Stroop! vs NBack Game
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stroop!
This colorful puzzle game challenges your perception and reaction time. Match the color of the word to the word's actual color, not the word itself, under a strict time limit. Compete for high scores in this engaging brain-training experience.
- Color word matching
- Time-limited challenges
- High score competition
- Multilingual word support
- Reverse Stroop Effect gameplay
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Stroop is confusing and colorful Puzzle Game! Don't be misled by the Reverse Stroop Effect! And Touch the color correctly in limited time. Achieve a high score!! *name of color will be written in not only English, but also French and Spanish... How to Play Color name will be shown and Touch the same color speedy! If you touch wrong color or Time is up, the Game is Over... The deadline will come closer!! Choose answer in a moment and get a high score!!
NBack Game
This game challenges your memory by requiring you to match sounds and positions from a specified number of rounds ago. Regular play has been shown to enhance both short-term and long-term memory recall. Unlock new levels as you successfully complete each stage of increasing difficulty.
- N-back task implementation
- Sound and position matching
- Short and long-term memory improvement
- 25 difficulty levels
- Progressive level unlocking
- In-game tutorial
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NBack game is an implementation of an N-back task where the player needs to match sound and selected position N times ago. It has been proved many times in many types of research that regular playing this type of games help to improve short and long term memory. The game offers 25 rounds with different level of difficulty, you need to decide if the sound or/and position were the same N rounds ago, at the end of the game you will see a summary board with your results. When you complete a level successfully you unlock the next level. If you do not how to play you will find a tutorial explaining how to play with examples.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NBack Game at 89% against Stroop!'s 25%. NBack Game also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and ads (none vs shown). Stroop!'s advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NBack Game holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Stroop!'s written reviews are positive against 89% of NBack Game's.
Stroop! ships an update every 2 weeks, NBack Game every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stroop! | NBack Game |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 89.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yukihiro Kadono | Kornel Miszczak |
Customer experience
Stroop!
NBack Game
In-app purchases
Stroop!
No in-app purchases
NBack Game
No in-app purchases
