Comparison

SmartFriends vs Simple IQ Test

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Daily IQ challenges
  • Logic puzzles
  • Spatial reasoning tests
  • Number sequence problems
  • Leaderboard competition
  • Score sharing
Features
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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/

About

Simple IQ Test

Features
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Simple IQ Test is a short pattern-reasoning test. Twenty questions, one at a time, ten to fifteen minutes in total. It opens with a solved example of each question type, so working out the format is never part of the test. Every question uses shapes and numbers, never words, so nothing depends on vocabulary or reading speed. Four tests, matched to the taker Pick elementary, middle school, high school, or adult. Each draws from its own difficulty range, so the questions fit the person taking them. Different questions every time The app holds 600 questions and draws a fresh twenty for each sitting, with the answers in a different order. Sitting it twice does not mean seeing the same test twice, so a score is not something that can be practised up by memorising where the answers were. What you get at the end - An estimated score on a 100-point-average scale, with the range it could plausibly sit in - twenty questions cannot pin a score down to a single number - Where that score sits on a normal distribution - How you did on patterns, sequences, and spatial questions separately - A result card you can save or share Where the questions come from Every question was written for this app. No standardized test was copied or adapted. Inside the app, "About this test" explains exactly how your score is worked out — including what it cannot tell you. Nothing to sign up for No account. No advertising. No analytics. The app makes no network requests at all — your answers and results stay on your phone, and you can delete them at any time. Honest about its limits Scores close to what random answering would produce are reported as no estimate rather than as a low score, because the test genuinely cannot tell the two apart. "About this test" explains where the questions came from and how the score is worked out, including what no standardization study can back. Please note This test is for entertainment and self-reflection only. It is not a clinically validated psychological assessment. Your score comes from this app's own conversion scale, which was set by estimating question difficulty rather than by running a standardization study, so it is an estimate rather than a measurement. It should not be used to make decisions about education, employment, or health.

Screenshots

SmartFriends4 screens
Simple IQ Test4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple IQ Test at none against SmartFriends's 10. Simple IQ Test also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). SmartFriends's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price 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. SmartFriends sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Simple IQ Test asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SmartFriends ships an update every 2 weeks, Simple IQ Test every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SmartFriends versus Simple IQ Test: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartFriendsSimple IQ Test
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (139 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings139 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmartFriends B.V.hyeyoung lee

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

Simple IQ Test

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

SmartFriends

Subscriptions6
  • 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
One-time4
  • 3 x genius challenges$0.99
  • 10 x genius challenges$2.49
  • Tip 1$4.99
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  • Tip 3$14.99
None

Simple IQ Test

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SmartFriends free?
SmartFriends is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple IQ Test free?
Simple IQ Test is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SmartFriends or Simple IQ Test have ads?
SmartFriends shows ads; Simple IQ Test does not.
Which is updated more often, SmartFriends or Simple IQ Test?
SmartFriends ships an update every 2 weeks, and Simple IQ Test every 2 months. Most recently, SmartFriends was updated on October 22, 2026 and Simple IQ Test on October 29, 2026.

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