Comparison

Memory Color vs Lights

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

Head to head
About

Memory Color

Engage in a quick memory challenge with glowing signals and sound cues. Train your attention, timing, and recall through two distinct game modes, all within a calming galactic atmosphere. Improve your focus and beat your personal bests in short, replayable sessions.

Highlights
  • Memory and attention training
  • Two distinct game modes
  • Progress tracking
  • Relaxing galactic theme
  • Sound cue matching
  • High score chasing
Features
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Memory and Color - Mind and Brain is a fast, focused memory challenge made for quick sessions anywhere. Each round presents a short chain of glowing signals supported by sound cues. Your goal is to match the cues accurately and keep your run alive as the challenge evolves into more demanding combinations. It’s a simple way to train attention, timing, and recall while enjoying a calm galactic atmosphere and relaxing background music. Choose your play style: No Mistakes Mode: high-stakes runs where a single mistake ends the round. Stay accurate, build your score, and chase a new personal best. Survival Mode: risk-and-reward scoring. You earn points for every correct input, and you can keep going after a mistake — but errors are costly: you lose half of your current points. Whether you want a quick brain warm-up or a relaxing focus game, Memory and Color - Mind and Brain is designed to be easy to pick up and endlessly replayable. In Memory and Color - Mind and Brain you can: * Play two modes: No Mistakes Mode (one mistake ends the round) and Survival (lose half points on mistakes) * Improve focus, memory, and reaction in short sessions * Track your progress and beat your personal records * Enjoy a relaxing galactic theme with background music * Play anywhere, anytime

About

Lights

This game offers a modern twist on a classic electronic memory challenge. It features over 15 game modes, including local multiplayer, and tests your memory and reflexes. Compete with others via leaderboards and improve your cognitive skills with daily play reminders.

Highlights
  • Over 15 game modes
  • Local multiplayer
  • Online leaderboards
  • Achievements
  • Daily play reminders
  • Multiple sound options
  • 11 language translations
Features
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A fresh take on a classic electronic game. Easy to play, difficult to master. Over 15 game modes, including local multiplayer. Up to 12 buttons, and a variety of sound options. Lights offers much more than a simple "repeat after me" challenge by testing your memory, reflexes, and more. Can you conquer them all? Unlock Achievements and see how you compare to friends or the world with online Leaderboards. Improve your memory by challenging yourself regularly. Set a schedule in the app to remind you to play for a few minutes daily, weekly, or anything in between. Now translated to 11 languages, including Ukrainian!

Screenshots

Memory Color4 screens
Lights4 screens

Verdict

The call

Memory Color and Lights both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 67% of Memory Color's written reviews are positive against 0% of Lights's. Memory Color also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Lights's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (182 vs 18). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Lights sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Memory Color asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Memory Color against 4.4 for Lights. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lights has 182 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Memory Color's written reviews are positive against 0% of Lights's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Memory Color ships an update every 7 months, Lights every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Memory Color versus Lights: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemory ColorLights
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (18 ratings)4.4 (182 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings18182 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB66 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPaulo Ricardo Oliveira de PaulaLee Phillips

Customer experience

Memory Color

All ratings18 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral5.6%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Lights

All ratings180 ratings
Positive82.8%
Neutral6.7%
Negative10.6%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative80.0%

In-app purchases

None

Memory Color

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Lights

One-time1
  • Disable ads$1.99

Questions

Is Memory Color free?
Memory Color is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lights free?
Lights is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Memory Color or Lights?
Lights is rated higher. Memory Color averages 4.3 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Lights averages 4.4 from 182 ratings.
Do Memory Color or Lights have ads?
Both Memory Color and Lights show ads.
Which is updated more often, Memory Color or Lights?
Memory Color ships an update every 7 months, and Lights every 6 weeks. Most recently, Memory Color was updated on November 3, 2026 and Lights on November 11, 2026.

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