Memory Canvas vs Cat Hourglass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Memory Canvas
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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/
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.
- Customizable focus sessions
- Earn fish for rewards
- Detailed focus statistics
- iPhone and Apple Watch sync
- Offline functionality
- Screen Time restrictions
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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/
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Memory Canvas | Cat Hourglass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 161 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | å…‰æ£ é‚“ | QUN LIN |
In-app purchases
Memory Canvas
- Memory Canvas Pro 月会员$0.991 Month
- 记忆画布 Pro 终身版$24.99
Cat Hourglass
- Monthly Premium$2.001 Month
- Annual Premium$6.991 Year
- Cat Hourglass Lifetime$10.49
- Cat Hourglass Lifetime$14.99









