Comparison

The IQ Test vs BrainFox

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

Head to head
About

The IQ Test

Assess and improve your cognitive abilities with a comprehensive IQ test. It measures general intelligence and performance across 13 specific areas, providing detailed results and progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Measures general IQ
  • Assesses 13 areas of intelligence
  • Detailed test results with explanations
  • Progress meter with animated charts
  • Randomized questions
  • Customizable test settings
Features
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"Don't be fooled, these simple questions can captivate you until your brain is humming. Decide if your skill is numerical, verbal or spatial." - The Telegraph "The Most Comprehensive IQ Test on the App Store." Included in "500 Mus Have Apps". Improve your IQ with this innovative app. In addition to measuring your general IQ, our exclusive test assesses your performance in 13 different areas of intelligence, revealing your key cognizant strengths and weaknesses.
 These areas are: Analogy Blood Relationship Classification Coding - Decoding Direction Sense Logical Reasoning Mathematical Operations Number, Ranking and Sequence Pattern Recognition Series Statement & Conclusions Venn Diagrams Visualization ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Check out Full Version with 930 test questions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TEST RESULTS WITH EXPLANATION: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A summary of the test is presented at the end of each test. It shows you the time you took, the score, which questions you answered correctly and where you were wrong, explanation for almost every question. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PROGRESS METER: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The app records your progress as you start practicing different areas of intelligence. It shows you a beautifully animated bar chart so that you can track your weak areas and retry the questions you answered incorrectly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VERY EASY TO USE: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The sleek user interface allows you to choose from possible answers. You don't need to press too many buttons or encounter any alert messages. The app is very interactive and needs minimum user input. Innovative use of iPhone's small screen real estate. ~~~~~~~~~~~ FEATURE LIST: ~~~~~~~~~~~ • Choose number of questions you would like in each test. • Beautiful pie chart and bar chart keeps track of how you are performing in a particular topic, and retry the questions you answered incorrectly. • Choose your own timer settings. • Cool sound effects. (You can turn them off if desired.) • Special algorithm that randomizes questions every time you take a test. * Privacy Policy: http://www.webrichsoftware.com/privacy.html * EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

BrainFox

This app offers over 27 engaging games designed to exercise and challenge your memory, focus, and problem-solving skills. It provides a personalized, adaptive training program that tracks your mental sharpness with just a few minutes of play daily. Earn badges and complete missions to achieve your cognitive goals.

Highlights
  • Over 27 brain games
  • Memory and focus training
  • Problem-solving challenges
  • Personalized adaptive program
  • Progress tracking
  • Mission completion and badges
Features
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BrainFox is a personal brain trainer, that helps you exercise and challenge your mental abilities using +27 brain games. Challenge your memory, focus, problem-solving and more. BrainFox comes in the form of fun and rewarding brain and iq training games. BrainFox is a personal brain trainer, that helps you exercise and challenge your key abilities such as memory, focus, problem-solving and more. This logic game provides a personalized game-based training program for your brain, that adjusts over time based on performance. Track your sharpness while playing just a few minutes a day, four times a week. BrainFox is available for you anywhere at any time, on your mobile and tablet. Play and reach your goals by completing missions and even Earn badges for your great mind achievements! BrainFox lets you: Play BrainFox's brain games to test your memory and sharpen your mind. With this brain trainer, you can enjoy making yourself feel better by playing mind and brain games. Games are a fun way to train and challenge your brain. Our games are created to challenge the mind and exercise memory through fun and rewarding brain exercises. Download and BrainFox today and give your brain an exciting daily workout and challenge your mental abilities. Test your memory, focus, and other brain skills, and have fun as you play this mind training app. If you like games that make you think such as mind games, Sudoko, intelligence riddles, IQ games, and puzzles, BrainFox brain training games are just for you! So what are you waiting for? Challenge your BRAIN and Sharpen your MIND with BrainFox. Allow yourself to feel better. Download BrainFox today! In order to use BrainFox app, you should subscribe and have a premium account. Premium Terms: Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Note that subscriptions are automatically renewed unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, and the cost of the renewal will be provided. Brainfox subscriptions are being managed by the user. Auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. During an active subscription, no cancellation of the current subscription will be allowed. For more information: Privacy Policy: https://www.sharplylabs.com/privacy-policy-sharplylabs Terms of Service: https://www.sharplylabs.com/copy-of-privacy-policy-brainfox-1 Feedback: support@sharplyapp.com

Screenshots

The IQ Test4 screens
BrainFox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: The IQ Test at none against BrainFox's shown. The IQ Test also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (126 vs 40). BrainFox's advantage is review sentiment (53% vs 32%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. The IQ Test sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and BrainFox sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The IQ Test holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 126 and 40 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 32% of The IQ Test's written reviews are positive against 53% of BrainFox's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The IQ Test ships an update weekly, BrainFox every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
The IQ Test versus BrainFox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe IQ TestBrainFox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (126 ratings) — better4.0 (40 ratings)
Positive reviews31.8% of reviews53.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings126 — better40
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB1.1 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWebrich Software LimitedSharply Labs

Customer experience

The IQ Test

All ratings126 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral2.4%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews340 reviews
Positive31.8%
Neutral15.6%
Negative52.6%

BrainFox

All ratings40 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral7.5%
Negative17.5%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive53.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative40.0%

Bugs and requests

The IQ Test

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Incorrect explanations for answers
  • Multiple valid answers marked as incorrect
  • Scoring system not properly calibrated

Requested features

3 requests
  • Display accurate IQ score after tests
  • Provide more detailed analytics and rankings
  • Allow users to input age for adjusted difficulty

BrainFox

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

The IQ Test

Subscriptions2
  • Full Question Bank$4.991 Month
  • Full Question Bank3 Days trial$9.991 Year
4 purchases

BrainFox

Subscriptions3
  • BrainFox Pro3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • BrainFox Yearly Plan7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • BrainFox Pro Annual Plan$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • BrainFox Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is The IQ Test free?
The IQ Test is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BrainFox free?
BrainFox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The IQ Test or BrainFox?
The IQ Test is rated higher. The IQ Test averages 4.5 out of 5 from 126 ratings, while BrainFox averages 4.0 from 40 ratings.
Do The IQ Test or BrainFox have ads?
BrainFox shows ads; The IQ Test does not.
Which is updated more often, The IQ Test or BrainFox?
The IQ Test ships an update weekly, and BrainFox every 9 days. Most recently, The IQ Test was updated on October 23, 2026 and BrainFox on October 24, 2026.

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