Comparison

Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout vs Memory Round

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

Head to head
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 Round

A classic memory matching game designed to sharpen your mind. Enjoy bite-sized fun anytime, anywhere, with adjustable difficulty levels. Share the experience by streaming it to your TV.

Highlights
  • Brain training game
  • Adjustable difficulty (easy, medium, hard)
  • Suitable for all ages
  • AirPlay support for TV streaming
  • Playable anytime, anywhere
Features
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This classic game is good for your brain and made even more fun on your iPad or iPhone. Great for all ages with easy, medium and hard puzzles. Show on your TV with Air Play and everyone in the room will join in. Bite-sized fun anytime, anywhere.

Screenshots

Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout2 screens
Memory Round2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout at none against Memory Round's 4. Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (5.6K vs 1.1K). Memory Round's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

Both are free to download. Memory Round sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout against 4.8 for Memory Round. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout has 5.6K ratings behind it against 1.1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout's written reviews are positive against 99% of Memory Round's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout ships an update monthly, Memory Round every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout versus Memory Round: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemory Jewels™ Brain WorkoutMemory Round
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (5.6K ratings)4.8 (1.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.0% of reviews98.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.6K — better1.1K
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 7 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBoy Howdy Technology LLCNorman Basham

Customer experience

Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout

All ratings5,619 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral4.6%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews114 reviews
Positive93.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative3.5%

Memory Round

All ratings1,055 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral3.3%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews177 reviews
Positive98.9%
Neutral0.6%
Negative0.6%

User reviews

Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout

From 5.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Relaxing and good for memory
  • 👍 Helps with concentration
  • 👍 Brain workout
  • 👍 Keeps brain active
  • 👍 Enjoyable and challenging

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional freezing and crashing
  • 🤔 Chinese characters can be confusing for non-Chinese speakers
  • 🤔 Repetitive images can make it easy to remember previous game placements

Memory Round

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 No ads
  • 👍 Relaxing gameplay
  • 👍 Helps improve memory
  • 👍 Suitable for all ages
  • 👍 Simple and easy to understand

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Limited free rounds, need to purchase more
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or freezes

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 Round

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add more levels and puzzles
  • Implement a two-player mode
  • Allow customization of grid size

In-app purchases

None

Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Memory Round

One-time4
  • Mercury - 10 Rounds$1.99
  • Mars - 25 Rounds$3.99
  • Jupiter - 60 Rounds$4.99
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  • Solar System - 95 Rounds!$7.99

Questions

Is Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout free?
Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Memory Round free?
Memory Round is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout or Memory Round?
Memory Round is rated higher. Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout averages 4.7 out of 5 from 5.6K ratings, while Memory Round averages 4.8 from 1.1K ratings.
Do Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout or Memory Round have ads?
Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout shows ads; Memory Round does not.
Which is updated more often, Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout or Memory Round?
Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout ships an update monthly, and Memory Round every 7 months. Most recently, Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout was updated on September 30, 2026 and Memory Round on September 14, 2026.

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