Comparison

Hue Game vs memoryOS

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

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About

Hue Game

Engage your mind with interactive brain games that use your Philips Hue lights to create a unique training experience. Improve memory, attention, and concentration through color-based challenges with increasing difficulty.

Highlights
  • Interactive brain games with Philips Hue lights
  • Memory, attention, and concentration training
  • Color-based challenges
  • Nearly 100 levels of increasing difficulty
  • Three distinct game modes
  • Classic gaming mode with high score tracking
Features
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It’s time to use your Philips Hue lights to the max! In these interactive brain games your lights will take over control and determine your overall game play experience. Pay attention to the state of the light(s) in your room, while training your memory, attention and concentration. Three different brain games can be connected with your Philips Hue lights with in total almost 100 levels of increasing difficulty. All games focus on color, so pay attention to the color of your Hue lights and be aware that your lights can change their state unexpectedly! PLAY WITH LIGHT For the ultimate light-controlled brain training experience, it is required to have a Philips Hue bridge and at least one color light connected to this bridge. Note that the game can also be played without any lights, although it is less fun of course. It is not possible to connect dimmable on/off lights to the app, since all games are based on color. HOW TO SETUP A simple three-step onboarding procedure will help you to connect your Philips Hue lights to the brain games: - Step 1 - First, your Hue bridge has to be found. You need to make sure your Hue bridge is on the same WiFi network as the phone/device you’ll use this app. - Step 2 - As soon as your Hue bridge is detected, you need to connect it to the app by pressing the big button on the Hue bridge. - Step 3 - In this last stap the app will come up with a list of all your Philips Hue color lights. You can select the lights you want to include in the game. HOW TO PLAY Each of the three brain games has 30 levels of increasing difficulty and a classic gaming mode to beat your high score. In the game ‘Color train’ you have to watch, remember and repeat an increasing sequence of colors, presented by your Hue light. Train your short-term memory and attention and make sure to remember the sequence correctly. In ‘Memory match’ you get a few seconds to memorize a pattern of colors. Afterwards, you have to click the tiles with the color chosen by you Philips Hue light. Train your concentration, attention and mental flexibility in the game ’Side swiper’, a fun version of the famous neuropsychological ‘Stroop test’. If the word or color on the cards corresponds to the color of your Hue light, you have to swipe the card to the right, otherwise swipe it left.

About

memoryOS

Enhance your memory and focus with interactive lessons and a virtual mind palace game. Learn scientifically proven techniques to improve knowledge retention and recall a wide range of information, from names and numbers to complex data and entire books.

Highlights
  • Interactive bite-sized lessons
  • Virtual Mind Palaces game
  • Spaced repetition system
  • Scientifically proven techniques
  • Improve knowledge retention
  • Memorize diverse information
Features
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memoryOS contains interactive bite-sized lessons by a 2X World Memory Champion and an educational 3D game of Virtual Mind Palaces - all in one easy-to-use app. It utilizes scientifically proven memory techniques, spaced repetition and patented game mechanics to enhance long-term memory storage and improve knowledge retention. memoryOS is loved by 500,000+ people worldwide because it is a whole new, joyful & game-changing tool for obtaining the most effective memorization skills. Co-founded by Jonas von Essen, who went from struggling to remember to becoming a World Memory Champion, winning on Who Wants To Be a Millionaire, "Jeopardy, and setting a world record by memorizing 100,000 decimals of Pi . memoryOS app has over 18k public worldwide ratings on Apple and Google app stores combined, averaging 4.8 stars. Users also continue adding 5-star reviews daily, sharing how effective and life-changing memoryOS has been for them. Also, memoryOS remains the most crowdfunded app in Kickstarter’s history. Memorization is as important as reading and writing and should be taught as our base skill. Our mission is to enable millions of people to remember needed information easily. With memoryOS, you will learn how to memorize: - Names, Long speeches, Lists of items, Birthdays, Personal facts, Passwords, Trivia, Languages, Vocabulary and phrases, Countries and Capitals, Flags, Historical timeline, Numbers, Periodic table - Content of complete books, Dates of significant events, Complex data structures, Concepts, and figures - Art, Anatomy, Decks of cards, Advanced number systems; Long sequences of numbers, Binary Digits You will also learn: - How to keep track of years, months, weeks, and days - Advanced study techniques, Spaced Repetition system, Speed memorization Why did Google Brands Accelerator recognize memoryOS as being 'Light Years Ahead' in the memory space? • memoryOS delivers results: During our pre-launch phase, thousands of users completed our demo and, on average, had a 70% increase in recall and a 60% increase in recall speed just after the first ~40min session. • Providing your mind with structured storage space: We have spent tens of thousands of hours creating and optimizing our Virtual Mind Palaces, so you don’t have to spend months constructing your own the hard way. These virtual palaces serve as blueprints for your mind's storage space, allowing you to easily encode, store and recall like a memory champion. • A proven innovative approach that works: During our research and development stage, thousands of people of all age groups and even those with difficult medical conditions found memoryOS as an effective and useful tool. Actual results exceeded our team’s expectations. • Gamified edtech at its best: memoryOS has proven to work on people with no prior gaming experience - anyone can use it. Utilizing the power of the Unity game engine, memoryOS is widely accessible on all mobile and tablet devices and is soon coming to VR. -- Joining memoryOS is free. This provides extensive value on the free plan, and you are not obligated to pay to start using it. You can subscribe to a Student Premium plan for as low as $3.49/month when billed annually or $4.99/month when billed monthly (it can be 10-20% higher in some countries due to local taxes). You can subscribe through the 'Shop' section of the memoryOS app and find the above-mentioned or go to your App Store app's profile and choose a desired plan there. Recurring payments will automatically renew unless you cancel your account at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You can manage your subscription, cancel anytime, or turn off auto-renewal by accessing your iTunes account. Join the memoryOS community of over 500,000+ early adopters who share this memorable journey! -- Terms: memoryOS.com/terms Privacy policy: memoryOS.com/privacy-policy Learn more at: memoryOS.com Contact us: support@memoryOS.com

