Comparison

BrainPower vs Memory Training

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

Head to head
About

BrainPower

Enhance your cognitive abilities with daily brain training exercises and a variety of games. This app offers over 380 challenges designed to improve memory, attention, math skills, and flexibility. Track your progress and enjoy a fun way to boost your brainpower.

Highlights
  • Memory games
  • Attention games
  • Math games
  • Flexibility games
  • 380+ brain games
  • Daily challenges
Features
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BrainPower is a brain training app with 17 games and more than 500 levels to exercise your memory, attention, math and mental flexibility, a few minutes a day. DAILY TRAINING Every day you get a short training session with games picked for your level. Complete it, keep your streak going and turn mental exercise into a habit. FREE PLAY Choose any game and work through its levels at your own pace. Each game starts easy and becomes more challenging as you improve. FEATURES • 17 games in 4 areas: Memory, Attention, Math and Flexibility • 500+ levels • Daily training and daily streak • Earn points and move up through the categories • Quick rounds that fit into any break • Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, German and Dutch Try BrainPower and tell us what you think! Website: www.brandedbrothers.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/BrandedBrothers.Gaming

About

Memory Training

Enhance your cognitive abilities with daily, effective memory exercises. Improve focus, clarity, and mental sharpness through engaging games designed to keep your brain active and memory strong. Suitable for all ages, it offers quick sessions with no distractions.

Highlights
  • Dozens of unique memory games
  • Exercises for Visual, Working, and Spatial Memory
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Quick daily sessions
  • Calm, minimal design
  • Offline play
Features
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Many people notice improved memory and focus within the first week. Train your memory with short, effective daily exercises designed to fit into any routine. Simple, focused, and easy to follow. This app helps you stay mentally fit with memory exercises for daily use. Whether you’re working, studying, or just want better focus and clarity, you’ll notice the difference after a few sessions. No complicated setup. No distractions. Just simple, engaging tasks to keep your brain active and your memory strong. What You’ll Get: • Dozens of unique memory games - from recalling emoji grids to solving fast number patterns • Exercises grouped into 3 skill zones: - Visual Memory - Working Memory - Sequence & Spatial Memory • Multiple difficulty levels - so you can start easy and level up • Quick sessions that take just a few minutes a day • A calm, minimal design to help you focus Improve Your: • Memory and recall • Concentration and attention • Thinking speed and accuracy • Mental clarity and productivity Train anywhere — no internet needed. Progress is saved automatically so you can always see how far you've come. No pressure. No stress. One short session a day. Real results. Start today. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BrainPower4 screens
Memory Training4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Memory Training at 100% against BrainPower's 14%. Memory Training also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.8) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). BrainPower's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.5). On price, ratings volume, 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. BrainPower sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Memory Training sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Memory Training holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of BrainPower's written reviews are positive against 100% of Memory Training's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BrainPower ships an update every 4 months, Memory Training monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BrainPower versus Memory Training: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrainPowerMemory Training
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (38 ratings)4.8 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings38 — better22
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size192 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBranded BrothersOlena Gotsulyak

Customer experience

BrainPower

All ratings38 ratings
Positive73.7%
Neutral2.6%
Negative23.7%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative71.4%

Memory Training

All ratings20 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

BrainPower

One-time3
  • Hints X20$0.99
  • Remove ads$1.99
  • Full game$7.99
10 purchases

Memory Training

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly plan$1.991 Month
  • Annual plan$5.991 Year
  • Monthly subscription$29.991 Month
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  • Monthly subscription$49.991 Month
One-time6
  • Full Access #1$3.99
  • Premium Access$7.99
  • Full Access #2$9.99
Show 3 more
  • Full Access #3$19.99
  • Full Access #4$29.99
  • Full Access #5$39.99

Questions

Is BrainPower free?
BrainPower is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Memory Training free?
Memory Training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BrainPower or Memory Training?
Memory Training is rated higher. BrainPower averages 3.8 out of 5 from 38 ratings, while Memory Training averages 4.8 from 22 ratings.
Do BrainPower or Memory Training have ads?
Both BrainPower and Memory Training show ads.
Which is updated more often, BrainPower or Memory Training?
BrainPower ships an update every 4 months, and Memory Training monthly. Most recently, BrainPower was updated on November 3, 2026 and Memory Training on November 5, 2026.

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