Comparison

Tapd vs Train the Brain

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

Head to head
About

Tapd

A fast-paced tapping game that challenges your hand-eye coordination and reaction time. Test your skills across various difficulty levels, including a special mode for children. Compete for high scores and enjoy customizable sound options.

Highlights
  • Fast-paced tapping gameplay
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Kids mode with unlimited lives
  • Local high score tracking
  • Pause and resume functionality
  • Music and sound effects
Features
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Tap the matching targets as they fall down the screen. Sounds easy, until the target changes and the speed picks up. Tapd is a fast-paced test of your hand-eye coordination and focus. Play as much as you want — there are no lives. Play for free, forever. Features - Five difficulties, from a slower-paced Very Easy to a frantic Expert. - Very Easy lets you pick a single color and only ends your run on a wrong tap. - One second chance per run on Easy and up to pick up right where you left off. - A high score for every difficulty, plus stats for every game you play. - Pause and resume a game at any time. - Music and sound effects. - Go ad-free with a one-time purchase. Feedback For feature requests and bug reports, tap "Send Feedback" in the game menu, or email support@tapd.ca. Open Source Tapd is open source and can be found on GitHub: https://github.com/cohenadair/tapd

About

Train the Brain

Engaging coordination games designed to enhance hand-eye movement and cognitive skills for all ages. This collection offers fun exercises to stimulate the mind, improve visual perception, and psychomotor abilities through an intuitive interface.

Highlights
  • Hand-eye coordination development
  • Bimanual coordination exercises
  • Maze solving with gyroscope
  • Visual perception enhancement
  • Psychomotor skill improvement
  • Attention and processing speed training
  • Multi-language support
Features
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We present this collection of coordination games to develop and stimulate the hand-eye movement ability. Fun coordination exercises for the whole family to stimulate the mind in a playful way. This game is suitable for all kinds of people, from the youngest to the elderly and senior players. TYPES OF GAMES - Bimanual coordination of elements - Selection of correct items - Solve mazes using the gyroscope - Decide between right and left side - Avoid colliding with pieces - Make series of numbers avoiding objects In addition to coordination, these games help to stimulate other areas such as visual perception, psychomotor skills, attention or speed of processing. APP FEATURES - Fun daily brain training - Available in 6 languages: Spanish, Italian, French, English, Portuguese and German. - Easy and intuitive interface - Different levels for all ages - Constant updates with new games GAMES TO STIMULATE COORDINATION Coordination is one of the essential cognitive functions in our daily life. The development of coordination skills helps maintain a healthy mind and a healthy life. Eye-hand coordination is the cognitive ability that allows us to perform tasks simultaneously using the eyes and hands. It is also defined as oculomotor coordination, oculo-manual, or visuomotor. These coordination games help to synchronize the action of the hand muscles to precise an appropriate speed and intensity of movement. The different games of this app work different aspects of coordination such as accuracy, synchronization of both hands and fingers, fine motor, spatial orientation, the reaction speed or reflexes. This app is a part of the collection of puzzles developed in collaboration with doctors and experts in neuropsychology for the cognitive stimulation of memory, attention, visuospatial function or reasoning, among others. ABOUT TELLMEWOW Tellmewow is a mobile game development company specialized in easy adaptation and basic usability which makes their games ideal for the elderly or young people who simply want to play an occasional games without major complications. If you have any suggestions for improvement or want to stay tuned about upcoming games, follow us on our social networks. @tellmewow

Screenshots

Tapd4 screens
Train the Brain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Train the Brain at 4.6 against Tapd's 4.0. Train the Brain also leads on update cadence (every 9 months vs every 22 months) and ratings volume (124 vs 29). Tapd's advantage is review sentiment (70% vs 57%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Tapd sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Train the Brain sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Train the Brain holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 124 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of Tapd's written reviews are positive against 57% of Train the Brain's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tapd ships an update every 22 months, Train the Brain every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tapd versus Train the Brain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTapdTrain the Brain
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (29 ratings)4.6 (124 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews — better57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings29124 — better
Update frequencyEvery 22 monthsEvery 9 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCohen AdairTellmewow

Customer experience

Tapd

All ratings29 ratings
Positive75.9%
Neutral6.9%
Negative17.2%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.0%

Train the Brain

All ratings122 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral4.1%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Tapd

One-time3
  • Lives Package First Tier$0.99
  • Lives Package Second Tier$1.99
  • Lives Package Third Tier$9.99
1 purchases

Train the Brain

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Tapd free?
Tapd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Train the Brain free?
Train the Brain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tapd or Train the Brain?
Train the Brain is rated higher. Tapd averages 4.0 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Train the Brain averages 4.6 from 124 ratings.
Do Tapd or Train the Brain have ads?
Neither Tapd nor Train the Brain shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tapd or Train the Brain?
Tapd ships an update every 22 months, and Train the Brain every 9 months. Most recently, Tapd was updated on October 26, 2026 and Train the Brain on October 24, 2026.

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