Brain Training, Know brain age vs SmartFriends
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brain Training, Know brain age
Test your cognitive abilities with quick, engaging games to determine your brain age. Improve observation, memory, judgment, and reaction skills through daily challenges and puzzles.
- Brain age assessment
- Quick 30-second games
- Observation challenges
- Memory tests
- Judgment and intuition games
- Daily puzzle games
- General cognitive test
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Find out your brain age.It just only 30 sec per games. Simple yet addicting app which tests your brain age base on your game performance. ● Observation Tap the numbers 1 to 25 ● Memory Memory alignment of numbers from 0 to 9 ● Judgement Select the "Text color" ● Intuition Tap the specified number of seconds ● Computing Elementary-level math calculations ● Reaction Rock paper scissors by order ● Today's puzzle game Funny puzzle game every day. [Mini Sudoku], [Cross Puzzle], [CALC] Try General Test detect your brain age.
SmartFriends
Engage in daily brain training challenges with friends to boost cognitive skills. Compete in IQ tests covering logic, spatial reasoning, and number sequences. Track progress and climb leaderboards in a fun, competitive environment.
- Daily IQ challenges
- Logic puzzles
- Spatial reasoning tests
- Number sequence problems
- Leaderboard competition
- Score sharing
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Tired of endless scrolling and mindless TV? Time to switch your brain back on. With SmartFriends, you train your brain every day — and more importantly, in a fun way. Why fun? Because you do it together with friends. That keeps you motivated. ••• Only for real smarties ••• One IQ challenge every day. The same for everyone. Logic, spatial reasoning, number sequences, and more. No excuses. No distractions. Just you versus the brainteaser. Beat your friends and climb the leaderboard. Solved it? Share your score and challenge them. That healthy competition keeps you coming back. Get smarter. Download SmartFriends. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SmartFriends at every 2 weeks against Brain Training, Know brain age's every 3 months. Brain Training, Know brain age's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Brain Training, Know brain age sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SmartFriends sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Brain Training, Know brain age against 4.6 for SmartFriends. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 236 and 139 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 82% and 83% positive.
Brain Training, Know brain age ships an update every 3 months, SmartFriends every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brain Training, Know brain age | SmartFriends |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (236 ratings) | 4.6 (139 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.2% of reviews | 83.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 236 — better | 139 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | QQ TSUBASA | SmartFriends B.V. |
Customer experience
Brain Training, Know brain age
SmartFriends
User reviews
Brain Training, Know brain age
From 236 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Helps train brain
- 👍 Enjoyable daily brain games
- 👍 Good game, perfect time filler
- 👍 Keeps brain alert and shows when not well
- 👍 Fantastic game, highly recommended
Room to improve
- 🐛 Unclear instructions for some games
- 🐛 Issues with calculation section (incorrect crosses)
- 🐛 Individual game scores not updated regularly
SmartFriends
From 139 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🧠 Daily brain workout
- 💡 Challenging puzzles
- 🤔 Makes you think outside the box
- 👍 Fun and enjoyable
- 🚀 Quick brain check
Room to improve
- 📺 Excessive advertisements
- 📉 Puzzles sometimes lack logic
- 🖼️ Unclear graphics/faint colors
- 🤔 Puzzles can be too difficult
- 🔄 Repetitive questions
Bugs and requests
Brain Training, Know brain age
Reported bugs
2 issues- Help section not working
- Incompatibility with older devices
Requested features
3 requests- More game variety
- Option to save progress and sync across devices
- Detailed breakdown of scores and performance
SmartFriends
Reported bugs
5 issues- App not loading puzzles
- Diagrams not accessible with screen readers
- Glitchy when enlarging challenge images
- Issues with lifetime access purchases
- Landscape mode for larger images when app is portrait only
Requested features
7 requests- Fix advertisements interrupting gameplay
- Improve puzzle logic and presentation
- Enhance graphics clarity (e.g., yellow on white)
- Make puzzles more varied and adult-oriented
- Improve accessibility for visually impaired users (diagram descriptions)
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- Allow larger puzzle/choice display in portrait mode
- Make the app free or more accessible without constant purchases
In-app purchases
Brain Training, Know brain age
- Brain Training - Premium Edition (without ads)$1.99
SmartFriends
- Premium Special Offer!3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Premium Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$4.491 Month
- Free Trial | Premium Monthly7 Days trial$4.491 Month
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- Premium Special Offer!3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Premium Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Free Trial | Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- 3 x genius challenges$0.99
- 10 x genius challenges$2.49
- Tip 1$4.99
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- Tip 3$14.99
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