Squirrel Chaser vs COGNURO TAP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Squirrel Chaser
Assess and improve your cognitive abilities like attention, focus, and reaction time. This app offers a challenging test that measures performance under stress, allowing you to compare your results and track improvements from various methods.
- Cognitive performance testing
- Attention and focus improvement
- Reaction time assessment
- Performance comparison
- Stress-based testing
- Visual and auditory input challenges
Read full descriptionHide full description
Want to improve your cognitive performance including attention, focus, clarity and reaction time? This app gives you a quick way to test your current state – any time you want. Some people have different life hacks they swear by to improve their attention or focus: exercise, coffee, medication, meditation, etc. However, unless you can see how you actually score, you may only be measuring how you feel rather than how you perform. Here’s your chance to test what is giving you the best improvement and compare your results to either different remedies or to others your age. Have a big test or work project you are working on? Go in mentally prepared knowing you are going to crush it. Unlike games which test your ability to pay attention while you are entertained, the most accurate test of attention/focus measures how long you hang in there when you are under a little stress. This app will require you to focus and make decisions when you are receiving both visual and auditory input. It’s a challenging test and starts with a free 2 minute test for those that have difficulty focusing and progresses up to paid 5-20 minute tests for the most sophisticated gamer. This test does not diagnose or treat any medical disease or disorder. Users are encouraged to seek the input of a licensed medical professional prior to making any medical decisions.
COGNURO TAP
This app uses a responsive metronome to assess and train individual brain processing speeds, aiding in attention, rehabilitation, and memory. It customizes training based on personal data to optimize cognitive function and expedite recovery.
- Customizable metronome for brain processing speed assessment
- Personalized training plans based on patient data
- Memory development tool with adjustable difficulty
- Tracks progress before, during, and after treatment
- Improves attention, rehabilitation, and stamina
Read full descriptionHide full description
The metronome has been a standard tool in the neuro industry for years. It's been shown to help with attention, brain rehabilitation, stamina, aging, and more. Our goal is to take those tools and improve upon them. Over the last 7 years, we have gathered data on numerous patients that vary widely in age. Our research has inspired us to create this app to rehabilitate and improve brain function. Every brain is different! The brain has twelve cranial nerves, and many variations and pathways can come from them. We can’t assume that everyone, with vastly different brains, are going to process information at the same speed. This is why the TAP app was created. This data is coming firsthand from the Brain Rehab Clinic. We will continue to build upon the evolving information. Our app assesses the speed at which each patient can effectively learn and train. In addition, it continually assesses and records the data needed to customize the patient's treatment plan. Everyone's brain has a specific rate between 30 -100 bpm at which it learns and processes information. As a clinician, Dr. Hatch likes to ensure his patients are doing the correct rehabilitation therapy, and that it is being executed accurately with the metronome beat. This is why a responsive metronome tool is critical and so advantageous. This app begins assessing at 50 bpm on the left and right hands alone, then we increase the speed to 60 bpm while tapping with both hands alternating. This gives us a baseline to work from. If their results are weak, we "find their speed" by customizing the metronome speed on the app. Our goal is to find each person’s processing speed that allows their brain to perform at its best. Finding their speed expedites rehabilitation and makes the hard wiring more permanent. On this app, we assess before, throughout, and post treatment. This takes away all guesswork. Also included is a tool for assisting in developing a better memory. The allows you to select from various degrees of word difficulties, number of words and times for memorizing words. It scatters the words can challenges you reproduce certain word orderings from memory.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Squirrel Chaser at 80% against COGNURO TAP's 0%. Squirrel Chaser also leads on price (Free vs $14.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.0). COGNURO TAP's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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
Squirrel Chaser is free to download; COGNURO TAP costs $14.99 up front. Squirrel Chaser sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. COGNURO TAP asks for nothing beyond the download.
Squirrel Chaser holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Squirrel Chaser's written reviews are positive against 0% of COGNURO TAP's.
Squirrel Chaser ships an update every 5 weeks, COGNURO TAP every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Squirrel Chaser | COGNURO TAP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | 4.0 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #192 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WeVibin Inc | Cognuro, LLC. |
Customer experience
Squirrel Chaser
COGNURO TAP
In-app purchases
Squirrel Chaser
- Full Access Analysis7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Full Access Analysis$34.991 Year
COGNURO TAP
No in-app purchases









