Comparison

Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout vs Memory Game

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 Game

A beautifully crafted matching pairs card game designed to challenge players of all ages. Enhance your memory and cognitive skills with intuitive gameplay, engaging design, and stunning graphics. Enjoy endless hours of fun and brain training on the go.

Highlights
  • Matching pairs card gameplay
  • Memory and cognitive skill enhancement
  • Challenging levels with time limits
  • Simple, intuitive controls
  • Stunning graphics and animations
  • Brain training on the go
Features
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Flip two cards. Remember what you saw. Clear the board — then keep going, because the board is only the beginning. Twinvale is the card-matching game you already know, rebuilt into a full adventure. Explore a hand-painted town, climb 60 levels across 9 chapters, beat the bosses guarding each one, and come back wearing the gear they drop. A WORLD, NOT A MENU Your home screen is a painted map. The castle holds the campaign, the arena holds the Challenges, the gear shop sells what you have not earned yet, and the trailhead leads out to Expedition. New buildings open as you play. SIX WAYS TO PLAY - Levels — 60 boards across 9 chapters, with hazards, mini-bosses and bosses - Challenges — 24 boards in four families: Precision, Target Trail, Hot Streak and Limited Looks - Expedition — an endless run with three lives, escalating modifiers and camp supplies - Blitz — one clock, as many boards as you can clear - Daily Journey — a new board every day, the same board for everyone, on a seven-day calendar - Zen — no clock, no fail state, no systems. Just cards. GEAR THAT CHANGES THE BOARD Beat a boss, take its gear. Five slots — weapon, boots, armor, hat and orb — filled from 42 pieces, and each one changes how a board opens rather than how it looks: a free look at a card, seconds back on your first matches, mistake shields banked before the first flip, a wider step budget. ELEMENT FUSION Special Pairs drop Water, Fire, Wood, Light and Dark into a three-slot tray. Two ingredients make a fusion, three make an Overcharge, and three of a kind make a Perfect Resonance. Three Dark makes an Eclipse that clears the stage outright — at the cost of everything still unmatched on it. COLLECT, COMPETE, COMPLETE - 72 cosmetics — card backs, card faces, board backgrounds and icon packs across five rarity tiers. Legendaries carry their own animation and their own sounds - A Diamond Shop for cosmetics and power-up bundles. Earn diamonds by playing, or pick up a pack when you want something sooner - 62 trophies and 5 Game Center leaderboards: total stars, boards cleared, Expedition depth, Blitz depth and longest chain - A 28-day Daily Ritual that pays out in cosmetics - Nine seasonal events through the year - A second playthrough that re-tunes every board once you finish the first BUILT TO BE PLAYED ANYWHERE No connection needed — every mode works offline. Sized for both iPhone and iPad. Card states and actions are labelled for VoiceOver, controls keep a large tap target, and a Reduced Motion setting replaces every animation with a still frame without changing a single rule. Play in English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, French or Spanish. Free to play, with optional diamond packs and a one-time Remove Ads purchase. Whether you have one minute or a whole evening, every match still lands.

Screenshots

Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout2 screens
Memory Game4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout at none against Memory Game's 7. Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout also leads on ratings volume (5.6K vs 101) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Memory Game's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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 Game sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. 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 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout has 5.6K ratings behind it against 101, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 93% of Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout's written reviews are positive against 100% of Memory Game's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout ships an update monthly, Memory Game every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout versus Memory Game: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemory Jewels™ Brain WorkoutMemory Game
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (5.6K ratings) — better4.5 (101 ratings)
Positive reviews93.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.6K — better101
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB95 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperBoy Howdy Technology LLCAPPS BAY LIMITED

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 Game

All ratings101 ratings
Positive88.1%
Neutral4.0%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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 Game

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Memory Game

One-time7
  • Diamond Handful$0.99
  • Diamond Pouch$1.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
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  • Diamond Bag$4.99
  • Diamond Chest$9.99
  • Diamond Crate$19.99
  • Diamond Mountain$49.99

Questions

Is Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout free?
Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Memory Game free?
Memory Game is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout or Memory Game?
Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout is rated higher. Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout averages 4.7 out of 5 from 5.6K ratings, while Memory Game averages 4.5 from 101 ratings.
Do Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout or Memory Game have ads?
Both Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout and Memory Game show ads.
Which is updated more often, Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout or Memory Game?
Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout ships an update monthly, and Memory Game every 5 days. Most recently, Memory Jewels™ Brain Workout was updated on October 29, 2026 and Memory Game on October 30, 2026.

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