Doodle Matching vs Match Mates
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Doodle Matching
A classic memory matching game designed to improve cognitive skills for all ages. Challenge yourself or compete with friends and family across various board sizes and game modes.
- Multiple board sizes and game modes
- Single-player and two-player modes
- Local and Game Center leaderboards
- High-definition graphics
- Develops memory skills
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Feels like your memory is kinda rusty? Or feels like your brain is fast as a lightning? Want to challenge your friends and family? Try out Doodle Matching, the good old memory game for kids and grown-ups! HOW TO PLAY DOODLE MATCHING: Initially you will see all cards turned face down. Tap on one of the card and remember the picture on it. With the next tap try to find and flip the card with the same picture as previous one. If the pictures on the both memory cards are the same, they will disappear, otherwise both cards will flip back over. The level is finished when there are no more cards on the board. GAME FEATURES: *** Multiple Boards and Game Modes *** Nine board sizes 2x3, 3x4, 4x4, 4x5, 5x6, 6x6, 6x7, 7x8, 8x8 with additional Random Board and All Boards Marathon modes. Suitable for both kids and adults, this game is fun for the entire family! *** Single- and Multi-Player *** Beat your own best time and accuracy, or compete against your friends in two player mode. *** Leaderboards *** Track your best times and accuracy for all board sizes both locally (High Scores) and with Game Center support to share and compete with your friends. *** High Definition Graphics *** Unique vector based graphics makes this game optimized for all display resolutions such as newest Retina Displays. DESIGNED FOR KIDS: Doodle Matching help develop memory skills of children. Playing this game with your kids will help them improve their recognition while having fun. Doodle Matching is a game for children of all ages, babies, preschoolers, school children and teens. Both, boys and girls will love this game.
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 update cadence: Match Mates at every 2 months against Doodle Matching's every 12 months. Doodle Matching's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Doodle Matching sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Match Mates sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Doodle Matching ships an update every 12 months, Match Mates every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Doodle Matching | Match Mates |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aleksandar Milosavljevic | Milad Atef |
In-app purchases
Doodle Matching
- BUY FULL VERSION$1.99
Match Mates
- Unlock Everything$4.99
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