Comparison

Mindgrow vs MindMax

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

Head to head
About

Mindgrow

This app provides concise, 5-10 minute microlearning courses to help users understand the context, history, and trade-offs behind complex global issues. It focuses on providing balanced information without opinions or clickbait, enabling users to form their own conclusions.

Highlights
  • 5-10 minute microlearning courses
  • Covers AI, politics, science, psychology, and history
  • Explains history, incentives, and trade-offs
  • Balanced viewpoints and competing perspectives
  • Swipeable card format
  • Save insights and track learning streaks
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Mindgrow is for people who can't stop asking "but how does that actually work?" Black holes. AGI. CRISPR. Why there's something rather than nothing. The questions that keep you up at night — turned into immersive, interactive courses you can finish in minutes. No lectures. No walls of text. Every course is a designed experience: cinematic, visual, animated — built to make hard ideas click. FEED YOUR CURIOSITY Explore immersive courses across: • AI & the future of intelligence • Space & the universe • Physics, biology & the brain • The politics and power struggles behind technology • Deep questions science can't answer (yet) Every course focuses on: • How it actually works • Why it matters • What we still don't know COURSES PEOPLE CAN'T PUT DOWN • Simulation Theory: Are We Already Inside an AI? • Why the People Building AI Fear AI • The Fermi Paradox: Why No Aliens? • What James Webb Telescope Found in Early Galaxies • Emergent Behaviors: Capabilities Nobody Programmed • CRISPR, Ethics, and Humanity's Genetic Future • Dark Matter: The Universe's Hidden Force • The Rewiring Brain: Neuroplasticity After 25 Explore 300+ courses, with new topics added weekly. IMMERSIVE, NOT PASSIVE Each Mindgrow course is an interactive experience: • Cinematic, animated screens you move through at your own pace • Visuals and interactions that make complex ideas intuitive • 5-10 minutes per course — deep enough to matter, short enough to finish You don't read about the idea. You step inside it. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE • Learn on your commute, between meetings, or before bed • Save insights for later • Track your learning streak • New courses matched to your interests HONEST BY DESIGN Every course shows you the evidence, the open debates, and what scientists genuinely don't know yet. You leave informed — not influenced. START FREE Try Mindgrow today and start feeding your curiosity. • 3-day free trial • Full access to all courses • Plans from $12.99/month or $59.99/year • Cancel anytime during the trial Stay curious. Understand more. Terms of Service: https://mindgrow.io/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://mindgrow.io/privacy-policy

About

MindMax

This app transforms your learning goals into focused, interactive 5-minute sessions. It acts as a personal coach, adapting to your pace and knowledge to help you build skills, grow your career, and improve daily. Engage in conversations to explore any topic and retain information through smart reviews.

Highlights
  • 5-minute interactive learning sessions
  • Personalized coaching
  • Skill building and career growth
  • Adaptive learning pace
  • Offline playback
  • Memory boosters and spaced repetition
Features
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Learn any topic. Pass any exam. Reach your career goal. Preparing for a qualification, switching careers, or finally finishing what you started. MindMax gets you where you need to be. Learning should feel like a good conversation with your most interesting friend. But it doesn't. MindMax is your personal learning coach. Someone who finds the gaps in your knowledge, teaches you in priority order, and makes sure you remember it. Learn in the car, between shifts, on the commute. Chat to your coach in real time: interrupt, ask questions, go back. Every session adapts to you. Designed by a Grand Master of Memory, so even the trickiest topics stick. We've rebuilt learning from scratch. All the impact of one-on-one learning. None of the $70 an hour. No content libraries. No 45-hour lecture videos. This is what learning was always supposed to feel like.

Screenshots

Mindgrow4 screens
MindMax4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: MindMax at none against Mindgrow's shown. MindMax also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 5). Mindgrow's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 85%). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Mindgrow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and MindMax sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $10.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mindgrow against 4.9 for MindMax. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MindMax has 1.1K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Mindgrow's written reviews are positive against 85% of MindMax's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mindgrow ships an update every 10 days, MindMax weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mindgrow versus MindMax: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindgrowMindMax
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better4.9 (1.1K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better85.0% of reviews
Number of ratings51.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB158 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMindgrow LLCMindMax Limited

Customer experience

Mindgrow

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MindMax

All ratings1,134 ratings
Positive98.0%
Neutral1.4%
Negative0.6%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive85.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Mindgrow

Subscriptions2
  • Mindgrow Premium Subscription3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Mindgrow Premium Subscription3 Days trial$59.991 Year
5 purchases

MindMax

Subscriptions5
  • Pro7 Days trial$10.001 Month
  • Monthly7 Days trial$25.001 Month
  • Quarterly7 Days trial$50.003 Months
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  • Annual7 Days trial$80.001 Year
  • Ultra yearly7 Days trial$200.001 Year

Questions

Is Mindgrow free?
Mindgrow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MindMax free?
MindMax is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mindgrow or MindMax?
Mindgrow is rated higher. Mindgrow averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while MindMax averages 4.9 from 1.1K ratings.
Do Mindgrow or MindMax have ads?
Mindgrow shows ads; MindMax does not.
Which is updated more often, Mindgrow or MindMax?
Mindgrow ships an update every 10 days, and MindMax weekly. Most recently, Mindgrow was updated on October 15, 2026 and MindMax on October 20, 2026.

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