Memory Canvas ships an update every 2 months, and Cat Hourglass every 3 days. Most recently, Memory Canvas was updated on October 31, 2026 and Cat Hourglass on November 6, 2026.

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