Comparison

Matching Pairs vs Memory Recall with Ibbleobble!

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Memory and concentration training
  • 25 difficulty levels
  • 10+ themed card packs
  • Global score comparison
  • Soothing graphics and animations
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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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.

About

Memory Recall with Ibbleobble!

This brain training game challenges users to reproduce increasingly complex light and sound sequences. It offers four difficulty levels and is designed to help maintain memory and reaction skills for all ages.

Highlights
  • Memory sequence reproduction
  • Four speed levels
  • Integrated Game Center
  • Achievements
  • Unlimited combinations
  • Vibrant graphics
Features
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Challenge your brain power with Ibbleobble's memory game! The ultimate brain training game for kids and adults will test your memory and reaction skills. It's unbelievably simple and easy-to-use. It's made up of 4 contrasting coloured horizontal blocks which illuminate and play a sequence. In order to challenge your powers of recall, you must reproduce the sequences in the correct order, but beware, the sequence will get harder each time you play! 

 Challenge yourself with four levels of speed: Easy, Medium, Hard and ‘Bonkers’. How fast can you go? This game is ideal for those wanting to help maintain a healthy and active memory. Such as those who may be suffering with early memory loss such as dementia and alzheimer's. It can also be engaging for people on the autistic spectrum. • Simple to understand game play • Fully Integrated into Game Centre • Pick up achievements along the way • Unlimited combinations • Four levels of difficulty • Fantastic sounds • Outstanding, vibrant graphics • No third-party advertising • 100% ALWAYS ad free • Universal purchase (Get Memory with Ibbleobble for your Apple TV and for ALL your iOS devices with one purchase!) www.ibbleobble.com www.facebook.com/iblobl www.instagram.com/iblobl www.twitter.com/_iblobl Are you enjoying Memory with Ibbleobble? Help us make more fun games like this by rating and reviewing it! If you experience any problems with the application or would just like to get in touch we'd like to hear from you. Please email us with full details at: apps@kidd.co Remember to search Ibbleobble in the AppStore for more fun and games!

Screenshots

Matching Pairs4 screens
Memory Recall with Ibbleobble!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Matching Pairs at Free against Memory Recall with Ibbleobble!'s $0.49. Matching Pairs also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (927 vs 2). Memory Recall with Ibbleobble!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment 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

Matching Pairs is free to download; Memory Recall with Ibbleobble! costs $0.49 up front. Matching Pairs sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Memory Recall with Ibbleobble! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Memory Recall with Ibbleobble! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Matching Pairs has 927 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 93% of Matching Pairs's written reviews are positive against 86% of Memory Recall with Ibbleobble!'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Matching Pairs ships an update every 10 days, Memory Recall with Ibbleobble! every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Matching Pairs versus Memory Recall with Ibbleobble!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMatching PairsMemory Recall with Ibbleobble!
PriceFree — better$0.49
Rating4.7 (927 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.2% of reviews — better85.7% of reviews
Number of ratings927 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size213 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClement MartyKidDotCo

Customer experience

Matching Pairs

All ratings914 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral4.0%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive93.2%
Neutral3.4%
Negative3.4%

Memory Recall with Ibbleobble!

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

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

Memory Recall with Ibbleobble!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Matching Pairs

One-time11
  • 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
None

Memory Recall with Ibbleobble!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Matching Pairs free?
Matching Pairs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Memory Recall with Ibbleobble! free?
Memory Recall with Ibbleobble! costs $0.49, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Matching Pairs or Memory Recall with Ibbleobble!?
Memory Recall with Ibbleobble! is rated higher. Matching Pairs averages 4.7 out of 5 from 927 ratings, while Memory Recall with Ibbleobble! averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Matching Pairs or Memory Recall with Ibbleobble! have ads?
Matching Pairs shows ads; Memory Recall with Ibbleobble! does not.
Which is updated more often, Matching Pairs or Memory Recall with Ibbleobble!?
Matching Pairs ships an update every 10 days, and Memory Recall with Ibbleobble! every 2 months. Most recently, Matching Pairs was updated on October 26, 2026 and Memory Recall with Ibbleobble! on October 21, 2026.

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