Comparison

Memory Games with Animals 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

Memory Games with Animals

Enhance your memory with a fun matching pairs game featuring various card categories like animals, dinosaurs, and fruits. Adjust difficulty levels and enjoy a no-ad experience with sound effects and global leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Matching pairs gameplay
  • Multiple card categories
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
  • Over 270 card images
  • No ads
  • Sound effects
  • Game Center leaderboards
Features
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Test your memory with this matching pairs game. A fun memory game for everyone from kids to adults. Initially, all the memory cards will be turned face down. Select two cards by tapping on them. If the cards do not match, they will be covered up again. Remember what is on the cards so you can find all the matching pairs. You can adjust the game's difficulty by choosing boards of different sizes (3x4, 4x5, or 5x6). CARD CATEGORIES • Animals • Dinosaurs • Insects • Fish • Fruits and Vegetables • Dogs • Letters • Numbers Some of these categories are available through In-App Purchase. MAIN FEATURES • Three levels of difficulty: Easy, Medium and Hard • Over 270 different card images • 8 categories to choose from • Easy-to-use interface • A game suitable for everyone, from kids to adults • No Ads • Sound effects (can be turned on or off) • Game Center Support. Global leaderboards showing most wins • Universal App, full native support for iPhone and iPad

About

Matching Pairs

Train your memory and concentration with a fun matching game. It offers 25 difficulty levels and over 10 themed card packs, suitable for all ages. Compete with friends globally and enjoy a user-friendly experience.

Highlights
  • 25 difficulty levels
  • 10+ themed card packs
  • Global score comparison
  • Suitable for all ages
  • User-friendly interface
  • Therapeutic potential
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 • Celestial Atlas • Pixel Quest • Neon Arcade • Marble Gold 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. Made for the whole family: kids sharpen their focus while adults and seniors keep their memory active — this game is even used in cognitive training and memory practice. No ads, no distractions: pay once, play forever.

Screenshots

Memory Games with Animals4 screens
Matching Pairs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Memory Games with Animals at Free against Matching Pairs's $8.99. Memory Games with Animals also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (25K vs 3). Matching Pairs's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months). On 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

Memory Games with Animals is free to download; Matching Pairs costs $8.99 up front. Memory Games with Animals sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Matching Pairs asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Memory Games with Animals holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Memory Games with Animals has 25K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of Memory Games with Animals's written reviews are positive against 100% of Matching Pairs's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Memory Games with Animals ships an update every 4 months, Matching Pairs every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Memory Games with Animals versus Matching Pairs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemory Games with AnimalsMatching Pairs
PriceFree — better$8.99
Rating4.2 (25K ratings) — better3.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews74.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB189 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergio LiceaClement Marty

Customer experience

Memory Games with Animals

All ratings25,248 ratings
Positive79.5%
Neutral11.3%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews116 reviews
Positive74.1%
Neutral9.5%
Negative16.4%

Matching Pairs

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Memory Games with Animals

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game asks for permissions to access contacts without explanation
  • Crashes or freezes on some devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add timer and scoring features
  • Unlock more free content
  • Improve progress tracking and performance metrics
  • Include pictures for older audiences

Matching Pairs

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Memory Games with Animals

One-time1
  • Unlock All Images$1.99
None

Matching Pairs

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Memory Games with Animals free?
Memory Games with Animals is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Matching Pairs free?
Matching Pairs costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Memory Games with Animals or Matching Pairs?
Memory Games with Animals is rated higher. Memory Games with Animals averages 4.2 out of 5 from 25K ratings, while Matching Pairs averages 3.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Memory Games with Animals or Matching Pairs have ads?
Neither Memory Games with Animals nor Matching Pairs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Memory Games with Animals or Matching Pairs?
Memory Games with Animals ships an update every 4 months, and Matching Pairs every 9 days. Most recently, Memory Games with Animals was updated on November 1, 2026 and Matching Pairs on October 14, 2026.

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