Brain Arcade vs Picture Scratch Mania
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brain Arcade
Engaging brain games offer a fun distraction for minutes or hours. Enjoy beautiful, self-paced challenges with dynamically changing backgrounds and mood-boosting affirmations.
- Collection of 20+ brain games
- Self-paced gameplay
- Visually appealing design
- Mood-boosting affirmations
- Classic and unique game modes
- Suitable for short breaks
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Whether you're stuck waiting in line, or need a break from social media, Brain Arcade's engaging brain games can provide a fun distraction for a few minutes, or a few hours. Brain Arcade's self-paced games are as beautiful to look at, as they are fun to play. And Brain Arcade's dynamically changing backgrounds, and smiley-based affirmations will brighten your mood while they challenge your mind. Brain Arcade games: • 2048 - Earn the 2048 tile before the grid fills up • 21 - A card game where it's 21 or bust • Brink - Arrange shapes so they fill a rectangle • Code Breaker - Choose colored pegs to solve a code • Fifteen - Slide 15 numbered tiles into order • Flash - Simon Says with flashing lights • Letters - Trace letter tiles to find words • Lights Out - Click to turn off all the lights • Mines - Uncover tiles without detonating mines • Peg - Peg Solitaire with the French board • Recall - Match pairs of hidden letters • Scramble - Swap letter tiles to unscramble words • Slide - Slide tiles until they match the pattern • Solitaire - Remove playing cards from the tableau • Splatter - Match 3 fruits as many times as you can • Sudoku - Fill each 3x3 box with the numbers 1-9 • Synco - Guess the hidden 5 letter word • Tetravex - Slide tiles until all adjacent edges match • Treys - Find 3 cards that are all the same or all different • Yacht - Roll 5 dice to make 12 different combinations
Picture Scratch Mania
Engage your mind with a unique picture-guessing game. Uncover hidden images and test your observation skills in this fun and challenging experience.
- Picture guessing gameplay
- Mind improvement exercises
- Challenging puzzles
- Intuitive interface
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Who can say no to too much fun while trying to find out what is in the picture. We think the same way and want to help our minds improve. Let's find out what's in the picture.!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Picture Scratch Mania at 5.0 against Brain Arcade's 3.8. Picture Scratch Mania also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). Brain Arcade's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Picture Scratch Mania holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Brain Arcade ships an update every 6 weeks, Picture Scratch Mania monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brain Arcade | Picture Scratch Mania |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 179 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Hansen | Haluk KIYAGAN |
Customer experience
Brain Arcade
Picture Scratch Mania
In-app purchases
Brain Arcade
No in-app purchases
Picture Scratch Mania
No in-app purchases
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