Comparison

CogniFit vs Mind Games

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

Mind Games

Engage in a variety of brain-training games designed to exercise different mental skills. Track your progress with score histories and standardized scales. A training center helps select personalized exercise routines.

Highlights
  • Brain training games
  • Mental skill practice
  • Score history tracking
  • Progress graphs
  • Standardized score conversion
  • Personalized training center
Features
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Exercise your brain! Mind Games is a great collection of games based in part on principles derived from cognitive tasks to help you practice different mental skills. This app includes many excellent free games. There are many trial games from Mind Games Pro that allow you to play 3 times. All games include your score history and a graph of your progress. Using some principles of standardized testing, your scores are also converted to a standardized scale so that you can see where you need work and excel. Not sure where to focus? Training Center does the work for you by picking the perfect mix of exercises to keep you engaged. Mind Games is intended to be brain challenging entertainment. No research has yet been conducted to determine if this app has cognitive benefits.

Screenshots

CogniFit4 screens
Mind Games4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mind Games at none against CogniFit's 14. Mind Games also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 71%) and ratings volume (12K vs 1.7K). CogniFit's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating 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

Both are free to download. CogniFit sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Mind Games asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for CogniFit against 4.6 for Mind Games. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mind Games has 12K ratings behind it against 1.7K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of CogniFit's written reviews are positive against 84% of Mind Games's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CogniFit ships an update weekly, Mind Games every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 26, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
CogniFit versus Mind Games: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCogniFitMind Games
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.7K ratings)4.6 (12K ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.2% of reviews83.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.7K12K — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size275 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCogniFitMindware Consulting, Inc

Customer experience

CogniFit

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

Mind Games

All ratings12,454 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral6.7%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews397 reviews
Positive83.9%
Neutral5.8%
Negative10.3%

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

Mind Games

From 12K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Effective brain training
  • 🧠 Variety of challenging games
  • 📈 Tracks progress and performance
  • 🤓 Helps improve memory and focus
  • 🎮 Fun and engaging

Room to improve

  • 💸 Too many ads in free version
  • 🤔 Confusing navigation and layout
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🇺🇸 American-centric content and terminology
  • 🔒 Limited access without paid upgrade

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

Mind Games

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Screens going blank or freezing
  • Answers/instructions being cut off
  • Inconsistent scoring and percentile calculations

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add a tutorial for new users
  • Provide more language and region options
  • Improve scoring and feedback system
  • Introduce a dark mode option
  • Allow users to track and review past performance

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
None

Mind Games

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CogniFit free?
CogniFit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mind Games free?
Mind Games is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CogniFit or Mind Games?
Mind Games is rated higher. CogniFit averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings, while Mind Games averages 4.6 from 12K ratings.
Do CogniFit or Mind Games have ads?
Mind Games shows ads; CogniFit does not.
Which is updated more often, CogniFit or Mind Games?
CogniFit ships an update weekly, and Mind Games every 3 weeks. Most recently, CogniFit was updated on September 26, 2026 and Mind Games on September 26, 2026.

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