# Cognora: Selective & OC Prep — NSW HAST, maths & reading

> NSW HAST, maths & reading (iPhone/iPad app by Ramprasad Govindasamy.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cognora-selective-and-oc-prep/id6768567650 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Ramprasad Govindasamy](https://appshunter.io/developer/6778636315)
- Category: Education, Reference
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.6 · 7 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-03
- Data updated: 2026-10-09

## What is Cognora?

The NSW Selective High School Placement Test has three multiple-choice papers:
Reading, Mathematical Reasoning and Thinking Skills. Most practice apps cover
Mathematical Reasoning and stop. Cognora covers all three, plus the
Opportunity Class test.

START WITH A FREE DIAGNOSTIC
Fifteen minutes of practice, and you get a breakdown of where your child
actually sits — not a score out of ten, but the specific topics costing them
marks, named.

WHAT'S INSIDE
• Questions across all three multiple-choice papers, plus Abstract Reasoning
  for HAST and scholarship entry
• Full-length mock exams, timed like the real paper
• Adaptive difficulty that tracks accuracy and speed, so practice stays hard
  enough to be useful without tipping into frustration
• A mistake bank that brings back the exact questions your child got wrong,
  on a spaced schedule
• Worked explanations on every question, not just a tick or a cross
• Works offline — useful on the train, in the car, at the kitchen table

FOR PARENTS
The Parents' Portal sits behind a gate only an adult can pass. It shows the
week in plain language: how often your child practised, how long for, their
strongest topic and the one that needs work. Turn on the Sunday summary and
it arrives each Sunday evening, so you know how the week went without opening
the app.

FREE AND UNLIMITED
Free gives you the diagnostic, a curated question library across every
section, worked explanations, one taster mock exam a month, and the Parents'
Portal. Unlimited adds the full question bank, a new mock paper every Friday,
and spaced-repetition drilling on the questions your child keeps missing.

A NOTE ON WHAT WE DON'T DO
The Selective test also has a Writing paper. Cognora does not mark writing —
that needs a human, and we would rather say so than pretend an algorithm
substitutes for a teacher.

Cognora is independent. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected
to the NSW Department of Education. Practice does not guarantee any exam
result.

Cognora Unlimited is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your
Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless
cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can
manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings at any time.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://cognora.com.au/privacy/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Unlimited Monthly | $9.99 | per month |
| Unlimited Annual | $39.99 | per year |


## Is Cognora safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Cognora.

## Is Cognora legit?

Cognora: Selective & OC Prep has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Cognora is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.7.1 — 2026-09-30

Share the wins with family
• New "Share with Family" button on sticker rewards, certificates and any result of 60% or more. It opens a shareable card after the parent PIN is entered. The card never shows your child's name.

Safer settings for parents
• Reset All Progress and the other data tools now sit behind the parent PIN, so a child can't wipe their history by accident.
• Your child can now choose the app theme without the parent PIN.

Fixes and polish
• The "Back to Home" button on results is now easy to read in light mode.
• General reliability improvements.

### 1.7 — 2026-09-24

Daily Quest, rebuilt
• Each day's quest now mixes questions from a whole section instead of drilling a single topic.
• It picks the section your child most needs, based on their own answers, and tells you why it chose it.
• Questions arrive fresh and at the right level for your child.
• The quest now follows the exam you've selected: Selective, OC or HAST.

More stickers to earn
• Every section has its own badge ladder at 30, 100 and 500 questions.
• The next three goals show how close your child is. The rest stay a mystery until they're earned.
• Switching exams never takes away a sticker already won.

Other improvements
• Clearer, easier-to-read confirmation dialogs, including when submitting an exam.
• Better colours in dark mode.
• Practice papers no longer repeat similar-looking puzzles.

### 1.6.1 — 2026-09-11

MORE VARIETY IN PRACTICE
Pattern questions now spread across a session, so your child sees a wider mix of shapes and layouts instead of several that look alike. Most noticeable in the daily quest and in shorter sessions.

EASIER TO READ IN DARK MODE
Buttons, confirmations and dialogs have been redrawn with stronger contrast, and every dialog in the app now meets accessibility contrast standards in both light and dark.

### 1.6 — 2026-09-02

SelectMath is now Cognora — new name, new mark, same app and the same
practice history. Nothing to re-download or re-enter.

NEW: THE PARENTS' PORTAL
A parent-facing view of the week behind a gate only an adult can pass: how
often your child practised, for how long, their strongest topic and the one
that needs work. Turn on the Sunday summary and it arrives each Sunday
evening.

NEW: MISTAKES THAT COME BACK
Wrong answers now return on a spaced schedule, and the app records when one is
finally cleared — so the weekly summary can tell you what changed, not just
what is still outstanding.

ACCESSIBILITY
A full pass over Home, Progress, Results, Practice setup and Settings for
VoiceOver and large text. The core screens now work at accessibility text
sizes without truncating.

FIXES
• Practice time now means the same thing on every screen, and a paper left
  open overnight no longer counts the gap as study
• Removed the estimated peer ranking. It compared your child against students
  who were never measured, so it has been replaced with accuracy bands stated
  against fixed benchmarks
• Setup now asks the child's name, and offer codes are redeemable where
  someone holding one would actually look
• Fixed empty screens on first run, quest routing dead ends, and the missing
  "Retake This Paper" button when opening a paper from history

### 1.1 — 2026-05-13

No release notes.

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