Comparison

Visual Recall Challenge vs Memory Mines

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

Memory Mines

Test your memory and puzzle-solving skills in this casual game. Memorize the location of active mines that briefly flash, then clear the inactive ones on the board. Earn points and bonuses by clearing mines and advancing through endless boards.

Highlights
  • Memorize flashing mine locations
  • Clear inactive mines
  • Advance through endless boards
  • Earn combo points
  • Risk vs. reward gameplay
Features
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Fifty mines. Ten are active. Use your memory to clear the rest! Test your brain and mind with Memory Mines, a fun casual puzzle game that requires your skills in memorization. Presented with a grid of fifty square mines, ten of them will briefly flash and you'll have to memorize where they are as you begin sweeping the board of inactive mines in an addictive game of risk versus reward. HOW TO PLAY • Ten random mines will flash red at the start of the game. Tap or swipe the inactive mines to clear them. • Once you've cleared twenty mines you can use the right arrow to move on to a new board, but if you continue clearing mines you'll earn an increasing combo of points. • Are you brave enough to take the risk to try and earn a larger score fast, or do you play it safe testing your luck and metal through the endless boards? It's best to be quick and react whilst the memory is fresh! Too much time spent thinking makes it harder to remember where things are, so keep a sharp mind and just go for it. If you can clear a board you'll earn a bonus five hundred points!

Screenshots

Visual Recall Challenge4 screens
Memory Mines4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Visual Recall Challenge at 4.8 against Memory Mines's 3.7. Visual Recall Challenge also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 19 months). Memory Mines's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Visual Recall Challenge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Memory Mines asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Visual Recall Challenge holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Visual Recall Challenge's written reviews are positive against 100% of Memory Mines's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visual Recall Challenge ships an update every 2 months, Memory Mines every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Visual Recall Challenge versus Memory Mines: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual Recall ChallengeMemory Mines
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 19 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.19.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMagicDevs LLCDerell Kanell-Johnson

Customer experience

Visual Recall Challenge

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

Memory Mines

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Visual Recall Challenge

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99
None

Memory Mines

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Visual Recall Challenge free?
Visual Recall Challenge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Memory Mines free?
Memory Mines is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Visual Recall Challenge or Memory Mines?
Visual Recall Challenge is rated higher. Visual Recall Challenge averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Memory Mines averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Visual Recall Challenge or Memory Mines have ads?
Neither Visual Recall Challenge nor Memory Mines shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Visual Recall Challenge or Memory Mines?
Visual Recall Challenge ships an update every 2 months, and Memory Mines every 19 months. Most recently, Visual Recall Challenge was updated on November 1, 2026 and Memory Mines on November 2, 2026.

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