Comparison

Animals vs Doodle Matching

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

Head to head
About

Animals

This game offers a fun and engaging way for children to improve their memory and concentration. With cute animal graphics and multiple difficulty levels, it provides endless entertainment for young players while giving parents a break.

Highlights
  • Animal memory matching
  • Develops concentration and memory
  • Cute graphics
  • Three game modes (Easy, Medium, Hard)
  • Suitable for ages 1 and up
  • Time-based challenges
Features
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Keep you and your kids entertained with this cute-graphics animal memory match game. This game will keep your kids entertained, while developing their concentration, memory and cognitive skills. Kids will play it again again and again, giving you a well deserved rest or break when your're in a restaurant, on a plane o in a car. 1 year old kids will be able to play, and 2-5 year olds they will just love it. Tap to discover which animal is hiding behind the card, find the same pair of animals to make them disappear. But hurry up! Time is ticking. Have fun playing with your kids and for the price of a soda they'll develop their memorization and concentration skills. Endless fun with three game modes: - Easy: find matching pairs in a 4x3 board - Medium: find matching pairs in a 4x4 board - Hard: find matching pairs in a 5x4 board.

About

Doodle Matching

A classic memory matching game designed to improve cognitive skills for all ages. Challenge yourself or compete with friends and family across various board sizes and game modes.

Highlights
  • Multiple board sizes and game modes
  • Single-player and two-player modes
  • Local and Game Center leaderboards
  • High-definition graphics
  • Develops memory skills
Features
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Feels like your memory is kinda rusty? Or feels like your brain is fast as a lightning? Want to challenge your friends and family? Try out Doodle Matching, the good old memory game for kids and grown-ups! HOW TO PLAY DOODLE MATCHING: Initially you will see all cards turned face down. Tap on one of the card and remember the picture on it. With the next tap try to find and flip the card with the same picture as previous one. If the pictures on the both memory cards are the same, they will disappear, otherwise both cards will flip back over. The level is finished when there are no more cards on the board. GAME FEATURES: *** Multiple Boards and Game Modes *** Nine board sizes 2x3, 3x4, 4x4, 4x5, 5x6, 6x6, 6x7, 7x8, 8x8 with additional Random Board and All Boards Marathon modes. Suitable for both kids and adults, this game is fun for the entire family! *** Single- and Multi-Player *** Beat your own best time and accuracy, or compete against your friends in two player mode. *** Leaderboards *** Track your best times and accuracy for all board sizes both locally (High Scores) and with Game Center support to share and compete with your friends. *** High Definition Graphics *** Unique vector based graphics makes this game optimized for all display resolutions such as newest Retina Displays. DESIGNED FOR KIDS: Doodle Matching help develop memory skills of children. Playing this game with your kids will help them improve their recognition while having fun. Doodle Matching is a game for children of all ages, babies, preschoolers, school children and teens. Both, boys and girls will love this game.

Screenshots

Animals3 screens
Doodle Matching4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Doodle Matching at 100% against Animals's 0%. Doodle Matching also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and ads (none vs shown). Animals's advantage is ratings volume (173 vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 12 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Animals sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Doodle Matching 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

Doodle Matching holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Animals has 173 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Animals's written reviews are positive against 100% of Doodle Matching's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Animals ships an update every 3 months, Doodle Matching every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Animals versus Doodle Matching: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimalsDoodle Matching
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (173 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings173 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdalgisa RanioloAleksandar Milosavljevic

Customer experience

Animals

All ratings173 ratings
Positive79.2%
Neutral13.3%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Doodle Matching

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Animals

One-time1
  • Full Version$1.99
1 purchases

Doodle Matching

One-time1
  • BUY FULL VERSION$1.99

Questions

Is Animals free?
Animals is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Doodle Matching free?
Doodle Matching is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Animals or Doodle Matching?
Doodle Matching is rated higher. Animals averages 4.2 out of 5 from 173 ratings, while Doodle Matching averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Animals or Doodle Matching have ads?
Animals shows ads; Doodle Matching does not.
Which is updated more often, Animals or Doodle Matching?
Animals ships an update every 3 months, and Doodle Matching every 12 months. Most recently, Animals was updated on October 21, 2026 and Doodle Matching on October 26, 2026.

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