Comparison

Royal British Academy vs Span

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

Head to head
About

Royal British Academy

This educational app provides university students in Kuwait with access to a library of expertly crafted video content. It aims to enhance learning experiences by offering accurate and engaging lessons from experienced instructors.

Highlights
  • Extensive educational video library
  • Content crafted by expert doctors and engineers
  • Tailored for Kuwaiti university students
  • Enriched learning experience
  • Accurate and engaging content
Features
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Royal App is a cutting-edge educational application designed to empower students at different universities in Kuwait with an enriched learning experience. With an extensive library of educational videos, this innovative application is tailored specifically to meet the unique academic needs of students in these esteemed universities. Royal App has expert doctors and Engineers who have carefully crafted the video content. These instructors possess extensive academic knowledge and teaching experience, ensuring that the information delivered is accurate, engaging, and effective in aiding your comprehension of complex concepts.

About

Span

Test your cognitive abilities with a series of engaging challenges designed to measure reaction time, focus, speed, and memory. Compare your performance to others your age and track your progress through various games and levels.

Highlights
  • 4-minute attention span test
  • Reaction time, focus, speed, and memory challenges
  • Compare scores to age group
  • 21 games with 30 levels each
  • Multiplayer and local co-op modes
  • Progress tracking and skill mapping
Features
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Can you beat a chimp? Span is a 4-minute attention span test built on classic lab tasks: reaction time, a go/no-go focus stream, symbol–digit speed and the chimp memory test. Your score is free. See where you rank against people your age, share your card, then play 21 games with 30 levels each and track every best. For fun and general wellness. Span is not a medical test and can't diagnose anything. THE TEST: 4 ROUNDS, ABOUT 4 MINUTES • Spark: tap when the circle lights up. Your reaction time in milliseconds (shown, not scored). • Lock-in: numbers flash for about 60 seconds. Tap for every number except 3. • Cipher: turn symbols into numbers, as many as you can in 45 seconds. • Chimp: numbers appear on a grid. Tap 1 and the rest hide. Tap them in order from memory. YOUR SPAN AGE • An age you can lower: it starts at your age group and moves younger or older by how you play against people your age. A game score, not a medical test. • Under it, your Span Score from 1 to 99: the share of people your age we expect you to beat, on provisional age norms, with an honest ± range. • Your archetype and three brag receipts (longest Lock-in streak, numbers held in Chimp, reaction time) on a card sized for stories. • How it works is free to read, with the studies behind it. THE CHIMP TEST In 2007, a young chimpanzee named Ayumu recalled five numbers flashed for 210 ms about 80% of the time; university students tested alongside him managed about 40%. Ayumu had many practice sessions, the students none. Take the 5-round dare. (Inoue & Matsuzawa, Current Biology, 2007) DAILY SPAN: FREE, ABOUT A MINUTE • One challenge a day, the same for everyone: the 60-second chimp climb or Ayumu 210, five flashes at 210 ms each. • One counted run a day. Share your grid without giving the board away. • A forgiving streak: rest days are banked, and you can repair a broken streak once every 30 days. 21 GAMES, 30 LEVELS EACH • Earn 1 to 3 stars a level. Stars earn each game's mastery badges, Bronze to Diamond. • Playing earns XP toward your rank, Rookie to Legend. Your skill map shows Speed, Memory, Focus, Logic and Spatial. • Every 5th level is a boss that takes 2 stars, and each game changes as you climb. PLAY TOGETHER • Duel, Tempo Duel, Shade Race and Number Race: two players, one phone. Memory Pairs for up to 4. • Play any level with friends on one phone, or send a link: your friend plays the same board. FREE, FOREVER • The chimp test, the 4-minute test, your Span Age and Span Score, archetype and share card • A free retest the day after your first test, then every 7 days • Daily Span, your streak and your personal bests • XP, rank, skill map and mastery badges • Play together, Chimp at all 30 levels, and every other game up to level 5 SPAN PLUS • Your 4-week plan: after your test, Span builds 4 weeks around your weakest of focus, speed and memory. Three games a day, about 5 minutes, each at your next level. Each week ends with an optional check-in retest; week 4 is the retest week. • All 30 levels of every game • Your full breakdown: focus, speed and memory, each ranked for your age, with your weakest area named • Your trend: every check and every Daily Span on one chart • A retest once a day NO ADS. NO ACCOUNT. NO TRACKING. Nothing to sign up for and nothing to log in to. Reminders are optional. Span Plus is an optional auto-renewing subscription — Annual ($39.99/year, with a 14-day free trial for new subscribers) or Weekly ($4.99/week). Prices vary by country. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase (after the free trial, if any). Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; renewal is charged within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions. Terms of Use (Apple EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://spanapp.pages.dev/privacy

Screenshots

Royal British Academy4 screens
Span4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Royal British Academy at none against Span's 4. Royal British Academy also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). Span's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 6 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price and ads 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. Span sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Royal British Academy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Span holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Royal British Academy has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Royal British Academy ships an update every 6 weeks, Span daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 2 level
Royal British Academy versus Span: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoyal British AcademySpan
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.4 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAFRAH ALHARBIAbdullah Almethen

Customer experience

Royal British Academy

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Span

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Royal British Academy

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Span

Subscriptions3
  • Span Plus Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Span Plus Annual (offer)14 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Span Plus Annual14 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Span Plus Lifetime$149.99

Questions

Is Royal British Academy free?
Royal British Academy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Span free?
Span is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Royal British Academy or Span?
Span is rated higher. Royal British Academy averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Span averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Royal British Academy or Span have ads?
Neither Royal British Academy nor Span shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Royal British Academy or Span?
Royal British Academy ships an update every 6 weeks, and Span daily. Most recently, Royal British Academy was updated on October 30, 2026 and Span on October 29, 2026.

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