Executive Functions vs Memory and attention trainer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Executive Functions
This app offers a series of exercises designed to train and improve working memory, a key cognitive skill. It presents stimuli to memorize and then requires users to recall or discriminate between them, providing scores and evaluations based on performance.
- Working memory exercises
- Stimuli memorization
- Recall and discrimination tasks
- Scoring and evaluation system
- Over 200 unique cards
- 349 automatically generated exercises
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Executive Functions are a set of cognitive processes that allows to manage complex or unusual situations successfully. They regulate analysis, planning, control and coordination of the cognitive system, and control the activation and use of knowledge processes. It is widely believed that Executive Functions play a fundamental role in 'smart' behavior and that they can be trained and improved through specific exercises. Main executive functions are the acquisition and updating of Working Memory, Cognitive Flexibility and Behavioral Inhibition. The "Executive Functions" series of apps is dedicated to the exercise and improvement of these skills. The first app, which is presented here, is dedicated to 'Working Memory', and proposes many exercises to verify, improve and use the ability to remember, recall and discriminate in the short term some elements that can be images, colors, words, voices or combinations thereof. Each exercise/level is divided into two stages: during the first, a set of stimuli is presented which must be memorized. Then, in the second stage it is required to use, list and/or discriminate between the elements presented. At the end of each exercise the app shows the result obtained and assigns scores and evaluations taking into account the relative difficulty, the number of elements proposed, the time taken and so on. "Executive Functions" contains over 200 "cards" and their names, written and recorded with a female and male voice. The ‘cards’ represent animals, food, means of transport, numbers, etc. and are used to propose 349 exercises/levels generated and managed automatically for a very high number of possible combinations.
Memory and attention trainer
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A simple game for the development of memory and attention. The principle of the game: you need to remember all the shapes or pictures on the screen, then one of them disappears. The player must determine what is missing. Levels of varying degrees of complexity. It allows you to train the brain and intelligence.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Memory and attention trainer at Free against Executive Functions's $1.99. Executive Functions's advantage is update cadence (every 13 months vs every 65 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Memory and attention trainer is free to download; Executive Functions costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Executive Functions ships an update every 13 months, Memory and attention trainer every 65 months. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Executive Functions | Memory and attention trainer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months — better | Every 65 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 113 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roberto De Lorenzo | Dmitry Sypachev |
In-app purchases
Executive Functions
No in-app purchases
Memory and attention trainer
No in-app purchases
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