Comparison

mTrainer Pro vs Matching Pairs

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

Head to head
About

mTrainer Pro

Enhance your instantaneous memorization skills with a collection of engaging games. Exercise your brain through progressively challenging levels and random generation to improve memory and concentration. Suitable for all ages, this app offers a fun way to boost cognitive functions.

Highlights
  • Instantaneous memorization games
  • Progressively challenging levels
  • Randomly generated levels
  • Six game complexity modes
  • Card matching game
  • Sequence memorization game
  • Color, number, and figure combination game
Features
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'mTrainer Pro' is an exciting and expanding collection of games designed to help you to improve the instantaneous memorization skills of your brain. This game is easy to learn, but hard to master. Going through the different levels over and over will help you effectively exercise the right hemisphere of your brain in order to enhance your memory and concentration. Each game in this collection has 15 levels with increasing amount of objects for memorization. Levels are generated randomly so you can play them multiple times without being bored with the game. One more training dimension adds the game complexity option (six modes: Expert, Hard, Normal, Easy, Baby & Relax). Memory and brain functions are declining with your age. Don't wait and try this application right now! Currently you can find the following games in this collection: - 'Flip' - well-known card game where you have to remember the position of card pairs; - 'ABC123' - a game where you have to remember sequences of numbers or letters and reproduce them by bursting the bubbles; - 'Cards' - a unique game invented for you by us where you have to remember and reproduce the combination of colors, numbers and figures; - 'Select' - here you have to remember images shown initially on the board and try to find them later among other images. Enjoy the Game. We hope you have fun and improve your memory along the way!

About

Matching Pairs

Enhance your memory and concentration with this engaging game. It offers 25 difficulty levels and over 10 themed card packs, suitable for all ages. Track your progress and compete with others globally.

Highlights
  • Memory and concentration training
  • 25 difficulty levels
  • 10+ themed card packs
  • Global score comparison
  • Soothing graphics and animations
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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Improve and train your memory while having fun! Test your memory and concentration across 25 difficulty levels and compare your scores with friends and players around the world thanks to integration with Game Center. — 4.0.0 — • Time Attack The clock starts at 30 seconds and every pair adds a few more. Clear the board to earn 5 extra seconds before a bigger board is dealt, while your score keeps adding up. The run ends when time runs out. • 2 Players Take turns on the same device. Find a pair and you play again; miss and the turn passes. Points count as usual — the highest total wins. • 2 Players Online The same rules as 2 Players, live against another player through Game Center. • Educational Choose an activity to practice letters, words, numbers, memory or another language. A pair can join cards that look or sound different but mean the same thing — a picture and its word, lower- and uppercase letters, or two languages. Ready-made activities set up the cards for you; Custom lets you choose the image, text, voice and language on each side. • Choose your look — Original Wood • Mochi Friends • Sea Glass Lagoon • Deco Midnight You can change it any time in Settings. • Card backs — Colors • Decorations • Layouts • Enhanced animations With 10 different card packs, each of excellent quality, appealing to all types of visual memory: - Animals - Musical instruments - Sports - Food - Faces - Emojis - Numbers - Capital letters - Lowercase letters - Common words With its soothing graphics, smooth animations and user-friendly interface, the game offers an immersive and enjoyable gaming experience.

Screenshots

mTrainer Pro4 screens
Matching Pairs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Matching Pairs at Free against mTrainer Pro's $2.99. Matching Pairs also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 26 months) and ratings volume (926 vs 5). mTrainer Pro's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On rating, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Matching Pairs is free to download; mTrainer Pro costs $2.99 up front. mTrainer Pro sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Matching Pairs sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. 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 — 4.6 for mTrainer Pro against 4.7 for Matching Pairs. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Matching Pairs has 926 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of mTrainer Pro's written reviews are positive against 93% of Matching Pairs's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

mTrainer Pro ships an update every 26 months, Matching Pairs every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
mTrainer Pro versus Matching Pairs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermTrainer ProMatching Pairs
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (5 ratings)4.7 (926 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.1% of reviews93.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5926 — better
Update frequencyEvery 26 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB213 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnatoly WeinsteinClement Marty

Customer experience

mTrainer Pro

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive72.1%
Neutral18.6%
Negative9.3%

Matching Pairs

All ratings914 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral4.0%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive93.2%
Neutral3.4%
Negative3.4%

Bugs and requests

mTrainer Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Matching Pairs

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App stops opening after giving 5-star rating
  • Game fails to launch or becomes unplayable
  • Progress not transferable between devices
  • Compatibility issues with device changes

Requested features

6 requests
  • More diverse and varied card images
  • Ranking system for multiple attempts
  • Speed/time-based challenges
  • More free category options
  • Progress transfer between devices
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  • Clear in-game tutorial or instructions

In-app purchases

5 purchases

mTrainer Pro

One-time5
  • Unlock 'Flip' levels$0.99
  • Unlock 'Cards' levels$0.99
  • Unlock 'ABC123' levels$0.99
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  • Unlock 'Select' levels$0.99
  • Unlock ALL Levels$1.99
11 purchases

Matching Pairs

One-time11
  • Food Card Pack$0.99
  • Memory Card Pack Lower Case Letters$1.99
  • Memory Card Pack Music Instruments$1.99
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  • Memory Card Pack Numbers$1.99
  • Memory Card Pack Sports Images$1.99
  • Memory Card Pack Upper Case Letters$1.99
  • Memory Card Pack Words$1.99
  • Card Pack "Faces"$1.99
  • Card Pack Emoji$1.99
  • Card Pack Animals$1.99
  • Memory$8.99

Questions

Is mTrainer Pro free?
mTrainer Pro costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Matching Pairs free?
Matching Pairs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, mTrainer Pro or Matching Pairs?
Matching Pairs is rated higher. mTrainer Pro averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Matching Pairs averages 4.7 from 926 ratings.
Do mTrainer Pro or Matching Pairs have ads?
Matching Pairs shows ads; mTrainer Pro does not.
Which is updated more often, mTrainer Pro or Matching Pairs?
mTrainer Pro ships an update every 26 months, and Matching Pairs every 10 days. Most recently, mTrainer Pro was updated on October 24, 2026 and Matching Pairs on October 24, 2026.

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