# Impulse - Brain Training — user reviews > 7,195 indexed App Store user reviews of Impulse by GMRD Apps Limited, rated 4.70/5 from 846,931 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/impulse-brain-training/id1451295827/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/impulse-brain-training/id1451295827.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 726,958 · 4★ 67,437 · 3★ 28,253 · 2★ 7,575 · 1★ 16,708 ## What do users think of Impulse? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🤩 Engaging and fun brain games - 🧠 Helpful for improving focus, memory, and cognitive abilities - 📈 Tracks progress and compares to peers - 🧘‍♀️ Relaxing and calming experience - 🏆 Motivating to improve scores and skills **Cons** - 💰 Expensive subscription model, with limited free access - 🤖 Misleading ads and paywalls for test results - 🙄 Excessive ads and upselling in free version - 🔒 Difficult to cancel subscription - 🤨 Questionable accuracy of personality/IQ tests **Commonly reported bugs** - Inconsistent progress tracking and level completion - Crashes and freezes, especially on older devices - Subscription issues and unexpected charges **Most requested features** - More varied and challenging brain games - Personalized training plans based on user needs - Family sharing and multi-user support - Better integration of test results and game performance - Improved night mode and accessibility features ## Newest reviews (17 of 7,195) ### 4/5 — Justin’s review *2026-08-26, version 1.52.2* It’s really amazing app it’s helping and helped a lot ### 4/5 — Interesting *2026-08-25, version 1.52.2* Will be interesting to see if it works, first try ,so it’s quite tame, will be nice to see to what extent it can go ### 5/5 — Get this app *2026-08-24, version 1.52.2* I think the games and challenges, so many options. They’re just an amazing concept! ### 4/5 — So addicting! *2026-08-24, version 1.52.2* I like how I can be successful but also frequently challenged. ### 5/5 — You need it! *2026-08-24, version 1.52.2* Amazing tool to help you for your brain tranining. Various games that are both fun and challanging. ### 5/5 — Fun *2026-08-24, version 1.52.2* I enjoy testing games that are fun ### 5/5 — Really like this app *2026-08-23, version 1.52.2* It’s quick to do each day and has fun extras to do whenever. I don’t spend all day on it but still make it through the process. ### 5/5 — Love it! *2026-08-23, version 1.52.2* I love this app but I’m mostly addicted to the candy sort game, which definitely helps my brain get rolling in the mornings! I’ve played every level of Candy sort and I’m dieing for more levels to be released! By the way, You should create the candy sort game as its own app!!! ### 5/5 — I am quite impressed with this app. *2026-08-23, version 1.52.2* I rate this app 5 stars as it is helping to improve my focus and my mood. There are many games that help with cognitive development, focus, concentration, and more. I am also impressed that you get to play 3 games in one day versus other apps i have tried. ### 4/5 — Ok *2026-08-23, version 1.52.2* Ok ### 5/5 — Niceeee app and a great way to improve your focys! *2026-08-23* Great app! Forst of all i loveee how it explains what each little game does to our focus (i.e cognitive thinking,ability ti filter out distractions) and the daily tracker is also awesome , give it a go if u can spend 10 mins of your scrolling time into this !♥️ **Developer response:** Thank you for the lovely feedback! We're thrilled to hear that you're enjoying the app and finding the daily tracker helpful. Your support is truly appreciated! Kind regards, Impulse Team ### 5/5 — Lawrence *2026-08-23, version 1.52.2* This app is very helpful I love gaining knowledge ### 5/5 — Great App *2026-08-23, version 1.52.2* I really enjoy the app! I feel like my brain is getting a workout! ### 5/5 — Cool *2026-08-22, version 1.52.2* App is pretty dope you could definitely increase your way of thinking by a lot if your dedicated ### 5/5 — Brains *2026-08-22, version 1.52.2* This is all new to me. I’m a retired school principal who used to have a pretty good brain, not so much any more. I believe that Impulse is helping me recover. ### 5/5 — Impulse brain training *2026-08-22, version 1.51* This app actually helped with my memory, I had a brain bleed in high school and also knocked out by a truck hitting me which made my memory pretty bad over time, so I’ve been trying to find ways to help it, and this has actually helped so far. ### 5/5 — Really nice game!! *2026-08-22, version 1.52.2* Really nice game, fun, challenging, I’m always playing if I want to feel like I’m doing something productive on my phone for a change ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Buyer BeAWARE *2026-08-25, version 1.52.2* TERRIBLE ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2026-08-25, version 1.52.2* Every 30 seconds there’s an ad might as well go back to doom scrolling ### 1/5 — Renewal charged early *2026-08-23, version 1.52.2* my renewal charge went to my card before the 3 day period. Not acceptable. luckily my bank caught it as fraud. ### 1/5 — Scam subscription deal *2026-08-21, version 1.52.2* I bought a subscription $39.99/ yearly plan and these people tried to charge me twice. Then turned around and charged me again 3 months later today. The app is decent but the subscription plan is not what they say. They’ll charge your card unexpectedly without your consent and not hold up to the deal they offered you. For that they lost a subscriber good day 😉 ### 1/5 — No refunds *2026-08-21, version 1.52.2* I do admit that I did not remember to cancel this subscription before it auto renewed a second time and after explaining I don’t use it and it’s literally not even downloaded on my phone any longer, they informed me that they still will not refund my money. I work 3 jobs and honestly remembering to cancel this was at the very bottom of my priorities. So make sure that you cancel this before it renews or you’ll be met with absolutely zero empathy for forgetting to cancel. ### 1/5 — Too many Ads *2026-08-21, version 1.52.2* Annoying! ### 1/5 — Ads make the app literally unusable *2026-08-21, version 1.52.2* Every time you click an activity to play, an ad pops up with a demo for a different game. Even if you play the demo, an option to close the game never pops up, so you can never actually do any of the activities in the app. Unless you pay, everything is locked behind an unskipable ad. Worst user experience ever ### 1/5 — My review *2026-08-21, version 1.52.2* Too many ads 🥲 ### 1/5 — Just don’t *2026-08-19, version 1.52.2* Not what they advertise. Don’t buy. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2026-08-19, version 1.52.2* Do a free trial but you can’t get any results without paying full price for a subscription If I could put 0* I would ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — It’s fun! *2026-08-26, version 1.52.2* Nice little brain games. ### 5/5 — Ck *2026-08-25, version 1.52.2* Amazing ### 5/5 — Love *2026-08-25, version 1.52.2* Excellent ### 5/5 — Good stuff *2026-08-25, version 1.52.2* I never thought I love doing this type of thing but impulse-brain training treadle takes it to the next level and make this so enjoyable. My hats off to you guys. Thanks ### 5/5 — Peace *2026-08-25, version 1.52.2* It keeps me at peace and ca me down. It also helps me learn more about myself. ### 5/5 — Impulse *2026-08-25, version 1.52.2* My favorite game out of all the impulse is spy anagrams ### 5/5 — Maz62 *2026-08-25, version 1.52.2* Like it ### 5/5 — This is good *2026-08-25, version 1.52.2* ❤️❤️❤️ ### 5/5 — 81 years female *2026-08-24, version 1.52.2* I find this fun and challenging. Feel like it keeps me thinking. ### 5/5 — Impulse is very helpful. *2026-08-24, version 1.52.2* Impulse help me think critically and solve problems with my mind --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-28.*