Comparison

CogniFit vs Lobe

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

Head to head
About

CogniFit

This app offers daily brain health exercises and assessments based on scientific research. It helps users understand their cognitive performance, track progress, and improve mental clarity and focus through adaptive training and guided sessions.

Highlights
  • Daily cognitive assessment
  • Adaptive brain training sessions
  • Brain Age tracking
  • Progress monitoring across 5 abilities
  • Personalized weekly training plans
  • Guided mindfulness techniques
  • Over 100 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

Lobe

Engage in daily cognitive workouts designed to enhance memory, attention, language, and logic skills. This app offers adaptive challenges and clear progress tracking in a distraction-free environment.

Highlights
  • Daily cognitive workouts
  • Adaptive difficulty
  • Memory training
  • Attention and focus enhancement
  • Language and verbal skill development
  • Mental math and logic puzzles
  • Performance tracking
Features
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Train your brain a little every day — and see real progress. This app is a modern brain training experience designed to strengthen core cognitive skills through short, engaging daily workouts. Each session adapts to your level, keeping you challenged without being overwhelmed. What you’ll train - Memory – strengthen recall, working memory, and pattern recognition - Attention & Focus – improve concentration and mental control - Language & Verbal Skills – expand vocabulary and comprehension - Mental Math & Logic – sharpen speed, accuracy, and reasoning How it works - Daily workouts designed to fit into your routine - Adaptive difficulty that adjusts as you improve - Smart challenge balance — familiar tasks mixed with stretch challenges - Performance tracking to see how your skills evolve over time Why this app is different - No endless grinding — sessions are intentional and efficient - Games evolve with you instead of staying static - Clear progress indicators, not just scores - Clean, focused design with no ads or distractions Whether you want to stay sharp, think faster, or build better mental habits, this app helps you train consistently and improve over time. Train smarter. Track progress. Improve daily. App's Privacy Link: https://lobe.theblucks.com/en/privacy App's Terms of Use: https://lobe.theblucks.com/en/terms App's EULA Link: https://lobe.theblucks.com/en/eula

Screenshots

CogniFit4 screens
Lobe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CogniFit at none against Lobe's shown. CogniFit also leads on ratings volume (1.7K vs 9). Lobe's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). On price, update cadence, 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 10 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Lobe sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lobe holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CogniFit has 1.7K ratings behind it against 9, 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 100% of Lobe's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CogniFit ships an update weekly, Lobe every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CogniFit versus Lobe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCogniFitLobe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.7K ratings)4.9 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.7K — better9
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size222 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCogniFitJaehoon Son

Customer experience

CogniFit

All ratings1,742 ratings
Positive86.9%
Neutral6.2%
Negative6.9%
Written reviews541 reviews
Positive71.0%
Neutral9.6%
Negative19.4%

Lobe

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Lobe

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

CogniFit

Subscriptions10
  • Monthly Premium7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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  • 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 Basic$119.991 Year
6 purchases

Lobe

Subscriptions6
  • Brain App Weekly Premium (1 Week)$2.997 Days
  • Pro Monthly – Best Value$5.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly Access$8.991 Month
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  • Lobe Premium (1 Year)$19.991 Year
  • Pro Annual – Save More$39.991 Year
  • Pro Annual Access$49.991 Year

Questions

Is CogniFit free?
CogniFit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lobe free?
Lobe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CogniFit or Lobe?
Lobe is rated higher. CogniFit averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings, while Lobe averages 4.9 from 9 ratings.
Do CogniFit or Lobe have ads?
Lobe shows ads; CogniFit does not.
Which is updated more often, CogniFit or Lobe?
CogniFit ships an update weekly, and Lobe every 4 days. Most recently, CogniFit was updated on November 6, 2026 and Lobe on October 31, 2026.

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