Connect/Words vs MentalMather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Connect/Words
This game challenges you to connect letter tiles to solve puzzles, offering a unique twist on word games. Achieve higher scores by using fewer tiles. Enjoy a casual, no-time-limit experience or explore deeper strategic complexity.
- Connect letter tiles
- Solve unique word puzzles
- Score based on tile usage
- Casual, no-time-limit mode
- Strategic complexity option
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A challenging and completely new kind of word puzzle! Connect all of the letter tiles on the board to solve the puzzle. Use fewer tiles for a better score. Connect/Words has elements similar to a crossword puzzle, but gives you the freedom to make your own solution using any valid words. Solve the puzzles casually, with no time limits! Or discover just how deeply complex the puzzles can be as you try for the best possible score.
MentalMather
Track your daily cognitive sharpness with mental math exercises. This app measures your brain's current performance against your personal baseline, not to teach math but to gauge your mental acuity.
- Daily Sharpness Score
- Personalized baseline comparison
- Guided and Quick Play modes
- Shareable challenges with friends
- Detailed session history and analytics
- Offline functionality
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MentalMather measures your daily cognitive performance through mental math — not to teach you math, but to measure how sharp your brain is right now. HOW IT WORKS Take a quick Sharpness Test each day. The app compares your speed across addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division against your own historical baseline. The result is your Sharpness Score — a personalized metric that tells you whether you're performing above or below your norm. This isn't about getting better at math. It's about measuring your cognitive throughput. When your working memory is firing on all cylinders, you solve problems faster. When it's not — due to poor sleep, stress, or fatigue — your score reflects that. FEATURES - Sharpness Score — your daily cognitive performance metric, personalized to your baseline - Guided Assessment — finds your ideal difficulty level automatically - Quick Play — practice at your own pace with customizable difficulty, timing, and operations - Challenge Mode — create challenges and share them with friends via code or QR, then compare results - Detailed History — every session tracked with per-problem breakdowns and solve times - Stats & Analytics — sloppiness tracking, personal bests, per-operation performance - Light & Dark themes — premium dark mode with metallic design, clean light mode - Haptic feedback — feel your correct and incorrect answers - Works offline — all your data stays on your device WHY MENTALMATHER Most brain training apps are games disguised as science. MentalMather is a measurement tool. Your Sharpness Score compares you against yourself — not against strangers on a leaderboard. The question isn't "are you good at math?" It's "how sharp are you today compared to your own baseline?" Built for people who care about their cognitive performance and want a quick, honest daily check-in.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Connect/Words at none against MentalMather's shown. Connect/Words also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Connect/Words against 5.0 for MentalMather. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Connect/Words ships an update weekly, MentalMather every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Connect/Words | MentalMather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Hot Chai Productions | Cortex Apps llc |
Customer experience
Connect/Words
MentalMather
In-app purchases
Connect/Words
No in-app purchases
MentalMather
No in-app purchases
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