Comparison

Better Brain Lite vs N

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

Head to head
About

Better Brain Lite

Enhance your fluid intelligence with a challenging memory task. This app trains your ability to solve new problems by remembering simultaneous audio and visual events. A scientific study indicated a positive impact on fluid intelligence from this training.

Highlights
  • Fluid intelligence training
  • Memory task practice
  • Simultaneous audio/visual event recall
  • 2-back task (letter and grid position)
  • Training session log export
  • Scientific study validation
Features
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Improve your fluid intelligence with Better Brain Lite. Fluid intelligence is your ability to reason and solve new problems independently of previously acquired knowledge. With Better Brain Lite you practice a challenging memory task where you have to remember simultaneously audio and visual events. A scientific study has shown a positive effect of this training on the fluid intelligence of a test group. The memory task you need to practice is the 2-back task where you must remember the letter you heard two steps back in the past and simultaneously the position of a square on a three by three grid. You can also export via email or the Finder a complete log file of your training sessions for later analysis.

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N

Features
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Features of Memory Backup • Three engaging games that help train working memory • Designed to challenge both teenagers and adults (ages 13+) • Tap whenever you see the number you saw 1, 2, 3, or more numbers before • Helps train attention and memory skills • Difficulty level is automatically adjusted • A Two-Player Option is available • Scores are automatically saved and can be emailed Explore this fun game and build your memory power. Can you reach the highest level? Are you a memory genius? Prove it with this brain building game. The games will automatically adjust the difficulty level and provide you with new challenges to test your memory. And as the game progresses, you will need to think faster and faster. You can always test yourself and set the game to the highest level of difficulty. Play with a friend and find out who has the best memory. Each round must be completed for your score to be saved in single player mode. Please note that no grades are saved in two player mode. Two player mode only records which Player (1 or 2) won after the match is completed. A training session is completed only when the program is stopped and then removed from memory. If the program is left open in the background and it is selected, then the last session started will be continued. The app will start off with a 60 minute trial version. You can modify the options and run the games during this trial period. Once the trial has ended, you will need to make a one-time in-app purchase to unlock the games for unlimited use.

Screenshots

Better Brain Lite4 screens
N4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Better Brain Lite at every 10 months against N's every 39 months. N's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.4). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Better Brain Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and N sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Better Brain Lite ships an update every 10 months, N every 39 months. Both last shipped on September 29, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Better Brain Lite versus N: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBetter Brain LiteN
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 months — betterEvery 39 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.49.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter SchornBrainTrain Inc.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Better Brain Lite

One-time1
  • Upgrade to BetterBrain Pro$2.99
1 purchases

N

One-time1
  • Full Version$2.99

Questions

Is Better Brain Lite free?
Better Brain Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is N free?
N is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Better Brain Lite or N have ads?
Neither Better Brain Lite nor N shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Better Brain Lite or N?
Better Brain Lite ships an update every 10 months, and N every 39 months. Most recently, Better Brain Lite was updated on September 29, 2026 and N on September 29, 2026.

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