Comparison

CogniFit vs Freaky Focus

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

Head to head
About

CogniFit

Engage in fun mental games designed to test, train, and improve your cognitive functions. Monitor your progress with personalized scores and track improvements in areas like memory, focus, and reaction time. This app offers a scientific approach to brain health for users of all ages.

Highlights
  • Personalized brain training sessions
  • Cognitive score monitoring
  • Improve memory, focus, and reaction time
  • Track cognitive age
  • Guided mindfulness techniques
  • Interactive brain games
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Your mind changes every day. Some days feel clear. Others feel harder to navigate. CogniFit brings a new daily approach to brain health, helping you understand how your mind performs, adapts, and evolves over time. Built on more than 20 years of published research, CogniFit combines cognitive assessment, adaptive training, and daily guidance into a single system designed to support mental clarity, focus, and long-term cognitive wellbeing. ‣ Your Brain Age At the center of the experience is your Brain Age: a simple way to understand how your mind is performing today, and how it changes over time. Monitor your daily and weekly cognitive scores, set goals, and build a personalized training plan around your own rhythm. ‣ Five Abilities, One Evolving Picture Memory, focus, coordination, reasoning, and perception are measured over time to reveal patterns in how your mind performs day to day, alongside up to 22 other cognitive abilities, including processing speed and reaction time. ‣ Built Around You Training sessions adjust gradually, adapting difficulty, pace, and cognitive focus based on how you perform. The more you use CogniFit, the more the experience adapts to you. ‣ Guidance Throughout the Day Gentle reminders, reflections, and quick check-ins help support consistency throughout the day, especially during moments when focus or energy feels lower. ‣ Grounded in Cognitive Science Developed by neuroscience experts, CogniFit's patented Individualized Training System (ITS) is used by the scientific community, universities, hospitals, families, and medical centers around the world. ‣ The Benefits • Track your cognitive score (0-100) daily and weekly • Personalized training sessions based on the areas you want to focus on • A custom weekly plan, built around your routine • Scores across cognitive domains, including reasoning, coordination, memory, perception, and attention • Compare your Brain Age to your actual age • Guided mindfulness techniques to support your mental wellbeing • More than 100 interactive games, including Penguin Explorer, Mahjong, and Reaction Field • Video Coaches to guide you through every step • Brain games and brain teasers for adults and children alike ‣ Designed for Everyday Life A complete redesign brings a calmer, more intuitive experience that fits naturally into your routine. Short sessions, clearer feedback, and a more focused interface make daily cognitive care simple, approachable, and sustainable. Small moments, repeated daily, that's how real change happens. Are you ready to understand your brain a little better, every day? Pricing and Conditions CogniFit offers monthly ($9.99/mo) and annual ($59.99/yr) subscription packages. All amounts are in USD. All subscriptions are processed through the user’s app store account. Currency conversions for user’s outside of the US may apply. All subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled. For complete details, please review: https://www.cognifit.com/terms-and-conditions

About

Freaky Focus

This game challenges your brain by requiring both hemispheres to communicate and resolve conflicts. It's designed to enhance your problem-solving and decision-making skills by training your brain to use both analytical and intuitive functions effectively.

Highlights
  • Dual hemisphere brain training
  • Improves communication between brain hemispheres
  • Enhances problem-solving skills
  • Boosts decision-making abilities
  • Trains analytical and intuitive thinking
Features
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Your brain is split into two hemispheres that focus on different tasks. Your left hemisphere is more analytical and detail-oriented, your right hemisphere is more intuitive and impulsive. When you play Freaky Focus both hemispheres have to communicate (through the famous corpus callosum) to decide whether there is a conflict. This trains you to use both hemispheres effectively when you solve problems or make decisions!

Screenshots

CogniFit4 screens
Freaky Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CogniFit at 4.5 against Freaky Focus's 4.2. CogniFit also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and ratings volume (1.7K vs 567). Freaky Focus's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CogniFit sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Freaky Focus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CogniFit holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.7K and 567 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of CogniFit's written reviews are positive against 65% of Freaky Focus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CogniFit ships an update weekly, Freaky Focus monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CogniFit versus Freaky Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCogniFitFreaky Focus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.7K ratings) — better4.2 (567 ratings)
Positive reviews71.0% of reviews — better65.1% of reviews
Number of ratings1.7K — better567
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size238 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCogniFitErik Wegener

Customer experience

CogniFit

All ratings1,735 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral6.2%
Negative6.9%
Written reviews535 reviews
Positive71.0%
Neutral9.7%
Negative19.3%

Freaky Focus

All ratings567 ratings
Positive79.5%
Neutral5.1%
Negative15.3%
Written reviews109 reviews
Positive65.1%
Neutral2.8%
Negative32.1%

User reviews

CogniFit

From 1.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Varied and interesting
  • 👍 Great design, learn about strengths and weaknesses
  • 👍 Challenging and engaging
  • 👍 Amazing app
  • 👍 Comprehensive assessments and personalized training

Room to improve

  • 💰 Free but not free, locked features require payment
  • 🐛 Freezes and crashes, app not working properly
  • 🐛 Inconsistent audio, issues with Bluetooth devices
  • 🐛 Confusing instructions, difficult to understand some games
  • 🐛 Glitchy controls, unresponsive buttons

Freaky Focus

From 567 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🧠 Helps improve focus and concentration
  • 🎮 Challenging and engaging gameplay
  • 💰 Free to play with no paywall

Room to improve

  • 🚫 Excessive ads that disrupt gameplay
  • ⏱️ Time limits too short, making it difficult to respond
  • 🎨 Color scheme issues for some users

Bugs and requests

CogniFit

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Constant need to restart iPad to get app to work
  • Games freezing and progress not saved
  • Buttons and controls not working as expected
  • Inconsistent loading and crashing issues
  • Personalized training not functioning properly

Requested features

6 requests
  • More language options
  • Ability to skip games during personalized training
  • Option to practice specific weak areas
  • Clearer instructions and tutorials for all games
  • Accommodate for color blindness and visual impairments
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  • More engaging and less repetitive games

Freaky Focus

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inconsistent scoring or incorrect answers registered
  • Crashes or freezes on certain devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Customizable time limits
  • Option to purchase ad-free version
  • Difficulty levels or progressive challenges

In-app purchases

14 purchases

CogniFit

Subscriptions13
  • Monthly Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium7 Days trial$7.991 Month
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  • Monthly Premium7 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription 50% Off$9.991 Month
  • Subscription Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Monthy Basic$19.991 Month
  • Monthly Basic$19.991 Month
  • CogniFit Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • CogniFit Premium7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription 50% Off$59.991 Year
  • Yearly Basic$119.991 Year
One-time1
  • Assessment - Full price$49.99
1 purchases

Freaky Focus

One-time1
  • Remove ads2 variants$0.99

Questions

Is CogniFit free?
CogniFit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Freaky Focus free?
Freaky Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CogniFit or Freaky Focus?
CogniFit is rated higher. CogniFit averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings, while Freaky Focus averages 4.2 from 567 ratings.
Do CogniFit or Freaky Focus have ads?
Neither CogniFit nor Freaky Focus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CogniFit or Freaky Focus?
CogniFit ships an update weekly, and Freaky Focus monthly. Most recently, CogniFit was updated on October 18, 2026 and Freaky Focus on October 16, 2026.

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