Visual Recall Challenge vs The Mancala
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Visual memory testing
- Pattern memorization
- Image matching
- Progressive difficulty levels
- Concentration training
- Visual retention improvement
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Put your visual memory to the test in this addictive puzzle game! Challenge yourself with a series of mind-bending levels that will push your recall abilities to the limit. Memorize patterns, match images, and advance through increasingly challenging stages. Train your concentration and improve your visual retention skills while having fun. Can you conquer all the levels and become a master of visual memory? Download now and start the ultimate puzzle challenge!
The Mancala
Experience an ancient board game of strategy and collection. Learn the simple rules with built-in guides and challenge yourself across ten difficulty levels. Enjoy beautiful graphics and customize your game board.
- Learnable rules with help feature
- Play against AI or a friend
- 10 difficulty levels
- Customizable board and stones
- Undo and hint options
- Game statistics
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Enjoy the world's most ancient board game for free with The Mancala! Everyone can enjoy the game, we have provided a help feature to understand the rules. ■Mancala, Kalah Mancala, also known as Kalah is an ancient board game enjoyed by players all over the world. The object is to collect more stones than your opponent, and the rules are very simple. ■ How to Play We have provided a rule description for beginners. You can learn the rules easily, so everyone can start enjoying Mancala right now! ■ 2 Game Modes You can play against the computer, and also play against your friends sharing a device. ■ 10 Levels of Game Play There are 10 levels for games against the computer. The lower levels are perfect to learn the game, the higher levels will be tough even for advanced players! ■ Beautiful graphics There are three types of Board and Stones. Choose your favorite board and let's start playing. ■Other features - Undo - Hint - Statistics of games against the computer - 2 types of game music - Playing speed adjustment (Fast/Normal/Slow)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Mancala at none against Visual Recall Challenge's 1. The Mancala also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and ratings volume (95 vs 6). Visual Recall Challenge's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. Visual Recall Challenge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The Mancala asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Visual Recall Challenge against 4.8 for The Mancala. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Mancala has 95 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Visual Recall Challenge's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Mancala's.
Visual Recall Challenge ships an update every 2 months, The Mancala every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on July 8, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Visual Recall Challenge | The Mancala |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better | 4.8 (95 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 95 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 207 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MagicDevs LLC | UNBALANCE Corporation |
Customer experience
Visual Recall Challenge
The Mancala
In-app purchases
Visual Recall Challenge
- Remove Ads$3.99
The Mancala
No in-app purchases
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