Comparison

Memory vs Visual Recall Challenge

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

Head to head
About

Memory

Sharpen your memory and concentration with this classic matching game. Suitable for all ages, it offers multiple difficulty levels and diverse card packs. Compete with others and track your progress while enjoying multilingual support.

Highlights
  • 25 levels of difficulty
  • 10 diverse card packs
  • Multilingual support
  • Apple Game Center competition
  • Progress tracking
  • Regular updates
Features
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Discover or rediscover the joy of playing Memory with "Memory • Classic", a captivating memory game for iPhone and iPad. Designed for players of all ages, "Memory • Classic" is the ideal iOS game to sharpen your memory, whether alone or with family. — 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 • Stellar Odyssey • Coral Reef • Kraft Atelier You can change it any time in Settings. • Card backs — Colors • Decorations • Layouts • Enhanced animations Game Features: - 25 Levels of Difficulty: Suitable for everyone, from beginners to experts, with five degrees of difficulty, each comprising five levels. - 10 Card Packs: Stimulate your memory by matching cards featuring magnificent animals, sports, letters (uppercase and lowercase), numbers, common words, and much more. - Addictive Gameplay: With 25 levels and ten varied card packs, no two games are the same. - Enter the Competition: Like challenges? Compete with friends and family through Game Center, climb the global rankings to see where you stand, and track your progress.

About

Visual Recall Challenge

Test your visual memory with this addictive puzzle game. Memorize patterns and match images through increasingly difficult levels. Improve your concentration and visual retention skills while having fun.

Highlights
  • Visual memory testing
  • Pattern memorization
  • Image matching
  • Progressive difficulty levels
  • Concentration training
  • Visual retention improvement
Features
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How good is your visual memory? Visual Recall Challenge is a simple game with a surprisingly difficult challenge: memorize the highlighted tiles, then recreate the pattern from memory. It starts easy. But every successful round pushes your memory further with bigger grids and more tiles to remember. TEST YOUR VISUAL MEMORY Watch the pattern carefully. When it disappears, tap the tiles you remember. Make too many mistakes and your run is over. TAKE ON SEQUENCE CHALLENGES Remembering the right tiles isn't always enough. In Sequence Challenges, tiles appear one at a time and you must repeat them in the correct order. HOW FAR CAN YOU GO? • Progress through increasingly difficult grids • Memorize larger and more challenging patterns • Test your sequence memory • Beat your personal best • Compete on the leaderboard • Challenge your focus and concentration • Play quick games anytime Every run is another chance to beat your record. Can you remember one more tile than last time?

Screenshots

Memory4 screens
Visual Recall Challenge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Visual Recall Challenge at none against Memory's shown. Visual Recall Challenge also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Memory's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (10K vs 6). On price, in-app purchases 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. Memory sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Visual Recall Challenge 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

Visual Recall Challenge holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Memory has 10K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 89% of Memory's written reviews are positive against 67% of Visual Recall Challenge's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Memory ships an update every 11 days, Visual Recall Challenge every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Memory versus Visual Recall Challenge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemoryVisual Recall Challenge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (10K ratings)4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings10K — better6
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size213 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClement MartyMagicDevs LLC

Customer experience

Memory

All ratings10,307 ratings
Positive91.2%
Neutral4.8%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews493 reviews
Positive89.0%
Neutral6.5%
Negative4.5%

Visual Recall Challenge

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Memory

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Rapid screen orientation switching
  • App crashes and freezes
  • Inability to resume previous games

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow users to create custom card sets
  • Add more card themes and categories
  • Improve scoring system and provide better explanations
  • Optimize performance and fix orientation issues

Visual Recall Challenge

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Memory

One-time10
  • Upper Case Letters - Card Pack$1.99
  • Lower Case Letters - Card Pack$1.99
  • Food Images - Card Pack$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Numbers - Card Pack$1.99
  • Words - Card Pack$1.99
  • Music Instruments - Card Pack$1.99
  • Sports Images - Card Pack$1.99
  • Faces - Card Pack$1.99
  • Emoji Card Pack$1.99
  • Memory All Card Packs$8.99
1 purchases

Visual Recall Challenge

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99

Questions

Is Memory free?
Memory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Visual Recall Challenge free?
Visual Recall Challenge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Memory or Visual Recall Challenge?
Visual Recall Challenge is rated higher. Memory averages 4.6 out of 5 from 10K ratings, while Visual Recall Challenge averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Memory or Visual Recall Challenge have ads?
Memory shows ads; Visual Recall Challenge does not.
Which is updated more often, Memory or Visual Recall Challenge?
Memory ships an update every 11 days, and Visual Recall Challenge every 2 months. Most recently, Memory was updated on October 19, 2026 and Visual Recall Challenge on October 16, 2026.

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