Comparison

Brain Test vs Candy Cup!

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

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About

Brain Test

This game challenges your vocabulary and recognition skills by presenting picture puzzles. Guess the word based on the image, offering a unique and tricky word game experience. It's a fun way to exercise your brain and improve your puzzle-solving abilities.

Highlights
  • Picture puzzles
  • Word guessing
  • Tricky challenges
  • Hint system
  • Offline play
  • Family-friendly puzzles
Features
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If you are bored with too easy and simple word games, try Brain Test – Tricky Words for a real challenge. In this game, each level shows a picture puzzle and you must guess the word just by looking at the picture. This is the real dingbat experience. Brain Test – Tricky Words takes the dingbat genre to a whole new level with beautiful visuals and more tricky puzzles. You will be forced to use all of your vocabulary power to guess the words. After each level, you will gain new puzzle skills and improve your recognition skills. If you like rebus, red herring or dingbat puzzles, you will love this game. Brain Test – Tricky Words combines the tricky and funny side of Brain Test with a picture puzzle word game. This combination creates a completely new and unique game experience for tricky puzzle and word game lovers. Game Features ● Tricky puzzle pictures ● Great brain & word exercise ● Hint and Help systems to help along the way ● Unique word puzzles ● Relaxing gameplay ● Brain teaser levels ● The highly successful Brain Test formula ● Can be played with one hand ● Can be played offline ● Completely free, no hidden costs or fees ● Clean and safe puzzles suitable for family play Download Brain Test: Tricky Words now and get into a whole new experience of dingbat puzzles! For more information, please visit https://support.apple.com/HT207865 for more information If there is questions contact us unico@unicogames.co Privacy Policy and Terms of Use Privacy Policy: https://unicostudio.co/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://unicostudio.co/terms.html

About

Candy Cup!

Guide falling candies through a cup to maximize points by collecting bonuses. Unlock challenges with hundreds of levels and enjoy mesmerizing graphics and ASMR vibrations. A relaxing and satisfying puzzle experience.

Highlights
  • Drop candies through bonuses
  • Maximize points and multiply score
  • Unlock level challenges
  • Hundreds of new levels
  • Mesmerizing graphics and colors
  • ASMR based tiny vibrations
Features
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In this Sweet edition of the popular game, you will need to drop the candies in the right way to maximize your points! Drop candies from the cup through the bonuses, to multiply and increase them in the best path possible and unlock the challenge at the end of the level. Enjoy hundreds of new levels and mesmerizing graphics, colors and ASMR based tiny vibrations! Very relaxing and satisfying game! Enjoy! Terms of se - http://app-central.com/terms

Screenshots

Brain Test4 screens
Candy Cup!3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Brain Test at 4.7 against Candy Cup!'s 3.7. Brain Test also leads on ratings volume (6.5K vs 184) and review sentiment (42% vs 29%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Brain Test sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Candy Cup! sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Brain Test holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brain Test has 6.5K ratings behind it against 184, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Brain Test's written reviews are positive against 29% of Candy Cup!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brain Test ships an update monthly, Candy Cup! every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Brain Test versus Candy Cup!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrain TestCandy Cup!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6.5K ratings) — better3.7 (184 ratings)
Positive reviews42.1% of reviews — better28.9% of reviews
Number of ratings6.5K — better184
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.511.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size195 MB379 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUNICO STUDIOFRIENDLY APPS LTD

Customer experience

Brain Test

All ratings6,530 ratings
Positive95.4%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews209 reviews
Positive42.1%
Neutral13.4%
Negative44.5%

Candy Cup!

All ratings184 ratings
Positive68.5%
Neutral1.1%
Negative30.4%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive28.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative71.1%

User reviews

Brain Test

From 6.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Challenging and interesting game
  • 🧠 Helps brain exercise
  • 😊 Fun and enjoyable

Room to improve

  • 💸 Too many ads
  • ⏱️ Ads disrupt gameplay flow
  • 🤯 Frustrating ad frequency
  • 🤔 Some puzzles don't make sense

Candy Cup!

From 184 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Entertaining and passes time
  • 👍 Fun and addicting
  • 👍 Good animation
  • 👍 Really nice to play
  • 👍 Great for time spending

Room to improve

  • anúncios Everywhere
  • anúncios After every level
  • anúncios Unskippable ads
  • anúncios Intrusive ads
  • anúncios Too many ads

Bugs and requests

Brain Test

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Levels restarting after ads
  • Hints not working as expected
  • Keyboard lag issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • Reduce ad frequency
  • Option to pay for ad-free version
  • Improve puzzle clues and logic

Candy Cup!

Reported bugs

26 issues
  • Ads are in every match
  • Ads after every round
  • Ads on next level button
  • Ads after nearly every level
  • Ads after every level, some unskippable
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  • Ads decrease rewards
  • Ads decrease as you play
  • Ads decrease gem payout
  • Ads mess up game
  • Ads over continue button
  • Ads over buttons you need to press
  • Ad banner blocks continue button
  • Game freezes
  • Buttons don't work
  • Game stuck on level 2
  • Can't advance levels
  • Continue button under banner advertisement
  • Replay button does nothing
  • Free trial button doesn't work
  • No ads button doesn't lead anywhere
  • Game freezes nonstop
  • Ad placement doesn't allow past level two
  • Frozen on level 2, continue button doesn't work
  • Continue button under ad banner
  • Stuck on level 4, have to shut down app
  • Freezes after every game

Requested features

4 requests
  • Fix the button issues
  • Fix the ad placement
  • Improve gem utility
  • Fix freezing and glitches

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Brain Test

Subscriptions1
  • VIP3 Days trial$2.997 Days
One-time7
  • 250 Lamps$1.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • 500 Lamps$2.99
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  • 1000 Lamps$4.99
  • 2500 Lamps$9.99
  • 5000 Lamps Discount$11.99
  • 5000 Lamps$14.99
2 purchases

Candy Cup!

Subscriptions2
  • Unlock All Features$4.991 Month
  • All AppCentral Games Unlocked!$39.991 Month

Questions

Is Brain Test free?
Brain Test is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Candy Cup! free?
Candy Cup! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Brain Test or Candy Cup!?
Brain Test is rated higher. Brain Test averages 4.7 out of 5 from 6.5K ratings, while Candy Cup! averages 3.7 from 184 ratings.
Do Brain Test or Candy Cup! have ads?
Both Brain Test and Candy Cup! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Brain Test or Candy Cup!?
Brain Test ships an update monthly, and Candy Cup! every 6 weeks. Most recently, Brain Test was updated on October 17, 2026 and Candy Cup! on October 13, 2026.

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