Digit Detective vs Mina
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Digit Detective
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Features of Digit Detective • Three engaging games that help individuals exercise their memory • Helps train attention, memory and focus • Difficulty level is automatically adjusted • Two-Player Option is available • Scores can also be emailed to keep a record of an individual's progress. • Colorful graphics and lively music make this game fun to play • Kid-safe: No third party ads or tracking This game helps to develop an individual’s attention and memory skills while providing while providing practice remembering number sequences. Adults and young people, ages 13+, will have fun playing and learning in different colorful settings. All of our games are specially created to help individuals practice the cognitive abilities important for success in school and life. The games automatically adjust to allow individuals to learn at a level of difficulty personalized for them. As they succeed, new challenges at harder levels will be presented. Individuals will be challenged to develop their thinking speed as they are required to respond faster and faster in order to win. While an individual's difficulty level is automatically adjusted based on his or her performance, it can be easily modified when necessary. Distraction stimuli can also be added to reinforce increased focus and the ability to stay on task. Each round must be completed for grades to be saved in single player mode. Please note that no grades are saved in two player mode. Two player mode only records which Player (1 or 2) won the match after three rounds are completed. A training session is completed only when the program is stopped and then removed from memory. If the program is left open in the background and it is selected, then the last session started will be continued. You can try out all of the games and their features for free for 60 minutes. If you like the games, you can make a one-time purchase to unlock all of the games for unlimited use. Otherwise, you can continue to play the "Scan" game for free.
Mina
Learn new languages through engaging games and interactive challenges. Track your progress with visual activity maps and compete with friends to improve your vocabulary and performance. Unlock unlimited custom courses and illustrated content with a premium subscription.
- Gamified learning experience
- Progress tracking with heatmap
- Social competition with friends
- Unlimited custom courses (subscription)
- Illustrated course creation (subscription)
- Access to all courses (subscription)
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Learn languages by playing. Mina is an indie vocab app: tiny games, illustrated words, and progress you’ll actually want to open. A few minutes is a real session. LEARN BY PLAYING • Quiz, Swipe, Bubbles, Spell, and Scroll — short rounds that fit a commute • Picture, sound, and the word together so it sticks • Perfect for Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, French, and 6 more languages YOUR LISTS, YOUR PACE • Official Mina courses • Unlimited custom courses (Premium) • Import Anki decks and play them as games • Community courses to explore and publish PROGRESS YOU’LL OPEN • Activity heatmap and streaks • XP, levels, and weekly rankings • Compete with friends • Review words you’ve learned or only seen Mina is built by one developer, with players in the loop. Free to start on iPhone and iPad. ———— MINA PREMIUM Unlocks: • Unlimited custom course creation • Illustrated course creation • Access to all Mina courses • Review of learned and seen words • Premium access across Mina products Plans (prices shown in the app, may vary by region): • Premium Monthly • Premium Yearly • Lifetime Premium Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. No cancellation of the current period. Terms of Use: https://minatori.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://minatori.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Mina at every 6 weeks against Digit Detective's every 39 months. Digit Detective's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Digit Detective sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Mina sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Digit Detective ships an update every 39 months, Mina every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Digit Detective | Mina |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BrainTrain Inc. | LUNATORI |
In-app purchases
Digit Detective
- Full Version$2.99
Mina
- Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
- Premium Yealry1 Month trial$17.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$114.99









