Mind Games vs Memory Match
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mind Games
Engage in a variety of brain-training games designed to exercise different mental skills. Track your progress with score histories and standardized scales. A training center helps select personalized exercise routines.
- Brain training games
- Mental skill practice
- Score history tracking
- Progress graphs
- Standardized score conversion
- Personalized training center
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Exercise your brain! Mind Games is a great collection of games based in part on principles derived from cognitive tasks to help you practice different mental skills. This app includes many excellent free games. There are many trial games from Mind Games Pro that allow you to play 3 times. All games include your score history and a graph of your progress. Using some principles of standardized testing, your scores are also converted to a standardized scale so that you can see where you need work and excel. Not sure where to focus? Training Center does the work for you by picking the perfect mix of exercises to keep you engaged. Mind Games is intended to be brain challenging entertainment. No research has yet been conducted to determine if this app has cognitive benefits.
Memory Match
This brain training game is designed to enhance your memory and cognitive abilities. It offers engaging challenges to help you sharpen your mind.
- Memory improvement
- Cognitive enhancement
- Brain training games
- Memory challenges
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Memory Match is a brain training game that helps you improve memory and cognition.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Memory Match at none against Mind Games's shown. Memory Match also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Memory Match holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12K and 6.1K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of Mind Games's written reviews are positive against 82% of Memory Match's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Mind Games ships an update every 3 weeks, Memory Match every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mind Games | Memory Match |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (12K ratings) | 4.8 (6.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.7% of reviews — better | 82.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12K — better | 6.1K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mindware Consulting, Inc | Picup Inc. |
Customer experience
Mind Games
Memory Match
User reviews
Mind Games
From 12K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Effective brain training
- 🧠 Variety of challenging games
- 📈 Tracks progress and performance
- 🤓 Helps improve memory and focus
- 🎮 Fun and engaging
Room to improve
- 💸 Too many ads in free version
- 🤔 Confusing navigation and layout
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
- 🇺🇸 American-centric content and terminology
- 🔒 Limited access without paid upgrade
Memory Match
From 6.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great memory game
- 👍 Fun and challenging
- 👍 Helps improve memory
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 👍 Good for brain exercise
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and glitches
- 🔋 Too many ads
- 🔒 Manipulative review system
- 🐛 Doesn't work on certain devices
Bugs and requests
Mind Games
Reported bugs
3 issues- Screens going blank or freezing
- Answers/instructions being cut off
- Inconsistent scoring and percentile calculations
Requested features
5 requests- Add a tutorial for new users
- Provide more language and region options
- Improve scoring and feedback system
- Introduce a dark mode option
- Allow users to track and review past performance
Memory Match
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game gets stuck on tutorial screens
- Crashes and freezes during gameplay
- Compatibility issues with newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add more difficulty levels
- Introduce new game modes
- Provide an ad-free paid version
- Improve stability and performance
In-app purchases
Mind Games
No in-app purchases
Memory Match
No in-app purchases
