Comparison

Matchimals.fun vs Match Emojis

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

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About

Matchimals.fun

A turn-based card game where players connect animal-themed cards based on patterns. Designed for young children, it enhances pattern recognition skills with engaging visuals of animals, colors, and numbers.

Highlights
  • Turn-based gameplay
  • Animal matching puzzles
  • Pattern recognition skills
  • Fun visuals
  • Suitable for 1-4 players
  • Offline play
Features
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Matchimals is an animal matching card game for 1–4 players, made for kids (ages 2–10 love it) and the grown-ups who play with them. Connect cards so the animals on their edges match, rack up points, and see who builds the best board. HOW TO PLAY • Take turns placing the top card from the deck next to the cards already on the table. • Every edge that matches its neighbor's animal scores points — some animals are worth more than others. • Find a spot that matches on two or three sides for a big turn. • When the deck runs out, the highest score wins. TWO WAYS TO PLAY • Easy mode — there's always a match to make, so little ones are never stuck. • Classic — match if you can, pass if you can't. The original rules, with a bit more bite. MADE FOR SHARING ONE SCREEN • Pass-and-play for up to 4 players on one iPhone or iPad — no accounts, no internet needed. • Play solo for a quiet round, too. • Choose your animal: 28 to pick from, each with its own color — and a matching app icon. • Pinch and drag around a board that grows with every card. GOOD TO KNOW • No ads. No in-app purchases. Nothing to unlock. • Based on Busy Bee, a card game from 1959. • Open source — the whole game is on GitHub. Matchimals aims to provide entertainment and improve pattern recognition skills through fun visuals of animals, colors, and numbers.

About

Match Emojis

A simple concentration-style game where players match emoji cards. It's designed as a fun distraction and a learning tool for Swift development. The game features a leaderboard for high scores with point penalties.

Highlights
  • Emoji card matching
  • Concentration game style
  • Leaderboard high scores
  • Point penalties
  • Swift learning tool
Features
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This is a simple Concentration style game. I created it as a tool to learn Swift and SwiftUI. It's a fun distraction game when waiting in long lines. 1. Pick an Emoji Theme. 2. Tap on two cards to revile the emoji on the underside of card. If cards match you get 1 point. If cards don't match and you've seen the second card before so you know it's not a match you lose 1 point, you also can lose 2 points. You can't touch more than two cards at a time. You have to wait for animations to complete before touching new card. 3. Easy Scoring mode doesn't go below 0 and only penalies 1 point. This is to not discourage young kids or people with disabilities. 4. You post your score by tapping the Score icon in the bottom tab bar 5. The game uses the new Leaderboard "High Score - With Penalties_V1" 6. You can create your own Theame game by pressing the + button. You then can type any character from the keyboard (minimum of 10). Each time a new game is run a random number of 10 characters are picked for that game. Note that Emojis are just characters. You can create a game with all uppercase letters for example. This application gathers NO user personal data at all, period! It has not Social Media capability.

Screenshots

Matchimals.fun4 screens
Match Emojis3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Match Emojis at every 4 weeks against Matchimals.fun's every 8 months. Match Emojis also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Matchimals.fun's advantage is ratings volume (64 vs 14) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Match Emojis holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 64 and 14 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Matchimals.fun ships an update every 8 months, Match Emojis every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Matchimals.fun versus Match Emojis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMatchimals.funMatch Emojis
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (64 ratings)5.0 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings64 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristopher HeningerMike Retondo

Customer experience

Matchimals.fun

All ratings63 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Match Emojis

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Matchimals.fun

No in-app purchases

None

Match Emojis

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Matchimals.fun free?
Matchimals.fun is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Match Emojis free?
Match Emojis is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Matchimals.fun or Match Emojis?
Match Emojis is rated higher. Matchimals.fun averages 4.8 out of 5 from 64 ratings, while Match Emojis averages 5.0 from 14 ratings.
Do Matchimals.fun or Match Emojis have ads?
Neither Matchimals.fun nor Match Emojis shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Matchimals.fun or Match Emojis?
Matchimals.fun ships an update every 8 months, and Match Emojis every 4 weeks. Most recently, Matchimals.fun was updated on October 24, 2026 and Match Emojis on October 11, 2026.

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