IQ Test vs BrainPower
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IQ Test
Measure your intelligence quotient (IQ) with a professional, culture-free testing method. Discover your intellectual age, compare yourself to celebrities, and manage results for personal or professional use. Get detailed explanations and review errors to understand your cognitive abilities.
- Culture-free IQ testing method
- Determine intellectual age
- Compare IQ to celebrities
- IQ score from 50 to 160
- Test friends and family
- Database of results
- Review response errors
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Also, you may find out that you belong to 2% of people with the highest IQ level. Let’s find out our intellectual age and measure our IQ level (Intelligence Quotient)! IQ pro is a professional application that implements the culture-free testing method of IQ level that is based on R. Cattell. Experts consider this method as one of the most accurate and reliable in the world. The test results do not depend on your knowledge, experience, culture, or nationality. Using this application you can: - Get tested your IQ level with detailed explanations and instructions. - Find out your intellectual age. - Find out who of celebrities is closer to your IQ. - Get the result in a form of number from 50 to 160, which is your IQ. - Test also your friends and relatives. - Manage a convenient database of results (for professionals: psychologists, human resource managers, and so on). - Review the response errors after testing is completed. - Use this application to test new employees for a job. Please, read FAQ in the application to find out how you can use the testing in the real life. Also, write your feedback about the application in the AppStore and get an additional testing for free.
BrainPower
Enhance your cognitive abilities with daily brain training exercises and a variety of games. This app offers over 380 challenges designed to improve memory, attention, math skills, and flexibility. Track your progress and enjoy a fun way to boost your brainpower.
- Memory games
- Attention games
- Math games
- Flexibility games
- 380+ brain games
- Daily challenges
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BrainPower is a brain training app with 17 games and more than 500 levels to exercise your memory, attention, math and mental flexibility, a few minutes a day. DAILY TRAINING Every day you get a short training session with games picked for your level. Complete it, keep your streak going and turn mental exercise into a habit. FREE PLAY Choose any game and work through its levels at your own pace. Each game starts easy and becomes more challenging as you improve. FEATURES • 17 games in 4 areas: Memory, Attention, Math and Flexibility • 500+ levels • Daily training and daily streak • Earn points and move up through the categories • Quick rounds that fit into any break • Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, German and Dutch Try BrainPower and tell us what you think! Website: www.brandedbrothers.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/BrandedBrothers.Gaming
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: IQ Test at 63% against BrainPower's 14%. IQ Test also leads on ratings volume (2.9K vs 38) and rating (4.1 vs 3.8). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. IQ Test sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and BrainPower sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
IQ Test holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IQ Test has 2.9K ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of IQ Test's written reviews are positive against 14% of BrainPower's.
IQ Test ships an update every 2 months, BrainPower every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IQ Test | BrainPower |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (2.9K ratings) — better | 3.8 (38 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.4% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.9K — better | 38 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 192 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Games for Friends LLC | Branded Brothers |
Customer experience
IQ Test
BrainPower
Bugs and requests
IQ Test
Reported bugs
3 issues- Issues with entering date of birth and age
- Inability to access additional tests after purchase
- Confusing navigation and hidden costs
Requested features
4 requests- Offer more varied question types beyond just pattern recognition
- Provide explanations for correct answers
- Allow users to pause and resume the test
- Include sections to test different types of intelligence
BrainPower
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
IQ Test
- Buy 10 testings$0.99
- Buy 100 testings$1.99
- Unlock unlimited mode$2.99
BrainPower
- Hints X20$0.99
- Remove ads$1.99
- Full game$7.99
