Comparison

Memory vs Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout

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

Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout

Engage in a classic card matching game designed to boost mental concentration and memory skills. Find pairs of emoji cards across various difficulty levels, aiming for the fewest taps to clear the board. Enjoy a relaxing, untimed experience with beautiful graphics and global leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Card matching gameplay
  • Multiple difficulty modes
  • Hundreds of emoji pictures
  • Untimed, relaxing play
  • Global leaderboards
  • Progress auto-save
Features
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Give your brain some exercise and work on your memory in this classic game of finding matching cards! • Tap on cards to look for matching pairs • Matches are removed from the board • Try to clear the board in the fewest taps possible! • Seven difficulty modes! Easy (4x4), Light (5x5), Medium (6x6), Tricky (7x7), Hard (8x8), Harder (9x9), and Crazy (10x10) • NEW Very Easy (3x3) mode! • Hundreds of beautiful emoji pictures to memorize and match • Endless levels to challenge you! • No timer, so you can take your time and relax • Beautiful graphics! • Intuitive touch controls! • Compete against your friends and against everyone worldwide for the highest scores on Game Center • Your progress is automatically saved, all the time, so go ahead and take that call or jump out to any other apps - you can come back and pick up playing right where you left off! • Sounds can be disabled if you want a quiet game • You can even listen to your own music while you play Thanks for playing! Search for "Boy Howdy" to see all our free games! MEMORY JEWELS is a trademark of Boy Howdy Technology LLC

Screenshots

Memory4 screens
Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout at none against Memory's 10. Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Memory's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Memory against 4.7 for Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10K and 5.6K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Memory's written reviews are positive against 93% of Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Memory ships an update every 2 weeks, Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Memory versus Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemoryMemory Jewels™ Brain Workout
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (10K ratings)4.7 (5.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.2% of reviews93.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10K — better5.6K
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size213 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClement MartyBoy Howdy Technology LLC

Customer experience

Memory

All ratings10,466 ratings
Positive91.2%
Neutral4.8%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews508 reviews
Positive89.2%
Neutral6.5%
Negative4.3%

Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout

All ratings5,619 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral4.6%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews115 reviews
Positive93.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative3.5%

User reviews

Memory

From 10K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Best game
  • 👍 Great memory game
  • 👍 Fun and challenging
  • 👍 Helps improve memory
  • 👍 Keeps mind sharp

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitches and bugs
  • 🔒 Data mining concerns
  • 🔍 Limited card sets/themes
  • 👀 Small images on higher levels
  • 🤔 Confusing scoring system

Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout

From 5.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Relaxing and good for memory
  • 👍 Helps with concentration
  • 👍 Brain workout
  • 👍 Keeps brain active
  • 👍 Enjoyable and challenging

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional freezing and crashing
  • 🤔 Chinese characters can be confusing for non-Chinese speakers
  • 🤔 Repetitive images can make it easy to remember previous game placements

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

Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatibility with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • More image options and variety
  • Ability to change board layout
  • Timing or competitive mode
  • More advanced levels

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
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  • 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
None

Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Memory free?
Memory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout free?
Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Memory or Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout?
Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout is rated higher. Memory averages 4.6 out of 5 from 10K ratings, while Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout averages 4.7 from 5.6K ratings.
Do Memory or Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout have ads?
Both Memory and Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout show ads.
Which is updated more often, Memory or Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout?
Memory ships an update every 2 weeks, and Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout monthly. Most recently, Memory was updated on November 6, 2026 and Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout on November 1, 2026.

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