Shell Game vs Brain game. Picture Match
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shell Game
Test your eye tracking and guessing skills in this free casual game. Follow the shuffled cups to find the hidden ball and climb the international rankings. It's easy to learn but challenging to master.
- Eye tracking challenge
- Guess the ball's location
- International rankings
- Casual gameplay
- Street of Paris theme
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Can you find the ball? Challenge yourself and your friends with this free casual game. As you walk through the street of Paris, your eye tracking skills will be tested like never before. Shell Game takes a few seconds to understand but will push you to your limits. The goal of Shell Game is very straightforward: three or more identical cups are placed face down on a table. A small ball is placed beneath one of these containers so that it cannot be seen and they are then shuffled. You are then invited to choose the container which holds the ball. Can your eyes be trained to level up, guess the right container and let you go up the international rankings?
Brain game. Picture Match
Enhance your memory and cognitive abilities with this engaging game. Match pairs of hidden images against the clock, progressing through various difficulty levels and game modes. It's a fun way to train your brain.
- Memorize disordered image pairs
- Find all matching couples
- 3 time modes
- 10 difficulty levels
- 6 game modes
- 60 total levels
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A game that will improve your memorization and brain power. You must memorize a board with several pairs of disordered images. After a short time they will cover up and you will have to find all the couples, but hurry up, time runs against you. There are 3 time modes (No time limit, normal and hard) and 10 levels to which more difficult and 6 game modes (match 2, match 3, mirror, mirror 3, match 4 and mirror 4) each one with 10 levels making a total of 60 !!! Picture Match, a free casual and puzzle brain trainer game for everyone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Brain game. Picture Match at 4.7 against Shell Game's 4.2. Brain game. Picture Match also leads on ratings volume (10K vs 5) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). Shell Game's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Shell Game sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Brain game. Picture Match sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Brain game. Picture Match holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brain game. Picture Match has 10K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Shell Game's written reviews are positive against 86% of Brain game. Picture Match's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Shell Game ships an update every 3 months, Brain game. Picture Match every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shell Game | Brain game. Picture Match |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 4.7 (10K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 86.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 10K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Magma Mobile | Alejandro Castagnolo Martinez |
Customer experience
Shell Game
Brain game. Picture Match
Bugs and requests
Shell Game
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Brain game. Picture Match
Reported bugs
2 issues- Unable to progress past certain levels
- App getting stuck or freezing
Requested features
3 requests- Adjustable time limit
- More level categories
- Ability to play with audio on without silencing other audio
In-app purchases
Shell Game
- Remove Ads$0.99
Brain game. Picture Match
- Ads removal$1.99
Questions
Is Shell Game free?
Is Brain game. Picture Match free?
Which has better reviews, Shell Game or Brain game. Picture Match?
Do Shell Game or Brain game. Picture Match have ads?
Which is updated more often, Shell Game or Brain game. Picture Match?
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