Matching Pairs vs Match Mates
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Matching Pairs
Train your memory and concentration with a fun matching game. Offers multiple game modes, including time attack, local and online multiplayer, and educational activities. Customize the look with various themes and card packs for an enjoyable experience.
- 25 difficulty levels
- Time Attack mode
- 2 Player local and online modes
- Educational matching activities
- Customizable themes and card backs
- Game Center integration
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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 • Celestial Atlas • Pixel Quest • Neon Arcade • Marble Gold 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. Made for the whole family: kids sharpen their focus while adults and seniors keep their memory active — this game is even used in cognitive training and memory practice. No ads, no distractions: pay once, play forever.
Match Mates
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Flip a card, flip another, and when the two pictures match they stay face up. Clear the whole board and the round is won. That is the entire game, and nothing is working against you: no clock, no lives, no score to lose. HOW IT PLAYS - Tap a card to turn it over and see the picture underneath - Tap a second card and try to remember where its twin was - A matched pair stays revealed, a miss simply flips back - Clear every pair on the board to finish the round NO TIMER, NO FAIL STATE Nothing counts down and nothing runs out. Take a second between flips or take a minute. A wrong pick is a soft nudge, never a penalty, so the game moves at whatever pace suits the moment. TEN PICTURE DECKS Animals, fruit, vehicles, sea life, dinosaurs, space, food, sports, weather and shapes. Every deck is a bright, instantly readable set of pictures, so the board never feels the same twice. FIVE BOARD SIZES Start on a 2x2 board with two pairs and work up through 2x3, 3x4 and 4x4 to a 4x5 board with ten pairs. Deck and board size are picked separately, so a quick two-pair round and a long ten-pair one are always one tap apart. EVERY PAIR SAYS ITS NAME Find a match and the picture speaks its English name out loud. It turns a silent round into light listening practice, and it mutes from settings whenever you want the quiet version. BEAT YOUR OWN BEST A move counter runs while you play and your fewest-moves record is kept. Beat it and a New Best celebration says so. The only opponent here is your last round. MADE TO BE SAFE AND FAIR - No ads of any kind: no banners, no interstitials, no rewarded video, no cross-promotion - No tracking and no data collected - No accounts and no sign-in - Plays fully offline, on a plane, in a car, anywhere ONE-TIME UNLOCK Match Mates is free and genuinely complete: three full decks, every board size, replayable forever. One Unlock Everything purchase, a single one-time buy with no subscription and no second purchase, opens the remaining seven decks for good. Every locked deck also carries a 2x2 round that stays free and replayable, so a deck can be tried before it is bought. PLAY IN YOUR LANGUAGE The interface ships in 33 languages. Terms of Use: https://miladapps.pro/terms Privacy Policy: https://miladapps.pro/privacy Questions or feedback: https://miladapps.pro/contact
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Match Mates at Free against Matching Pairs's $8.99. Match Mates also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Matching Pairs's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). On 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
Match Mates is free to download; Matching Pairs costs $8.99 up front. Match Mates sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Matching Pairs asks for nothing beyond the download.
Matching Pairs ships an update every 9 days, Match Mates every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Matching Pairs | Match Mates |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 189 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Clement Marty | Milad Atef |
In-app purchases
Matching Pairs
No in-app purchases
Match Mates
- Unlock Everything$7.99









