Comparison

NBack Game vs Hanoi Rush

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • N-back task implementation
  • Sound and position matching
  • Short and long-term memory improvement
  • 25 difficulty levels
  • Progressive level unlocking
  • In-game tutorial
Features
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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.

About

Hanoi Rush

Experience the classic Tower of Hanoi puzzle reimagined as a speedrun challenge. Master the rules to achieve faster times and lower move counts across various difficulties. Compete against your own best performances and earn medals for exceptional play.

Highlights
  • Speedrun Tower of Hanoi
  • Track best times and move counts
  • Unlock all difficulties for free
  • Earn 42 medals across six tiers
  • Offline play with no account required
  • Pixel art and synthwave aesthetic
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Move the tower. Beat your best. Hanoi Rush turns the classic Tower of Hanoi into a speedrun. There are only three rules: move one disc at a time, only the top disc, and never place a larger disc on a smaller one. Ten seconds to learn. Days to shave off a single second. ■ Three to nine discs, all free Three discs take 7 moves at minimum. Nine take 511. Nothing is locked, nothing is sold. Every difficulty is open from the first launch. ■ Records exist to be cut Each difficulty keeps your ten best runs with times and move counts. Pick the same board back up, trim a few tenths, watch the list shift. That is the whole game. ■ 42 medals Every difficulty has six tiers: Clear, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum and Master. The top two only count runs solved in the minimum number of moves. Speed alone will not get you there. ■ No account, no sign-up, no waiting Nothing to register. Nothing to sign into. Open the app and you are already playing. Your records live on your device rather than a server, and the game runs just the same in airplane mode. ■ Controls that stay out of the way Tap a peg to lift a disc, tap another to drop it. Lifting, dropping and breaking a rule each feel different in your hand. ■ Pixel art and synthwave Discs and letters are aligned to the pixel grid. Move the tower over a neon grid at sunset. ■ English and Korean Fully translated, from the menus to the leaderboard. Start now. A run takes seconds. Cutting those seconds takes days.

Screenshots

NBack Game3 screens
Hanoi Rush4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: NBack Game at none against Hanoi Rush's shown. NBack Game also leads on ratings volume (27 vs 1) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Hanoi Rush's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for NBack Game against 5.0 for Hanoi Rush. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NBack Game has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NBack Game ships an update every 3 weeks, Hanoi Rush every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
NBack Game versus Hanoi Rush: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNBack GameHanoi Rush
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (27 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews89.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKornel MiszczakHyoungsu Ham

Customer experience

NBack Game

All ratings27 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive89.5%
Neutral5.3%
Negative5.3%

Hanoi Rush

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

NBack Game

No in-app purchases

None

Hanoi Rush

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NBack Game free?
NBack Game is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hanoi Rush free?
Hanoi Rush is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NBack Game or Hanoi Rush?
NBack Game and Hanoi Rush are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 27 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do NBack Game or Hanoi Rush have ads?
Hanoi Rush shows ads; NBack Game does not.
Which is updated more often, NBack Game or Hanoi Rush?
NBack Game ships an update every 3 weeks, and Hanoi Rush every 3 days. Most recently, NBack Game was updated on October 23, 2026 and Hanoi Rush on October 20, 2026.

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