Comparison

Train your brain vs Brain Challenge

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

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About

Train your brain

Engage in a variety of memory games designed to enhance retention and cognitive skills. This app offers a collection of challenges with adjustable difficulty levels to help users of all ages improve their memory and attention span.

Highlights
  • Memory games for short and long term retention
  • Daily memory training routines
  • Multiple game types including card pairs and sequence repetition
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
  • Progress tracking and scoring
  • Available in 5 languages
Features
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Stimulate your memory and have fun with memory senior games. A complete collection of games that will help you develop your memory skills while having fun. Within this app you will find different games to test your capacity of retention and memory in the short and long term. Each game has different levels so you can practice gradually. In addition, you can see the score obtained in each level and visualize your progress. Ideal to stimulate the memory of older people. TYPES OF GAMES - Find card pairs - Repeat sequences - Avoid obstacles and trace the right path - Remember figures and numbers - Memorize patterns - Associate objects - Memorize elements of different images - Distractive games to stimulate working memory APP FEATURES - Daily memory training - Available in 5 languages - Simple and intuitive interface - Different levels for all ages - Constant updates with new games COGNITIVE STIMULATION Senior memory games belongs to a collection of games designed to stimulate different cognitive areas in adults: Memory, Attention, Processing speed, Visuospatial Function and Coordination. The design of these games has been carried out in collaboration with experts in neuroscience and psychiatry, with the aim of creating playful content and, in addition, serve as a complement to the treatments carried out in health centers. ABOUT TELLMEWOW Tellmewow is a mobile game development company specialized in easy adaptation and basic usability which makes our games ideal for the elderly or young people who simply want to play an occasional game without major complications. If you have any suggestions for improvement or want to stay tuned about upcoming games, follow us on our social networks. @tellmewow

About

Brain Challenge

Enhance your memory, concentration, logic, and reaction skills with a variety of fun and challenging games. This app offers personalized daily workouts and tracks your progress with detailed statistics. Compete with friends and enjoy brain training designed for all ages.

Highlights
  • Memory, concentration, logic, and reaction training
  • 15 challenging games with over 100 difficulty levels
  • Personalized daily workouts
  • Progress tracking with statistics
  • Online high score competition
  • Suitable for all ages
Features
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With thousands of members, Brain Challenge offers the most complete and diverse training for your brain. Train your memory, focus, logic and reaction skills with fun and challenging games and personal workouts. 15 games and auto-adapting difficulty levels give you not only endless fun but also help to improve your brain skills greatly. iMessage Challenge your friends on iMessage! Who is smarter? FEATURES AT A GLANCE - Over 100 levels of difficulty in 15 challenging games - Train concentration, memory, focus and logic. - Personalized daily workouts - Statistics help you to see your progress - Compete against your friends with online high scores - Collect brain points to keep track of your improvements - Brain Challenge is suitable for persons of all ages - Stunning and beautiful black interface - Play Brain Challenge on you iPhone, iPad and iPod touch! SCIENCE AT ITS BEST Your brain can be trained like the rest of your body. Reach your optimum level with Brain Challenge. Brain Challenge is designed to make brain training fun. Train your concentration, memory, focus and logic easily. Studies have shown that regular brain training increases intelligence and memory. BRAIN CHALLENGE PREMIUM Brain Challenge is, of course, free for our valued customers. However, if you want to improve 66% faster, we can recommend you Brain Challenge Premium. And because we want brain training to be accessible for everyone, it’s just a couple of dollars. It gives you life-time access to all premium games, personalized workouts and all the games we plan to add to Brain Challenge in the future.

Screenshots

Train your brain4 screens
Brain Challenge4 screens

Verdict

The call

Train your brain and Brain Challenge both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 50% of Train your brain's written reviews are positive against 22% of Brain Challenge's. Train your brain also leads on ratings volume (5.5K vs 39). Brain Challenge's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, rating, 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. Train your brain sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Brain Challenge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Train your brain holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Train your brain has 5.5K ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Train your brain's written reviews are positive against 22% of Brain Challenge's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Train your brain ships an update every 3 months, Brain Challenge every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Train your brain versus Brain Challenge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrain your brainBrain Challenge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5.5K ratings) — better4.4 (39 ratings)
Positive reviews49.7% of reviews — better22.2% of reviews
Number of ratings5.5K — better39
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size149 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTellmewowFreundt Consulting GmbH

Customer experience

Train your brain

All ratings5,512 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral5.5%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews183 reviews
Positive49.7%
Neutral12.6%
Negative37.7%

Brain Challenge

All ratings39 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive22.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative77.8%

Bugs and requests

Train your brain

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Face/name recognition game not working
  • Paid games still showing ads
  • Grocery list game has unrecognizable items

Requested features

3 requests
  • Option to adjust game speed and difficulty
  • Ability to disable all sounds
  • Better scoring system and feedback

Brain Challenge

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Train your brain

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99
1 purchases

Brain Challenge

One-time1
  • Premium$5.99

Questions

Is Train your brain free?
Train your brain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brain Challenge free?
Brain Challenge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Train your brain or Brain Challenge?
Train your brain is rated higher. Train your brain averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5.5K ratings, while Brain Challenge averages 4.4 from 39 ratings.
Do Train your brain or Brain Challenge have ads?
Both Train your brain and Brain Challenge show ads.
Which is updated more often, Train your brain or Brain Challenge?
Train your brain ships an update every 3 months, and Brain Challenge every 5 weeks. Most recently, Train your brain was updated on September 23, 2026 and Brain Challenge on September 24, 2026.

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