# SmartFriends - Brain Training — user reviews > 48 indexed App Store user reviews of SmartFriends by SmartFriends B.V., rated 4.56/5 from 139 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smartfriends-brain-training/id1608490212/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/smartfriends-brain-training/id1608490212.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 98 · 4★ 19 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 4 ## What do users think of SmartFriends? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🧠 Daily brain workout - 💡 Challenging puzzles - 🤔 Makes you think outside the box - 👍 Fun and enjoyable - 🚀 Quick brain check - ✅ Explanations provided - 🌟 Good way to start the day - 🏆 Can compete with friends - 💯 Variety of challenges - ⏳ Single challenge per day - 💡 Creative and engaging **Cons** - 📺 Excessive advertisements - 📉 Puzzles sometimes lack logic - 🖼️ Unclear graphics/faint colors - 🤔 Puzzles can be too difficult - 🔄 Repetitive questions - 😵 Puzzles can be frustrating - 📱 Interface needs work - 😕 Assumptions in puzzles **Commonly reported bugs** - App not loading puzzles - Diagrams not accessible with screen readers - Glitchy when enlarging challenge images - Issues with lifetime access purchases - Landscape mode for larger images when app is portrait only **Most requested features** - Fix advertisements interrupting gameplay - Improve puzzle logic and presentation - Enhance graphics clarity (e.g., yellow on white) - Make puzzles more varied and adult-oriented - Improve accessibility for visually impaired users (diagram descriptions) - Allow larger puzzle/choice display in portrait mode - Make the app free or more accessible without constant purchases ## Newest reviews (12 of 48) ### 5/5 — Daily wake-up *2024-05-24, version 3.10.4* My morning daily brain wake up call. Always looking forward to the daily challenge. ### 5/5 — One challenge a day *2024-04-10, version 3.10.4* That’s all I need! Love that the explanation is immediately available after submitting and that I can go back a few days to check answers. Wonderful variety of challenges, too. ### 5/5 — Smart friends *2024-04-02* I feel so smart ### 5/5 — Mike *2024-01-27, version 3.10.3* Fun and challenging ### 5/5 — One challenge a day *2023-06-29* That’s all I need! Love that the explanation is immediately available after submitting and that I can go back a few days to check answers. Wonderful variety of challenges, too. ### 5/5 — Brain games *2023-06-02, version 3.6.5* These daily challenges are great. Play every day, or less frequently if you don’t want a daily challenge. Makes you think outside the box and help creative thinking. Love that it’s only one challenge per day so you don’t over do it and get bored. ### 5/5 — Awesome app! *2023-05-25* Daily challenges that keep your brain sharp. **Developer response:** Thanks Mapper101! If you have any questions or suggestions regarding the app, please let us know! Kind regards, SmartFriends ### 5/5 — Good *2023-05-25, version 3.6.3* Good experience ### 5/5 — One challenge a day *2023-05-24* That’s all I need! Love that the explanation is immediately available after submitting and that I can go back a few days to check answers. Wonderful variety of challenges, too. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2023-05-24, version 3.6.3* A fun daily challenge to get your brain ticking over. ### 5/5 — Very Challenging and Fun *2023-05-24* You can vie against friends or others in the app. A new puzzle each day. You can get the answer to the previous question the next day. I love being challenged mentally. **Developer response:** Thanks grantsmom44! If you have any questions or suggestions regarding the app, please let us know! Kind regards, SmartFriends ### 5/5 — Challenging yet fun *2023-04-14, version 3.4.2* I look forward to solving each day's puzzle. Occasionally I get stumped but I can usually work them off, given enough time, if I think outside three box! Keep them coming!!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Same questions, different answers *2023-04-08, version 3.4.2* Boring after a while ### 1/5 — Too Much Assuming! *2022-11-13, version 2.21* This isn’t based off of logic. It’s based off of you having to assume parts of the answer without letting you know about that information! If you keep playing this game you will start assuming your stupid! ### 2/5 — Sometimes not smart or friendly *2023-04-19, version 3.4.2* While many of the challenges give your brain a workout others fall short on logic and presentation. Occasionally a puzzle will be presented with errors in logic, unnecessary confounding factors, fundamental flaws in presentation, unclear graphics or multiple answers may be possible due to application of different, still valid, approaches. This would be ok except…the providers of the challenges seem reticent to address some issues directly, this leaves the community (I hesitation call them friends) to squabble amongst themselves. It also adversely affects your rank, as you are still penalised for the ‘incorrect’ answer even when no correct answer is logically available. Response to Developer: I tried addressing the issues via the in app comments some weeks ago and more recently. That would be the best place for you to look. ### 2/5 — Volksy48 *2023-03-28, version 3.4.1* Just tried to do my first puzzle. A disaster! The yellow figures to choose from were so faint I could only guess. Yellow on white not the best choice. Will maybe give a better score if this is fixed. ### 2/5 — Feels like they’re trying to trick you *2022-10-13, version 2.18* I haven’t had this long but I’m deleting it. You only get one game a day and the first time I figured it out but accidentally tapped the wrong answer. It said too bad, your current streak is 0 and come back tomorrow to see the explanation for the answer (which I knew anyway). Today’s was that two women decided to play tennis against each other for $1 a game. One woman won 3 times and the other woman won $5. How many games did they play? The answer was 11. I’m not sure what I’m missing but I’m certainly not enjoying it. It just annoys me. Glad it was free the day I downloaded it. ### 3/5 — Good puzzle bad advertisement *2026-02-18, version 4.0.1* Open app see advertisement 60 sec Solve Puzzle 20 Sec Submit answer and see advertisement 60 sec again Am I the product ? ### 3/5 — Challenging Game *2024-02-02, version 3.10.3* Great App, interface needs a little work, but I very much look forward to the challenge every day. Really gets my brain cogs turning! ### 3/5 — Smart friends *2023-05-24* Some of these are very difficult **Developer response:** Hi kijatheninha6900, Thanks for your nice review! How could we get your fourth and fifth star?😀 Curious, as we're continuously trying to improve the app. So all feedback is very welcome. Thanks in advance for your reply! Kind regards, SmartFriends ### 4/5 — Challenging *2026-05-14, version 4.2.4* Just challenging enough to be fun ### 4/5 — I️ Enjoy It. *2023-05-24, version 3.6.3* It keeps my mind sharp and makes me think about the questions in a way that is sometimes out of the normal spectrum. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love it! *2026-05-13, version 4.2.4* It’s just a quick brain check for me. Thanks ### 5/5 — Fun Game *2026-05-13, version 4.2.4* Want a brain tease each morning? Try this game. It humbles even the smartest of us. ### 5/5 — Love It *2026-04-10, version 4.1.1* Love being smarter than my friends ### 5/5 — Mike *2026-04-10, version 4.1.1* Fun and challenging ### 5/5 — Wakes Up My Brain *2025-10-07, version 3.12.2* I try to solve the puzzles in the morning. Sometimes an easier puzzle is thrown in to give us a break. I find it helps me to start the day. ### 5/5 — Excellent way to start the morning! *2025-07-22, version 3.11.4* Challenging puzzles! ### 5/5 — Rob *2025-07-20, version 3.11.4* Been doing these daily for ages, love them! ### 5/5 — Awesome app! *2025-07-20, version 3.11.4* Daily challenges that keep your brain sharp. ### 5/5 — Very Challenging and Fun *2025-05-26, version 3.11.4* You can vie against friends or others in the app. A new puzzle each day. You can get the answer to the previous question the next day. I love being challenged mentally. ### 5/5 — One of my favorites *2024-11-23, version 3.10.4* Very good puzzles --- *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 2026-08-12.*