Comparison

Ultimate Math Brain Trainer vs Brain Gym

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

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Ultimate Math Brain Trainer

Features
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Stop feeling slow with everyday math. Build faster mental math in a minute a day, without menus, ads in the drill, or a complicated setup. Ultimate Math Brain Trainer helps you practice arithmetic, track a streak, and see where you’re getting faster. KEY TOOLS Start Today’s Drill from the dashboard and jump straight into a focused daily math drill with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division on one screen. Tap one of four answer chips, keep your run moving, and if you miss a question it goes into Redemption so you can clean it up after the timer. When you finish, your result card shows problems solved, accuracy, your fastest answer, a weak spot summary, and a Brain Note. You can also share a square result card through the share sheet. The dashboard keeps your habit visible with a streak ring, Brain PR, longest streak, a week grid, and a last-30-days heat map. Long-press the streak ring to share a streak card with your current streak, longest streak, Brain PR, and latest Brain Note. After you complete the daily drill, Bonus Drill appears so you can chase a new PR without risking your streak. If the app sees a weak spot, you can jump into a short focused drill from the nudge under the heat map. History makes progress easy to read with a trends view for your average response speed, a summary strip, and a session list showing date, time, score, accuracy, fastest answer, mode, and Brain Score. You can also turn on Read the problem aloud, plus haptics, sound, appearance, and a daily reminder in Settings. WHY IT WORKS This math trainer is built around quick repeatable sessions, not long lessons. The free Daily Drill gives you the core habit in one tap, and your streak includes a grace day so one missed day in a week does not instantly wipe out your progress. Your stats stay on your phone by default, and there are no accounts to create before you begin. USE IT TO β€’ Tap the Lock Screen widget and start Today’s Drill before a meeting or commute. β€’ Use Bonus Drill after your daily run to beat your Brain PR before your coffee cools. β€’ Save a division-only preset in Train for a focused custom drill when that skill feels rusty. β€’ Check the heat map and History to see whether your accuracy and speed are improving. β€’ Share a result card or streak card in Messages, Mail, Photos, or Files after a strong run. β€’ Turn on Read the problem aloud for an eyes-up drill with spoken problems and answers. PAID FEATURES Pro adds unlimited drills, Blitz for a single-operation sprint, Zen for untimed practice, and Redemption mode focused on missed questions from your last run. You can build custom drills with your choice of operations, duration, and difficulty, then save presets for one-tap practice. Pro also adds longer history ranges, adaptive Brain Notes, focused next-day drills based on your slowest operation, helpful strategy hints in Redemption, more widgets, and ad removal. Download Ultimate Math Brain Trainer and make mental math a daily habit you’ll actually keep. Terms of Use (EULA) - http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

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Brain Gym

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BRAIN GYM - TRAIN LIKE THE TOP 8% Think faster. Decide better. Win more. Brain Gym is the daily mental workout for people who refuse to coast. Ten focused minutes a day to sharpen memory, logic, focus and decision-making. TRAIN YOUR MIND DAILY Your Daily Briefing serves a fresh, never-repeated set of challenges every day. Short, intense, and built to fit a real schedule. SURVIVE THE GAUNTLET One miss ends your run. The Gauntlet is pure pressure - the fastest way to find out how sharp you really are. MASTER 130+ ELITE TOPICS From critical thinking and memory to logic, language and wealth thinking - 13 domains, 130+ topics, thousands of briefings, never repeated. TRACK YOUR BRAIN SCORE Watch your Brain Score climb. See your strongest domains, spot your weak points, and measure real progress over time. CLIMB THE GLOBAL RANKS Join the weekly league. Outrank other minds, hold your promotion spot, and prove you belong in the top tier. WHY BRAIN GYM - 10-minute sessions that respect your time - 130+ topics across 13 domains, never repeated - Brain Score, streaks and a live global leaderboard - Gauntlet survival mode for high-pressure practice - Clean, premium design with full accessibility support GOLD ELITE MEMBERSHIP Unlock every topic, the full Gauntlet, deep progress analytics and unlimited training. Download Brain Gym and start training like the top 8% today. Gold Elite is an auto-renewable subscription (Annual $69.99/year, Monthly $9.99/month; prices vary by region). Cancel anytime in Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://appbraingym.com/privacy

Screenshots

Ultimate Math Brain Trainer4 screens
Brain Gym4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Brain Gym at none against Ultimate Math Brain Trainer's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Ultimate Math Brain Trainer sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Brain Gym sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Ultimate Math Brain Trainer versus Brain Gym: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUltimate Math Brain TrainerBrain Gym
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsβ€”
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.0 β€” better26.2
Further details β€” not scored
Size13 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSandeep BhandariLIVE WALLPAPERS LLC

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Ultimate Math Brain Trainer

Subscriptions9
  • Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
  • Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
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  • Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription Discount7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription Sale$14.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription Special$19.991 Year
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription1 Year trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Forever Pro$49.99
  • Lifetime Pro Discount$79.99
2 purchases

Brain Gym

Subscriptions2
  • Gold Elite - Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Gold Elite - Annual$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Ultimate Math Brain Trainer free?
Ultimate Math Brain Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brain Gym free?
Brain Gym is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ultimate Math Brain Trainer or Brain Gym have ads?
Ultimate Math Brain Trainer shows ads; Brain Gym does not.

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