Screenshots

Hue Game4 screens
memoryOS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: memoryOS at every 2 weeks against Hue Game's every 4 months. memoryOS also leads on ratings volume (17K vs 5) and chart position (#56 vs unranked). Hue Game's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On price, rating, 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. Hue Game sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and memoryOS sells 23 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hue Game against 4.9 for memoryOS. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: memoryOS has 17K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Hue Game's written reviews are positive against 80% of memoryOS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hue Game ships an update every 4 months, memoryOS every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Hue Game versus memoryOS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHue GamememoryOS
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better4.9 (17K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better80.3% of reviews
Number of ratings517K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#56 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.2
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB231 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLidwien VeugenEncoder Inc.

Customer experience

Hue Game

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

memoryOS

All ratings16,902 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral1.0%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews1,694 reviews
Positive80.3%
Neutral4.9%
Negative14.8%

Bugs and requests

Hue Game

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

memoryOS

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Login issues and account management problems
  • Frequent crashes and app instability
  • Navigation and UI elements not working as expected
  • Syncing issues between devices and lost progress
  • Connectivity problems when using cellular data

Requested features

5 requests
  • More free content and lessons
  • Ability to create custom memory palaces
  • Better progress tracking and analytics
  • Integration with other learning/productivity apps
  • Offline mode for lessons and memory palaces

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Hue Game

One-time1
  • Hue Light Games$4.99
23 purchases

memoryOS

Subscriptions20
  • Student Weekly Plan$3.997 Days
  • Student Monthly Plan7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Expert Weekly Plan7 Days trial$6.997 Days
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  • Essential Weekly Plan7 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • Essential Monthly Plan7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Essential Monthly Plan2 variants$14.991 Month
  • Essential Monthly Plan$16.991 Month
  • Student 3 Months Plan$19.993 Months
  • Expert Monthly Plan$24.991 Month
  • Expert Monthly Plan$29.991 Month
  • Expert 3 Months Plan7 Days trial$49.993 Months
  • Expert 3 Months Plan$69.993 Months
  • Expert 6 Months Plan7 Days trial$89.996 Months
  • Essential Annual Plan1 Month trial$89.991 Year
  • Essential Annual Plan7 Days trial3 variants$89.991 Year
  • Essential Annual Plan14 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • Expert Annual Plan7 Days trial$148.991 Year
  • Expert Annual Plan1 Month trial$149.991 Year
  • Expert Annual Plan7 Days trial$174.991 Year
  • Expert Annual Plan1 Month trial$174.991 Year
One-time3
  • 10 Hearts$0.99
  • 10 Loci Coins$2.99
  • 50 Loci Coins$14.99

Questions

Is Hue Game free?
Hue Game is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is memoryOS free?
memoryOS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hue Game or memoryOS?
Hue Game is rated higher. Hue Game averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while memoryOS averages 4.9 from 17K ratings.
Do Hue Game or memoryOS have ads?
Neither Hue Game nor memoryOS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hue Game or memoryOS?
Hue Game ships an update every 4 months, and memoryOS every 2 weeks. Most recently, Hue Game was updated on October 24, 2026 and memoryOS on October 24, 2026.

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