Pockster StrongArm vs cognitive skills training
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pockster StrongArm
Measure your physiological state by testing your fine motor control. Hold your iPhone steady with your arm outstretched for one minute to pass the challenge. The app tracks your ability to maintain stillness against gravity and fatigue.
- Measure steady hand control
- Test against gravity
- Track physiological state
- Challenge friends and colleagues
- Simple, intuitive gameplay
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Stress affects people on a very basic level. While for most casual activities the changes might not be as noticeable, it still contributes to the overall state of health. And if you are dependent on fine motor control (anybody make trips to the rifle range on a regular basis or play hard core video games?), you may find that simple stress can affect you more than you realize. Our nervous system and fine motor control state can be a good measure of our overall physiological state of being. It should not be surprising that our sense of control can vary each day depending on our health and outside influences. Now, thanks to the mechanical abilities of the iPhone, you can measure your current ability of steady control. The challenge is to simply hold your iPhone in your hand with your arm outstretched and steady. If you can do this easy sounding task for one minute, you pass the test. However, if your arm moves too much, the count starts over. And over. Once you raise your arm and have the phone in position, it will start announcing the count every five seconds. Until then, tones indicate that you do not yet have it level. Why level? Because that is the position that creates the greatest challenge with gravity. Sounds simple enough, but the iPhone senses slight movement that you may not be aware of making. After a few count resets, fatigue becomes a large factor in your success. Of course, there are some people who have a steady hand seemingly all the time, though few in number. If you are curious how you rank, one way to find out is to take the StongArm challenge. For an additional challenge, consider setting up a course to walk while trying to beat the clock. Simple movement adds another level of complexity to the process. You can also check out the state of your friends and colleagues Now, we do not condone the use of StrongArm to help win arguments, nor do we suggest use it to prove a point, but we are sure that you can find creative ways to use this capability. Thank you for looking at Pockster Strongarm!
cognitive skills training
This application offers a variety of engaging games designed to stimulate cognitive functions in seniors. Track your progress with saved game records displayed in graphs, helping to monitor cognitive health.
- Mental arithmetic games
- Memory and matching challenges
- Picture puzzles and Sudoku
- Progress tracking with graphs
- Designed for seniors
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Game for the seniors - Mental arithmetic - Which is Big? - Which one is correct? - Photo Puzzle - Rock, paper, scissors - Number memory - 8 Puzzle (picture puzzle) - Matching Game ( concentration) - Math Matching Game - Sudoku - Maze ******** All game records are saved and displayed in a graph. It is useful for checking cognitive functions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: cognitive skills training at 3.4 against Pockster StrongArm's 1.4. cognitive skills training also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 108 months) and monetization model (ad-supported vs paid). Pockster StrongArm's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
cognitive skills training holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
Pockster StrongArm ships an update every 108 months, cognitive skills training every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pockster StrongArm | cognitive skills training |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (5 ratings) | 3.4 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 108 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Greg Chaffins | KAZUAKI MATAYOSHI |
Customer experience
Pockster StrongArm
cognitive skills training
In-app purchases
Pockster StrongArm
No in-app purchases
cognitive skills training
No in-app purchases
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