Comparison

MemPal vs Memory

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

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About

MemPal

Enhance your short-term memory with a variety of engaging games. Progress through increasing difficulty levels, customize your experience with personal photos and music, and track your scores.

Highlights
  • Six distinct game types
  • Progressive difficulty levels
  • Customizable figures and music
  • Sound effects for feedback
  • Challenge and brick game modes
  • Score tracking and leaderboard option
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Use your finger to improve your memory! This app is designed to exercise and challenge your short-term memory with a set of games which difficulty increases with progressive game levels. This unique feature of the app is it features six different types of game with varying degrees of difficulty: (a) standard; (b) random; (c) challenge; (d) brick; (e) match duo; (f) Match Duo Plus. These different games render the app is always super fun to play with. Furthermore, the app is internationalized for English, simplified Chinese .and traditional Chinese languages, so that Chinese users can use the app in their native languages. *** Note; you should buy the Advanced Levels in-app purchase in order to experience all the great features of the app. They include you will be able to play the match duo and match duo plus games, to add custom figures to games, to add custom songs into the app's music play list and manage the play list. Specifically, each game presents you with a set of figures randomly assigned to tiles. To win a game, you need to remember the placement of figures on their assigned tiles, and move each figure, with your finger, to place the figure on its tile, within the allocated time and lives (hearts) for the game. To make the games even more interesting, there are sound effects to alert you of every correct and wrong move during a game (requires your device's speaker is on), and new interesting figures will appear as you reach higher game levels. Moreover, you may add your own photos as new custom figures, and the tiles can be randomly placed to further test your problem solving skill. Added to all those, there is a different background image for each new game, and you may play motivational music while playing games. You may even customize the music playlist by adding your own songs, selecting which songs to play and specifying their play order. Furthermore, there is a challenge game mode where you will need to place figures one column to the right, one column to the left, one row up or one row down from their assigned tiles. This will further exercise your memory and renders the app even more fun to play. Yet, there is another interesting brick game mode, where the figures are covered with brick tiles. You tap on the bricks to reveal any figures that may be beneath them. You win the game by knocking out the minimum number of bricks to uncover all figures, within the allocated lives and game clock. Added to all the above, there are the match duo and match duo plus games, where each figure appears twice in a game. Your task is to reveal and match all figure pairs to a the game. Please see the User Guide that is included in the app for more details. Finally, the app keeps track of the total points you earn from the games you have won. If you purchase the Social Network option, you may post your best score to the MemPal Leaderboard, so that you can compare your progress with other MemPal users, and to send/receive challenges to/from your Game Center friends for friendly competitions. Also. you may email/message your score to friends and yourself.

About

Memory

Test your visual and logic memory with this classic matching game. Match pairs of colored buttons against the clock, with blank spots and distractions to increase the challenge. Multiple difficulty levels are available, including a special mode unlocked via in-app purchase.

Highlights
  • Classic matching gameplay
  • Timed challenges
  • Logic puzzles with blank spots
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • In-app purchase for advanced mode
  • 3D Touch shortcuts
Features
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***Check out Memory-Game, FREE on the app store - all of these features and more!*** A Classic Matching/Memory Game. Test your visual and logic memory! In a timed game, 2 buttons of each color are presented and your challenge is to match them in the shortest time. When you consecutively select 2 buttons of the same color, those 2 become solid, if you get 2 incorrect matches, both disappear. Each board also has 2 blank spots to further challenge your logic abilities. There are 3 different levels of difficulty: 1. Beginner Mode 2. Expert Mode 3. Challenge Mode Beginner Mode: In this mode, buttons of the same color have to be matched against a timer clock.This mode has 2 blank buttons which have no color in them and cannot be selected. Expert Mode (activate via Facebook Page Like): In this mode, we added a twist to your challenge. Each time you select a wrong combination, you lose overall points. Challenge Mode (activate via In-App Purchase): This you are a 'Memory Master"? For those daring souls, we have created the Challenge Mode! How well do you think you could do with added sound and visual distractions? There is only 1 way to find out :-) Challenge yourself and your friends by upgrading to the "Challenge Mode" via the in-app purchase!. -- Sharp Graphics -- Developed for the 4th generation iPhone, iPod Touch Retina display and iPad models. -- 3D Touch Features -- Includes 3D Touch Functions (Shortcuts) available with compatible devices.

Screenshots

MemPal4 screens
Memory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Memory at Free against MemPal's $0.99. Memory also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). MemPal's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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

Memory is free to download; MemPal costs $0.99 up front. MemPal sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Memory sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MemPal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of MemPal's written reviews are positive against 67% of Memory's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MemPal ships an update monthly, Memory every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and August 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
MemPal versus Memory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemPalMemory
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB9 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDynetix Design Solutions IncDotzoo Inc

Customer experience

MemPal

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Memory

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MemPal

One-time2
  • Advanced Levels$0.99
  • Social Network$0.99
1 purchases

Memory

One-time1
  • Memory-Game - Challenge Mode$0.99

Questions

Is MemPal free?
MemPal costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Memory free?
Memory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MemPal or Memory?
MemPal is rated higher. MemPal averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Memory averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do MemPal or Memory have ads?
Neither MemPal nor Memory shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MemPal or Memory?
MemPal ships an update monthly, and Memory every 2 months. Most recently, MemPal was updated on June 1, 2026 and Memory on August 21, 2026.

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