Comparison

Strong Mind Treasure Hunt vs Train the Brain

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

Head to head
About

Strong Mind Treasure Hunt

This brain training app enhances cognitive flexibility, improving problem-solving, creative thinking, and decision-making. It's designed by a neuroscientist to help with TBI recovery, stroke rehabilitation, and sharpening adult cognitive skills.

Highlights
  • Multi-perspective thinking
  • Spatial reasoning
  • Attention to detail
  • Creative problem-solving
  • Adaptive decision-making
  • Executive function training
Features
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A clinical-grade brain training exercise that develops the ability to view information from multiple perspectives — the cognitive flexibility behind problem-solving, creative thinking, and adaptive decision-making. Designed by Dr. Donalee Markus, a Northwestern-trained neuroscientist with 40 years of clinical practice in cognitive restructuring. WHAT IT TRAINS • Multi-perspective thinking — viewing the same situation from different angles • Spatial reasoning and attention to detail • Holding multiple variables in mind simultaneously • Creative problem-solving and adaptive thinking • Carryover skills that improve daily decision-making WHO IT'S FOR • Concussion and TBI recovery (especially patients with executive-function challenges) • Stroke rehabilitation • Adults wanting sharper problem-solving and adaptive thinking • Professionals whose work demands cognitive flexibility • Students working on critical-thinking skills THE SCIENCE Cognitive flexibility — the mental ability to switch between perspectives, tasks, and frames of reference — is one of the executive functions most affected by traumatic brain injury and aging. It's also one of the most trainable. Strong Mind Treasure Hunt provides the hierarchical, varied practice the brain needs to rebuild and strengthen this capacity. ABOUT THE DEVELOPER Dr. Donalee Markus has practiced cognitive restructuring since 1983, with institutional clients including NASA, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the U.S. Federal Court System. Her work is featured in Clark Elliott's "The Ghost in My Brain" and in peer-reviewed publication in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America.

About

Train the Brain

Engaging coordination games designed to enhance hand-eye movement and cognitive skills for all ages. This collection offers fun exercises to stimulate the mind, improve visual perception, and psychomotor abilities through an intuitive interface.

Highlights
  • Hand-eye coordination development
  • Bimanual coordination exercises
  • Maze solving with gyroscope
  • Visual perception enhancement
  • Psychomotor skill improvement
  • Attention and processing speed training
  • Multi-language support
Features
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We present this collection of coordination games to develop and stimulate the hand-eye movement ability. Fun coordination exercises for the whole family to stimulate the mind in a playful way. This game is suitable for all kinds of people, from the youngest to the elderly and senior players. TYPES OF GAMES - Bimanual coordination of elements - Selection of correct items - Solve mazes using the gyroscope - Decide between right and left side - Avoid colliding with pieces - Make series of numbers avoiding objects In addition to coordination, these games help to stimulate other areas such as visual perception, psychomotor skills, attention or speed of processing. APP FEATURES - Fun daily brain training - Available in 6 languages: Spanish, Italian, French, English, Portuguese and German. - Easy and intuitive interface - Different levels for all ages - Constant updates with new games GAMES TO STIMULATE COORDINATION Coordination is one of the essential cognitive functions in our daily life. The development of coordination skills helps maintain a healthy mind and a healthy life. Eye-hand coordination is the cognitive ability that allows us to perform tasks simultaneously using the eyes and hands. It is also defined as oculomotor coordination, oculo-manual, or visuomotor. These coordination games help to synchronize the action of the hand muscles to precise an appropriate speed and intensity of movement. The different games of this app work different aspects of coordination such as accuracy, synchronization of both hands and fingers, fine motor, spatial orientation, the reaction speed or reflexes. This app is a part of the collection of puzzles developed in collaboration with doctors and experts in neuropsychology for the cognitive stimulation of memory, attention, visuospatial function or reasoning, among others. ABOUT TELLMEWOW Tellmewow is a mobile game development company specialized in easy adaptation and basic usability which makes their games ideal for the elderly or young people who simply want to play an occasional games 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

Screenshots

Strong Mind Treasure Hunt4 screens
Train the Brain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Train the Brain at Free against Strong Mind Treasure Hunt's $29.99. Train the Brain also leads on ratings volume (125 vs 3) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Strong Mind Treasure Hunt's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Train the Brain is free to download; Strong Mind Treasure Hunt costs $29.99 up front. Train the Brain sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Strong Mind Treasure Hunt asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Strong Mind Treasure Hunt holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Train the Brain has 125 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strong Mind Treasure Hunt ships an update every 6 months, Train the Brain every 9 months. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Strong Mind Treasure Hunt versus Train the Brain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrong Mind Treasure HuntTrain the Brain
Price$29.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.6 (125 ratings)
Positive reviews—57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings3125 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDonalee MarkusTellmewow

Customer experience

Strong Mind Treasure Hunt

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Train the Brain

All ratings122 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral4.1%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

In-app purchases

None

Strong Mind Treasure Hunt

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Train the Brain

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Strong Mind Treasure Hunt free?
Strong Mind Treasure Hunt costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Train the Brain free?
Train the Brain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Strong Mind Treasure Hunt or Train the Brain?
Strong Mind Treasure Hunt is rated higher. Strong Mind Treasure Hunt averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Train the Brain averages 4.6 from 125 ratings.
Do Strong Mind Treasure Hunt or Train the Brain have ads?
Neither Strong Mind Treasure Hunt nor Train the Brain shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Strong Mind Treasure Hunt or Train the Brain?
Strong Mind Treasure Hunt ships an update every 6 months, and Train the Brain every 9 months. Most recently, Strong Mind Treasure Hunt was updated on October 26, 2026 and Train the Brain on October 26, 2026.

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