Comparison

Better Brain vs Brain Training

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

Head to head
About

Better Brain

Enhance your fluid intelligence with challenging memory tasks. Practice remembering simultaneous audio and visual events to improve problem-solving skills. Features adaptive difficulty and customizable training options.

Highlights
  • Fluid intelligence training
  • Simultaneous audio/visual memory tasks
  • Adaptive difficulty control
  • Multiple training task options
  • Dual channel memory tasks
  • Training log export
Features
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Improve your fluid intelligence with Better Brain. Fluid intelligence is the ability to reason and solve new problems independently of previously acquired knowledge. With Better Brain you practice challenging memory tasks 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. BetterBrain features multiple user controlled settings such as two additional training tasks (audio position, color change, form) and adaptive difficulty control: Once you make sufficient progress, you may work on the more challenging 3-back task and if you make too many mistakes, the level will be reduced. Another advantage of Better Brain is the possibility to practice dual channel memory tasks which are either fully audio or fully visual. You can also export via email or the Finder a complete log file of your training sessions for later analysis.

About

Brain Training

Engage in daily mental fitness with a color-sorting challenge that sharpens reasoning, focus, and planning skills. Enjoy calming, timer-free gameplay with hundreds of unique puzzles designed for steady cognitive progression.

Highlights
  • Daily mental fitness sessions
  • Color-sorting logic puzzles
  • Strengthens reasoning and focus
  • Calming, timer-free gameplay
  • Hundreds of unique puzzles
  • Instant level restart
Features
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Brain Training – Logic Puzzles is your daily mental fitness session disguised as a color-sorting challenge. Each level strengthens your reasoning, focus and planning skills, helping you build sharper cognitive habits one puzzle at a time. How to play: 1. Tap a tube to lift the top ball. 2. Drop it into another tube only if colors match or if that tube is empty. 3. Keep organizing until every tube holds balls of a single color. 4. Restart any level instantly if you want to refine your strategy. Why you’ll love it: • Pocket-sized brain workouts you can do anywhere, every day • Steady progression—easy warm-ups lead into truly satisfying hurdles • Calming, timer-free gameplay that doubles as mindful practice • Hundreds of unique puzzles keep your mind engaged and evolving

Screenshots

Better Brain4 screens
Brain Training4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Brain Training at Free against Better Brain's $2.99. Brain Training also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (6K vs 15). Better Brain's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On rating, review sentiment, 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

Brain Training is free to download; Better Brain costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Better Brain against 4.7 for Brain Training. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brain Training has 6K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 47% of Better Brain's written reviews are positive against 42% of Brain Training's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Better Brain ships an update every 6 months, Brain Training every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Better Brain versus Brain Training: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBetter BrainBrain Training
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (15 ratings)4.7 (6K ratings)
Positive reviews47.1% of reviews — better42.2% of reviews
Number of ratings156K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.4 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter SchornSocialLoop LLC

Customer experience

Better Brain

All ratings15 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive47.1%
Neutral35.3%
Negative17.6%

Brain Training

All ratings5,994 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews102 reviews
Positive42.2%
Neutral4.9%
Negative52.9%

Bugs and requests

Better Brain

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Brain Training

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezes after completing levels
  • Reset and undo buttons not working properly
  • Bonus levels not solvable

Requested features

2 requests
  • Option to remove ads
  • Improved stability and performance

In-app purchases

None

Better Brain

No in-app purchases

None

Brain Training

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Better Brain free?
Better Brain costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brain Training free?
Brain Training is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Better Brain or Brain Training?
Better Brain and Brain Training are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 15 and 6K ratings respectively.
Do Better Brain or Brain Training have ads?
Brain Training shows ads; Better Brain does not.
Which is updated more often, Better Brain or Brain Training?
Better Brain ships an update every 6 months, and Brain Training every 4 days. Most recently, Better Brain was updated on August 29, 2026 and Brain Training on September 23, 2026.

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