SmartFriends vs Brainliant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmartFriends
Engage in daily brain training challenges with friends to boost cognitive skills. Compete in IQ tests covering logic, spatial reasoning, and number sequences. Track progress and climb leaderboards in a fun, competitive environment.
- Daily IQ challenges
- Logic puzzles
- Spatial reasoning tests
- Number sequence problems
- Leaderboard competition
- Score sharing
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Tired of endless scrolling and mindless TV? Time to switch your brain back on. With SmartFriends, you train your brain every day — and more importantly, in a fun way. Why fun? Because you do it together with friends. That keeps you motivated. ••• Only for real smarties ••• One IQ challenge every day. The same for everyone. Logic, spatial reasoning, number sequences, and more. No excuses. No distractions. Just you versus the brainteaser. Beat your friends and climb the leaderboard. Solved it? Share your score and challenge them. That healthy competition keeps you coming back. Get smarter. Download SmartFriends. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Brainliant
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Have you ever thought of challenging the world with your brain? Test your mind, find out your score and climb the real-world leaderboard. In this contest you can challenge not only your friends and family, but the whole world! Spot the benchmark and surpass it by training and giving your best in the competition section. Test your IQ, you will be evaluated on puzzles, riddles, mind games, memory games, quizzes and riddles. This is not just a trivia or general knowledge test, and it is not enough to be a chess champion: here you need to have all left and right brain skills. Logic, math, memory, reflexes and attention, it will be a challenge to the last neuron! Strategically use lives and the switch button to get to the highest possible score. Who will be the First Brain on the planet?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Brainliant at 12.0 against SmartFriends's 17.0. On price, ads, 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. SmartFriends sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Brainliant sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | SmartFriends | Brainliant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (139 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 139 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SmartFriends B.V. | Francesco Pelanda |
Bugs and requests
SmartFriends
Reported bugs
5 issues- App not loading puzzles
- Diagrams not accessible with screen readers
- Glitchy when enlarging challenge images
- Issues with lifetime access purchases
- Landscape mode for larger images when app is portrait only
Requested features
7 requests- Fix advertisements interrupting gameplay
- Improve puzzle logic and presentation
- Enhance graphics clarity (e.g., yellow on white)
- Make puzzles more varied and adult-oriented
- Improve accessibility for visually impaired users (diagram descriptions)
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- Allow larger puzzle/choice display in portrait mode
- Make the app free or more accessible without constant purchases
Brainliant
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SmartFriends
- Premium Special Offer!3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Premium Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$4.491 Month
- Free Trial | Premium Monthly7 Days trial$4.491 Month
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- Premium Special Offer!3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Premium Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Free Trial | Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- 3 x genius challenges$0.99
- 10 x genius challenges$2.49
- Tip 1$4.99
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- Tip 3$14.99
Brainliant
- Remove ads$1.99
- Premium features$1.99
- Premium$2.99
Questions
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