Comparison

Visual Recall Challenge vs Kim's Game

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

Head to head
About

Visual Recall Challenge

Test your visual memory with this addictive puzzle game. Memorize patterns and match images through increasingly difficult levels. Improve your concentration and visual retention skills while having fun.

Highlights
  • Visual memory testing
  • Pattern memorization
  • Image matching
  • Progressive difficulty levels
  • Concentration training
  • Visual retention improvement
Features
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How good is your visual memory? Visual Recall Challenge is a simple game with a surprisingly difficult challenge: memorize the highlighted tiles, then recreate the pattern from memory. It starts easy. But every successful round pushes your memory further with bigger grids and more tiles to remember. TEST YOUR VISUAL MEMORY Watch the pattern carefully. When it disappears, tap the tiles you remember. Make too many mistakes and your run is over. TAKE ON SEQUENCE CHALLENGES Remembering the right tiles isn't always enough. In Sequence Challenges, tiles appear one at a time and you must repeat them in the correct order. HOW FAR CAN YOU GO? • Progress through increasingly difficult grids • Memorize larger and more challenging patterns • Test your sequence memory • Beat your personal best • Compete on the leaderboard • Challenge your focus and concentration • Play quick games anytime Every run is another chance to beat your record. Can you remember one more tile than last time?

About

Kim's Game

Test your memory and observation skills by memorizing a set of shapes within a time limit. This classic game, inspired by Rudyard Kipling, is suitable for all ages and helps improve cognitive abilities.

Highlights
  • Memorize shapes
  • Timed challenges
  • Brain training
  • Observation skills
  • Suitable for all ages
Features
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Kim's Game is a fun and addictive brain trainer. You are given a short time to memorize a set of shapes, and then enter what they were. Originally invented by Rudyard Kipling to be played with gems, it has since been used widely to teach memory and observation skills to everyone from pre-school children to the military. How many shapes can you remember?

Screenshots

Visual Recall Challenge4 screens
Kim's Game3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Visual Recall Challenge at 4.8 against Kim's Game's 2.3. Visual Recall Challenge also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 30%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). Kim's Game's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (30 vs 6). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Visual Recall Challenge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Kim's Game asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Visual Recall Challenge holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kim's Game has 30 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Visual Recall Challenge's written reviews are positive against 30% of Kim's Game's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visual Recall Challenge ships an update every 2 months, Kim's Game every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Visual Recall Challenge versus Kim's Game: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual Recall ChallengeKim's Game
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6 ratings) — better2.3 (30 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better30.0% of reviews
Number of ratings630 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.18.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMagicDevs LLCClostra

Customer experience

Visual Recall Challenge

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Kim's Game

All ratings30 ratings
Positive26.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive30.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative55.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Visual Recall Challenge

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99
None

Kim's Game

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Visual Recall Challenge free?
Visual Recall Challenge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kim's Game free?
Kim's Game is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Visual Recall Challenge or Kim's Game?
Visual Recall Challenge is rated higher. Visual Recall Challenge averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Kim's Game averages 2.3 from 30 ratings.
Do Visual Recall Challenge or Kim's Game have ads?
Neither Visual Recall Challenge nor Kim's Game shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Visual Recall Challenge or Kim's Game?
Visual Recall Challenge ships an update every 2 months, and Kim's Game every 8 months. Most recently, Visual Recall Challenge was updated on October 16, 2026 and Kim's Game on October 9, 2026.

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