Comparison

CogniFit vs Mental Math

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

Mental Math

This app teaches children arithmetic and calculation skills using an abacus and mental math techniques. It offers fun quizzes and practice problems to improve cognitive performance and mathematical ability.

Highlights
  • Abacus learning
  • Mental calculation techniques
  • Vedic math tricks
  • Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
  • Quiz-based learning
  • Progress monitoring
Features
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Abacus is a wonderful tool used for calculation. Mental Math will help your children learn about Abacus, Numbers, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division. It generates mathematical problems for kids to solve using mental calculation techniques, Vedic math tricks or using an Abacus. "Learn while you play" is our motto. We thrive to deliver the elementary math game where you can learn online in a fun manner. Specially designed quiz helps you to sharpen your mental ability to solve complex calculations and improve your cognitive performance. The Main features of the Mobile application are its ability to provide the students with intelligent features and provide a holistic approach which makes learning mathematics – A Fun. • Realistic assessment practice to ensure improved test scores. • Reach everyone - Teach everyone Methodology. • Students are at the heart of everything we do. • Insightful and Actionable reports to monitor student progress and measure growth. Connect With Mental Math Twitter - https://twitter.com/mentalmathdotme Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mentalmath.me/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MentalMath.me Terms & Conditions - https://mentalmath.me/terms-and-conditions Got any questions or feedback? Reach out to us at contact@mentalmath.me Copyright © 2024 MentalMath.me

Screenshots

CogniFit4 screens
Mental Math4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CogniFit at 4.5 against Mental Math's 3.7. CogniFit also leads on ratings volume (1.7K vs 19) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). Mental Math's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CogniFit sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Mental Math sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. 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 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CogniFit has 1.7K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of CogniFit's written reviews are positive against 63% of Mental Math's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CogniFit ships an update weekly, Mental Math every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CogniFit versus Mental Math: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCogniFitMental Math
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.7K ratings) — better3.7 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews71.2% of reviews — better62.5% of reviews
Number of ratings1.7K — better19
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size275 MB90 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCogniFitMehul Mistri

Customer experience

CogniFit

All ratings1,732 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral6.2%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews534 reviews
Positive71.2%
Neutral9.7%
Negative19.1%

Mental Math

All ratings19 ratings
Positive68.4%
Neutral5.3%
Negative26.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%

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

Mental Math

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
3 purchases

Mental Math

Subscriptions3
  • Mental Math Premium$0.991 Month
  • Mental Math Premium$1.993 Months
  • Mental Math Premium$6.991 Year

Questions

Is CogniFit free?
CogniFit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mental Math free?
Mental Math is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CogniFit or Mental Math?
CogniFit is rated higher. CogniFit averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings, while Mental Math averages 3.7 from 19 ratings.
Do CogniFit or Mental Math have ads?
Neither CogniFit nor Mental Math shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CogniFit or Mental Math?
CogniFit ships an update weekly, and Mental Math every 6 weeks. Most recently, CogniFit was updated on September 23, 2026 and Mental Math on September 17, 2026.

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