Comparison

Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout vs Memory

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

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About

Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout

Engage in a classic card matching game designed to boost mental concentration and memory skills. Find pairs of emoji cards across various difficulty levels, aiming for the fewest taps to clear the board. Enjoy a relaxing, untimed experience with beautiful graphics and global leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Card matching gameplay
  • Multiple difficulty modes
  • Hundreds of emoji pictures
  • Untimed, relaxing play
  • Global leaderboards
  • Progress auto-save
Features
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Give your brain some exercise and work on your memory in this classic game of finding matching cards! • Tap on cards to look for matching pairs • Matches are removed from the board • Try to clear the board in the fewest taps possible! • Seven difficulty modes! Easy (4x4), Light (5x5), Medium (6x6), Tricky (7x7), Hard (8x8), Harder (9x9), and Crazy (10x10) • NEW Very Easy (3x3) mode! • Hundreds of beautiful emoji pictures to memorize and match • Endless levels to challenge you! • No timer, so you can take your time and relax • Beautiful graphics! • Intuitive touch controls! • Compete against your friends and against everyone worldwide for the highest scores on Game Center • Your progress is automatically saved, all the time, so go ahead and take that call or jump out to any other apps - you can come back and pick up playing right where you left off! • Sounds can be disabled if you want a quiet game • You can even listen to your own music while you play Thanks for playing! Search for "Boy Howdy" to see all our free games! MEMORY JEWELS is a trademark of Boy Howdy Technology LLC

About

Memory

Test your visual and logic memory with this classic matching game. Match pairs of colored buttons against the clock, with blank spots and distractions to increase the challenge. Multiple difficulty levels are available, including a special mode unlocked via in-app purchase.

Highlights
  • Classic matching gameplay
  • Timed challenges
  • Logic puzzles with blank spots
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • In-app purchase for advanced mode
  • 3D Touch shortcuts
Features
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***Check out Memory-Game, FREE on the app store - all of these features and more!*** A Classic Matching/Memory Game. Test your visual and logic memory! In a timed game, 2 buttons of each color are presented and your challenge is to match them in the shortest time. When you consecutively select 2 buttons of the same color, those 2 become solid, if you get 2 incorrect matches, both disappear. Each board also has 2 blank spots to further challenge your logic abilities. There are 3 different levels of difficulty: 1. Beginner Mode 2. Expert Mode 3. Challenge Mode Beginner Mode: In this mode, buttons of the same color have to be matched against a timer clock.This mode has 2 blank buttons which have no color in them and cannot be selected. Expert Mode (activate via Facebook Page Like): In this mode, we added a twist to your challenge. Each time you select a wrong combination, you lose overall points. Challenge Mode (activate via In-App Purchase): This you are a 'Memory Master"? For those daring souls, we have created the Challenge Mode! How well do you think you could do with added sound and visual distractions? There is only 1 way to find out :-) Challenge yourself and your friends by upgrading to the "Challenge Mode" via the in-app purchase!. -- Sharp Graphics -- Developed for the 4th generation iPhone, iPod Touch Retina display and iPad models. -- 3D Touch Features -- Includes 3D Touch Functions (Shortcuts) available with compatible devices.

Screenshots

Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout2 screens
Memory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout at 4.7 against Memory's 1.0. Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (93% vs 67%). Memory's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Memory sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout has 5.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout's written reviews are positive against 67% of Memory's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout ships an update monthly, Memory every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout versus Memory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemory Jewels™ Brain WorkoutMemory
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (5.6K ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews93.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings5.6K — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBoy Howdy Technology LLCDotzoo Inc

Customer experience

Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout

All ratings5,619 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral4.6%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews115 reviews
Positive93.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative3.5%

Memory

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatibility with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • More image options and variety
  • Ability to change board layout
  • Timing or competitive mode
  • More advanced levels

Memory

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Memory

One-time1
  • Memory-Game - Challenge Mode$0.99

Questions

Is Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout free?
Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Memory free?
Memory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout or Memory?
Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout is rated higher. Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout averages 4.7 out of 5 from 5.6K ratings, while Memory averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout or Memory have ads?
Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout shows ads; Memory does not.
Which is updated more often, Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout or Memory?
Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout ships an update monthly, and Memory every 2 months. Most recently, Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout was updated on October 22, 2026 and Memory on October 21, 2026.

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