Comparison

Matching Pair 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

Matching Pair

A relaxing card matching puzzle game designed to sharpen memory, focus, and attention. Flip cards to find pairs across various levels with cute fruit designs and vibrant backgrounds. Offers both a casual, self-paced mode and a timed speed challenge.

Highlights
  • Classic memory matching gameplay
  • Casual and Speed modes
  • Multiple challenging levels
  • Colorful fruit cards and backgrounds
  • High score tracking
  • Simple controls for all ages
Features
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Matching Pair: Memory Match is a fun and relaxing card matching puzzle game for all ages. Flip the cards, remember their positions, and find every matching pair. Each level brings a new board, cute fruit cards, colorful backgrounds, and a simple challenge that trains your memory, focus, and attention. Play at your own pace in Casual Mode, or test your speed in Speed Mode with a countdown timer. Whether you want a quick brain break or a light puzzle game to enjoy every day, Matching Pair is easy to start and satisfying to master. Features: • Classic memory matching gameplay • Casual Mode and Speed Mode • Many levels with increasing challenge • Colorful fruit cards and fun backgrounds • High scores for each mode • Simple controls for kids, adults, and families • Relaxing gameplay with optional sound Find the pairs, clear the board, and keep your memory sharp!

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

Matching Pair3 screens
Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout at 5.6K against Matching Pair's 1. Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14). Matching Pair's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, 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

Matching Pair holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout has 5.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Matching Pair's written reviews are positive against 93% of Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Matching Pair ships an update fortnightly, Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Matching Pair versus Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMatching PairMemory Jewels™ Brain Workout
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (5.6K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better93.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15.6K — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1412.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDiep DuongBoy Howdy Technology LLC

Customer experience

Matching Pair

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout

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

Bugs and requests

Matching Pair

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

None

Matching Pair

No in-app purchases

None

Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Matching Pair free?
Matching Pair is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout free?
Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Matching Pair or Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout?
Matching Pair is rated higher. Matching Pair averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout averages 4.7 from 5.6K ratings.
Do Matching Pair or Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout have ads?
Both Matching Pair and Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout show ads.
Which is updated more often, Matching Pair or Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout?
Matching Pair ships an update fortnightly, and Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout monthly. Most recently, Matching Pair was updated on October 21, 2026 and Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout on October 25, 2026.

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