Comparison

Matching Pairs vs Memory Games with Animals 2

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

Head to head
About

Matching Pairs

Train your memory and concentration with a fun matching game. It offers 25 difficulty levels and over 10 themed card packs, suitable for all ages. Compete with friends globally and enjoy a user-friendly experience.

Highlights
  • 25 difficulty levels
  • 10+ themed card packs
  • Global score comparison
  • Suitable for all ages
  • User-friendly interface
  • Therapeutic potential
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 • 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.

About

Memory Games with Animals 2

This app offers a fun and engaging way to train memory and improve recognition skills. It features a variety of card categories with cute graphics and sounds, adjustable difficulty levels, and no advertisements.

Highlights
  • Memory card matching
  • Over 290 card images
  • 8 card categories
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
  • No ads
  • Game Center leaderboards
Features
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Memory Games with Animals is a fun memory training game featuring over 290 graphics and cute sounds. This game will keep your kids entertained in the car, in a restaurant, or anywhere else. It helps train their memory and improve their recognition skills while they have fun. Initially, all the memory cards will be face down. Select two cards by tapping on them. If the cards don't match, they will be turned face down again. Remember what's on the cards so you can find all the matching pairs. You can adjust the game's difficulty by choosing boards of different sizes (3x4, 4x5, or 5x6). CARD CATEGORIES • Animals • Dinosaurs • Fish • Birds • Fruits and Vegetables • Dogs • Bugs • Numbers Some of these categories are available through In-App Purchase. MAIN FEATURES • Three levels of difficulty: Easy, Normal and Hard • Over 290 different card images • 8 categories to choose from • Easy-to-use interface • Sound effects (can be turned on or off) • No Ads • Game Center Support. Global leaderboards showing most wins • Universal App, full native support for iPhone and iPad

Screenshots

Matching Pairs4 screens
Memory Games with Animals 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Memory Games with Animals 2 at Free against Matching Pairs's $8.99. Memory Games with Animals 2 also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (1.8K vs 3). Matching Pairs's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Memory Games with Animals 2 is free to download; Matching Pairs costs $8.99 up front. Memory Games with Animals 2 sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Matching Pairs asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Memory Games with Animals 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Memory Games with Animals 2 has 1.8K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Matching Pairs's written reviews are positive against 82% of Memory Games with Animals 2'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 9 days, Memory Games with Animals 2 every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Matching Pairs versus Memory Games with Animals 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMatching PairsMemory Games with Animals 2
Price$8.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (3 ratings)4.3 (1.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better82.4% of reviews
Number of ratings31.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size189 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClement MartySergio Licea

Customer experience

Matching Pairs

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Memory Games with Animals 2

All ratings1,838 ratings
Positive80.7%
Neutral11.3%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative11.8%

Bugs and requests

Matching Pairs

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Memory Games with Animals 2

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Incorrect pricing information

Requested features

2 requests
  • More difficulty levels
  • Additional game modes

In-app purchases

None

Matching Pairs

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Memory Games with Animals 2

One-time4
  • More Images (Dinosaurs)$0.99
  • More Images (Fish)$0.99
  • More Images (Dogs)$0.99
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  • More Images (Bugs)$0.99

Questions

Is Matching Pairs free?
Matching Pairs costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Memory Games with Animals 2 free?
Memory Games with Animals 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Matching Pairs or Memory Games with Animals 2?
Memory Games with Animals 2 is rated higher. Matching Pairs averages 3.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Memory Games with Animals 2 averages 4.3 from 1.8K ratings.
Do Matching Pairs or Memory Games with Animals 2 have ads?
Neither Matching Pairs nor Memory Games with Animals 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Matching Pairs or Memory Games with Animals 2?
Matching Pairs ships an update every 9 days, and Memory Games with Animals 2 every 3 months. Most recently, Matching Pairs was updated on November 1, 2026 and Memory Games with Animals 2 on November 1, 2026.

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