Comparison

Memory Cards vs Memory

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

Head to head
About

Memory Cards

Engage in a classic matching game with customizable card faces, including animals and sweets. Earn coins by completing games and exploring different themes. Customize your game with various card backs and effects.

Highlights
  • Classic card matching gameplay
  • Customizable card faces (animals, sweets, etc.)
  • Earn coins and collect items
  • Explore different themed locations
  • Dress Up mode for customization
  • Offline gameplay
Features
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Classic Memory, at your own pace. Clear, classic playing cards with traditional English-pattern court cards on a deep green felt table. You can also swap the card faces for pictures such as animals or sweets. Twenty cards are dealt face down in a 5 x 4 grid. Turn over two at a time: matching ranks (or identical pictures) leave the table, while different ones turn face down again. Match all ten pairs to win. The timer starts with your first card, and each second card counts as one try. Every game earns coins: 10 for a clear, 2 for a game that ends with at least four pairs matched, plus a daily bonus. Clearing with no misses or quickly (within 30 or 40 seconds) earns extra coins. A miss is a pair you could have matched if you had remembered a card you had already seen. The result panel shows your misses and bonuses. There are 21 picture sets of 10 pictures each. The shop has 15: sweets, flowers, instruments, jewels, chess pieces, fruit, vehicles, sea creatures, antiques, shells, animals, dinosaurs, Japanese sweets, bonsai and constellations. Six secret sets can only be found by exploring: harbor townsfolk, cloud shapes, leaves, nearly identical cats, buttons in different colors and kaleidoscopes. Each set has its own style, such as watercolor, ukiyo-e, printmaking, stained glass, paper cutting or crayon. Some sets are hard to tell apart, for experienced players. Besides pictures, the shop offers card backs, JQK art, tables and win effects. Mix them freely in Dress Up. Choose from three places to explore: the Palace Card Room, the Harbor Antique Shop and the Starlit Night Train. Every 20 games, the exploration ends and you always find an item. If you find one you already own, you can trade it for coins. Luck Up (rarer items are more likely in the next exploration) and Quick steps (each game counts as two steps until the current exploration ends) are available only when you choose to watch a rewarded ad. On your first launch, a three-page guide introduces the rules, the collection and exploration. Read it again anytime from How to play in Settings. Free, with ads. No in-app purchases. Gameplay works offline from your first launch; ads use an internet connection. Coins and items are saved on your device; games in progress are not saved. Choose sound and language in Settings. For iPhone and iPad. Supports Japanese, English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

About

Memory

This classic card game challenges you to remember the location of numbers to match pairs. Train your memory with adjustable difficulty levels, play solo, or compete with friends and players worldwide.

Highlights
  • Memory training
  • Adjustable difficulty
  • Single-player mode
  • Local multiplayer
  • Online battles
  • Global leaderboards
Features
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Why don't you play the classic card game "Memory"? ・ The rule is simple, just remember the location of the numbers and get two of the same numbers! You can train your memory while playing. ・ Safe for beginners. Advanced users can also enjoy it! Difficulty can be selected from "Easy", "Normal", "Hard" and "Very Hard" ・ You can play against each other as well as for one person! Please play with your family and friends! ・ You can play against people from all over the world in online battles. I hope you will improve your memory weakness and aim for a high rating. ・ Notes Please note that if you uninstall the app, your records will be lost and you will not be able to recover.

Screenshots

Memory Cards4 screens
Memory2 screens

Verdict

The call

Memory Cards and Memory both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 71% of Memory's written reviews are positive against 44% of Memory Cards's. Memory also leads on ratings volume (155 vs 19) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Memory Cards against 4.5 for Memory. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Memory has 155 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 44% of Memory Cards's written reviews are positive against 71% of Memory's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Memory Cards ships an update every 2 weeks, Memory monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Memory Cards versus Memory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemory CardsMemory
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (19 ratings)4.5 (155 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews71.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19155 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB229 MB
Age rating+412+
DeveloperYuki HondaHAREPPO

Customer experience

Memory Cards

All ratings19 ratings
Positive78.9%
Neutral15.8%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral33.3%
Negative22.2%

Memory

All ratings126 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral5.6%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

In-app purchases

None

Memory Cards

No in-app purchases

None

Memory

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Memory Cards free?
Memory Cards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Memory free?
Memory is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Memory Cards or Memory?
Memory is rated higher. Memory Cards averages 4.4 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Memory averages 4.5 from 155 ratings.
Do Memory Cards or Memory have ads?
Both Memory Cards and Memory show ads.
Which is updated more often, Memory Cards or Memory?
Memory Cards ships an update every 2 weeks, and Memory monthly. Most recently, Memory Cards was updated on November 1, 2026 and Memory on November 3, 2026.

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