Comparison

SURGhub vs MindYoung

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

Head to head
About

SURGhub

This platform offers educational resources for surgery, anesthesia, gynecology, obstetrics, and perioperative care. It serves as a collaborative space for the Global Surgery Community, developed by UN initiatives and partners.

Highlights
  • Surgical educational materials
  • Anesthesia learning resources
  • Gynecology and obstetrics content
  • Perioperative care information
  • Collaborative community platform
  • Global Surgery Community initiative
Features
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SURGhub - the UN Global Surgery Learning Hub - is a collaborative platform gathering educational materials on surgery, anaesthesia, gynaecology and obstetrics and perioperative care, from and for the Global Surgery Community. It is an initiative of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Global Surgery Foundation, in partnership with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and in association with Johnson & Johnson Foundation.

About

MindYoung

Features
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MindYoung offers short daily exercises for memory, attention and reasoning, with training built around your exercise performance. Start with three guided reasoning challenges, choose your goals and daily practice time, and explore a suggested cognitive routine. This short introduction is not a scored IQ test or diagnostic assessment. Practice nine skills: fluid reasoning, verbal, visual-spatial, working memory, processing speed, learning and recall, auditory, attention, and quantitative. Your profile shows a rating for each skill and a radar chart of your results within MindYoung. WHAT YOU GET • A profile of your performance across nine exercise categories • Daily training that adapts as your ratings change • Exercise ratings based on an Elo system • Six leagues, from Novice through Grandmaster • Your starting ratings alongside your current results • Squads to compare exercise progress with your team HOW IT WORKS Spot patterns, hold a sequence in memory, recall details or listen for a gap in a sound. Answer, read the explanation and follow your exercise ratings over time. Sessions are short enough to fit into your daily routine. MEMBERSHIP An active membership is required for training. New users can subscribe in the app to a weekly or annual auto-renewing membership. Both plans provide the same training access. The price and billing period are displayed before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Manage or cancel renewal in your Apple Account subscription settings. Existing members can sign in to access their membership. Restore purchases is available in the app. MindYoung is an educational and entertainment product. It is not a medical or diagnostic tool, does not provide a clinical assessment of cognitive ability, and makes no claim to raise IQ. Ratings describe performance on MindYoung exercises. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://mindyoung.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://mindyoung.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

SURGhub4 screens
MindYoung4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MindYoung at every 4 days against SURGhub's every 2 months. SURGhub's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.2 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. SURGhub sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and MindYoung sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SURGhub ships an update every 2 months, MindYoung every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
SURGhub versus MindYoung: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSURGhubMindYoung
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.2 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Global Surgery FoundationA3 Direct Solutions LLP

In-app purchases

10 purchases

SURGhub

One-time10
  • Laparoscopic CholecystectomyFree
  • Community Engagement ResearchFree
  • Surgical Instrument TestingFree
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  • Preoperative AssessmentFree
  • Principles of Wound ManagementFree
  • Suture TechniqueFree
  • Appendicitis - ALL SAFEFree
  • Essential Burn CareFree
  • Surgical FoundationsFree
  • Emergency & Critical CareFree
2 purchases

MindYoung

Subscriptions2
  • MindYoung Weekly$9.997 Days
  • MindYoung Annual$59.991 Year

Questions

Is SURGhub free?
SURGhub is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MindYoung free?
MindYoung is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SURGhub or MindYoung have ads?
Neither SURGhub nor MindYoung shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SURGhub or MindYoung?
SURGhub ships an update every 2 months, and MindYoung every 4 days. Most recently, SURGhub was updated on November 3, 2026 and MindYoung on October 26, 2026.

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