Memory Friends! vs Shotgun King
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Memory Friends!
This is a card matching game designed to boost memory and cognitive skills. Players flip animal cards to find pairs, solve puzzles, and learn about different ecosystems. It offers a safe and educational experience for all ages.
- Animal card matching
- Circular animal puzzles
- 7 themed worlds
- 7 difficulty levels per theme
- Learn about animal habitats
- No ads or tracking
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Memory Friends is a cheerful matching game for young children and families. Flip cards, find matching animal friends, then complete a playful rotating picture puzzle after every round. Explore colorful animal and seasonal worlds across seven difficulty levels, from 3 to 10 pairs. The new Autumn season adds 10 adorable forest animals and a warm golden woodland. Music, sound effects, and vibration are optional; progress and best scores are saved on the device. Play at your own pace while practicing observation, concentration, and memory.
Shotgun King
Experience a unique twist on chess where you command a king armed with a shotgun. Fight your way through enemy pieces, strategically reload, and upgrade your abilities to reclaim your kingdom. This roguelike chess adventure offers challenging gameplay and extensive replayability.
- Chess with a shotgun mechanic
- Roguelike progression with upgrades
- 15 difficulty ranks
- Unlockable cards
- Over 100 achievements
- Endless and chase modes
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Chess, but all your army has gone over to the white side, leaving you with nothing but your royal shotgun and your wounded pride. Carried by your dark folly, you decide it's time to teach those white pieces to fear the Shotgun King. Every turn, you may either move your king or shoot at enemy pieces, after what you'll need to move again to reload your shotgun. Avoid checkmate and kill the enemy king to complete the floor. After each floor, you may choose between two random combinations of one upgrade for you and one upgrade for the other side. Choose wisely and keep on winning floors and you just may get your kingdom back. Runs may take ~20 minutes to complete. The game features 15 ranks of difficulty, unlockable cards, over 100 achievements to complete, an endless mode, and now a chase mode where you get continually assailed from all sides!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Shotgun King at every 5 days against Memory Friends!'s every 2 months. Shotgun King also leads on ratings volume (770 vs 1) and chart position (#46 vs unranked). Memory Friends!'s advantage is price ($1.99 vs $6.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On ads, 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
Memory Friends! costs $1.99 and Shotgun King $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Memory Friends! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shotgun King has 770 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Memory Friends! ships an update every 2 months, Shotgun King every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Memory Friends! | Shotgun King |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (770 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 65.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 770 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #46 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 230 MB | 468 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ugurcan Sari | Plug In Digital |
Customer experience
Memory Friends!
Shotgun King
In-app purchases
Memory Friends!
No in-app purchases
Shotgun King
No in-app purchases
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