Matching Pairs vs Tap With Friends
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Matching Pairs
Enhance your memory and concentration with this engaging game. It offers 25 difficulty levels and over 10 themed card packs, suitable for all ages. Track your progress and compete with others globally.
- Memory and concentration training
- 25 difficulty levels
- 10+ themed card packs
- Global score comparison
- Soothing graphics and animations
- User-friendly interface
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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 • Mochi Friends • Sea Glass Lagoon • Deco Midnight 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.
Tap With Friends
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Need something to do with your friends? Then this local multiplayer game is just for you. Tap with friends is one of the most intense thrilling experiences of your life! Fight your friends with your ultra-fast tapping skills through the 3 different game modes. Simple mechanics allow anyone the play in seconds. We promise: you won’t get bored!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tap With Friends at none against Matching Pairs's 11. Tap With Friends also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Matching Pairs's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 13 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Matching Pairs sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Tap With Friends asks for nothing beyond the download.
Matching Pairs ships an update every 10 days, Tap With Friends every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Matching Pairs | Tap With Friends |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (929 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 93.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 929 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 213 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Clement Marty | Jet Ezra |
Bugs and requests
Matching Pairs
Reported bugs
4 issues- App stops opening after giving 5-star rating
- Game fails to launch or becomes unplayable
- Progress not transferable between devices
- Compatibility issues with device changes
Requested features
6 requests- More diverse and varied card images
- Ranking system for multiple attempts
- Speed/time-based challenges
- More free category options
- Progress transfer between devices
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- Clear in-game tutorial or instructions
Tap With Friends
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Matching Pairs
- Food Card Pack$0.99
- Memory Card Pack Lower Case Letters$1.99
- Memory Card Pack Music Instruments$1.99
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- Memory Card Pack Numbers$1.99
- Memory Card Pack Sports Images$1.99
- Memory Card Pack Upper Case Letters$1.99
- Memory Card Pack Words$1.99
- Card Pack "Faces"$1.99
- Card Pack Emoji$1.99
- Card Pack Animals$1.99
- Memory$8.99
Tap With Friends
No in-app purchases
Questions
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