Comparison

Increase Performance vs MindMax

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

Head to head
About

Increase Performance

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Inside the Increase Performance app, you can: Access all of your videos in one easy to use app Receive push notifications with the latest news and updates Access to all of your videos without having to remember your password Save your favorite posts so you can quickly find them later END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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

Increase Performance3 screens
MindMax4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Increase Performance at none against MindMax's 5. MindMax's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. MindMax sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $10.00 per month. Increase Performance asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Increase Performance ships an update every 3 weeks, MindMax weekly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Increase Performance versus MindMax: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIncrease PerformanceMindMax
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (918 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—918 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB152 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperIncrease PerformanceMindMax Limited

In-app purchases

None

Increase Performance

No in-app purchases

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 Increase Performance free?
Increase Performance is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MindMax free?
MindMax is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Increase Performance or MindMax have ads?
Neither Increase Performance nor MindMax shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Increase Performance or MindMax?
Increase Performance ships an update every 3 weeks, and MindMax weekly. Most recently, Increase Performance was updated on June 1, 2026 and MindMax on September 27, 2026.

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