Comparison

Popular Science vs Brainquire

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

Head to head
About

Popular Science

This app brings the world's leading popular science and technology magazine to Turkey. It offers engaging articles on science, innovation, and technology, providing a positive outlook on the future. Enjoy reading on the go with digital subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Popular science and technology articles
  • Digital magazine subscriptions
  • Positive future outlook
  • Read on the go
  • Information on innovation
Features
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1872 yılından beri yayınlanan dünyanın bir numaralı popüler bilim ve teknoloji dergisi şimdi Türkiye'de! Okuyucularına bilim, inovasyon ve teknoloji konularında keyifli makalelerle bilgi veren Popular Science, geleceğe her zaman pozitif bir bakış açısıyla yaklaşıyor. Magazine Subscriptions are available for purchase inside this app. One month subscription - $0.99 (automatically renewed until canceled) Three months subscription - $2.99 (automatically renewed until canceled) Six months subscription - $5.49 (automatically renewed until canceled) One year subscription - $7.49 (automatically renewed until canceled) Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your iTunes account will automatically be charged at the same price for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period unless you change your subscription preferences in your account settings. You can manage your subscriptions through your account settings after purchase on your device. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Please visit http://www.magzter.com/ns/privacy-policy.html for our Privacy Policy and http://www.magzter.com/ns/terms_condition.html for our Terms & Conditions

About

Brainquire

Enhance and track your cognitive skills through engaging games and personalized exercises. This platform assesses your strengths and weaknesses in areas like logic, memory, and verbal abilities, adapting to your learning style with machine learning.

Highlights
  • Cognitive skill assessment
  • Personalized brain exercises
  • Adaptive learning platform
  • Machine learning improvement
  • Verbal, quantitative, visual, logical, memory, attention games
Features
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Improve and monitor your abilities in respective fields by making use of games and applications in various categories (verbal, quantitative, visual, logical, memory and attention). Personalized brain exercises guiding the assessment of cognitive skills and evaluation of advantages and inadequacies. Our “Smart Platform” working at the background observes the performances of each player during gameplay and figures out personalized learning characteristics. Brainquire, which is supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey also continuously improves itself by using machine learning techniques to provide game options that will increase learning speeds of its users. Brainquire is developed in the light of Emrehan Halıcı’s 40 years of experience in preparing mind games and intelligence competitions. Scientists, engineers, psychologists, educators and outstanding contestants of various mind game competitions took part in its development. GET HELP: http://www.brainquire.com/#contact VISIT US: http://www.brainquire.com/ FOLLOW US: https://www.instagram.com/brainquire/ FOLLOW US: https://twitter.com/Brainquire BRAINQUIRE PREMIUM PRICING & TERMS Brainquire offers the following subscriptions: Monthly Individual Subscription: $3.99/1 Month Annual Individual Subscription: $28.99/1 Year These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on your country of residence. Your Brainquire Membership subscription will be charged through your iTunes account. At the end of the term, your subscription will automatically renew through your iTunes account. You will be charged for the regular price of your subscription within 24 hours prior to the end of the current term. You can turn off automatic renewal in your iTunes account settings, but you must do so at least 24 hours before the end of the current term. Refunds will not be provided for the unused portion of any term. Privacy Policy: http://www.brainquire.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Service: http://www.brainquire.com/terms_of_service/

Screenshots

Popular Science4 screens
Brainquire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Brainquire at 37% against Popular Science's 17%. Popular Science's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Popular Science sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 3 months and Brainquire sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Popular Science ships an update every 6 weeks, Brainquire every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Popular Science versus Brainquire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPopular ScienceBrainquire
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (85 ratings) — better
Positive reviews17.1% of reviews37.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—85 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB195 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBIG MEDYA TEKNOLOJI ANONIM SIRKETIHalıcı Bilgi İşlem A.Ş.

Customer experience

Popular Science

Written reviews41 reviews
Positive17.1%
Neutral2.4%
Negative80.5%

Brainquire

All ratings85 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral3.5%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive37.3%
Neutral17.6%
Negative45.1%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Popular Science

Subscriptions2
  • Popular Science - Turkey$2.993 Months
  • 1 Year Digital Subscription7 Days trial$5.991 Year
One-time7
  • Popular Science - Turkey - November 2013$0.99
  • Popular Science - Turkey - July 2016$0.99
  • Popular Science - Turkey - September 2016$0.99
Show 4 more
  • Popular Science - Türkiye October 2016$0.99
  • September 2018$0.99
  • October 2018$0.99
  • Popular Science - Türkiye2 variants$0.99
5 purchases

Brainquire

Subscriptions5
  • 1 Month Membership$3.991 Month
  • 1 Month Family Membership$7.991 Month
  • 1 Year Off-Price Membership$28.991 Year
Show 2 more
  • 1 Year Family Membership$57.991 Year
  • 1 Year Membership$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Popular Science free?
Popular Science is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brainquire free?
Brainquire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Popular Science or Brainquire have ads?
Neither Popular Science nor Brainquire shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Popular Science or Brainquire?
Popular Science ships an update every 6 weeks, and Brainquire every 2 months. Most recently, Popular Science was updated on November 2, 2026 and Brainquire on November 2, 2026.

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