Comparison

MindMax vs Percivo

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

Head to head
About

MindMax

This app acts as a personal learning coach, identifying knowledge gaps and teaching in a prioritized order to ensure retention. It offers real-time, adaptive learning sessions designed by a memory expert to make complex topics stick.

Highlights
  • Personalized learning coach
  • Identifies knowledge gaps
  • Prioritized learning order
  • Real-time adaptive sessions
  • Memory expert design
  • Career goal achievement
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.

About

Percivo

Gain personalized insights from nonfiction books tailored to your specific goals and life situation. Explore ideas through multiple lenses, such as Entrepreneur or Parent, for deeper understanding and self-improvement. This app offers real book analysis, not generic summaries, to help ideas land where they matter most.

Highlights
  • Personalized book insights
  • Multiple perspectives per book
  • Real book analysis, not summaries
  • Tailored to individual goals
  • Save important takeaways
  • Daily picks based on development goals
Features
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Percivo helps you understand nonfiction books through your own goals, mindset, and life situation. Not generic book summaries. Personalized book insights that show what each idea means for you. Explore the same book through different lenses, including Entrepreneur, Parent, Student, Coach, Creative, and Busy Professional. Start with Core Insights, the real DNA of the book. Real book analysis, not a retelling. Then open the same book through a different lens: the way an Entrepreneur reads it. The way a Coach reads it. The way a Parent, a Creative, or a Student reads it. Same book - Completely different insight. This is not a summary app. This is a perspective engine for serious self improvement. ONE BOOK. MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS. Every book in Percivo unlocks multiple lenses so the ideas land where they matter: - The Entrepreneur: Decisions, leverage, scalable thinking, and execution. - The Busy Professional: Priorities, career clarity, and sharper work. - The Coach: Behavior change, mindset shifts, and helping others grow. - The Creative: Original thinking, expression, and idea generation. - The Student: Structure, retention, and faster understanding. - The Parent: Relationships, family dynamics, and emotional intelligence. WHAT'S INSIDE PERCIVO - 2,800+ nonfiction books, decoded with real book analysis. - Multiple perspectives per book, not just the gist. - 4 - 8 minutes per insight. Real depth, real speed. - Daily picks built around your personal development goals, not an algorithm. - The Vault to save your most important takeaways. - Highlights Tab to capture every line worth keeping. - Business, psychology, habits, productivity, finance, creativity, and more. WHY IT FEELS DIFFERENT Most learning apps treat every reader the same. A founder and a parent need completely different things from the same book. Percivo is the first book insights app built around that truth. A reading app where book analysis is tailored to your life. Not a summary. More like a prism. Open Percivo. Pick your lens. See your next book differently. —————————————————— SUBSCRIPTION & LEGAL INFORMATION —————————————————— - Percivo Premium is available as an auto-renewable subscription with weekly, monthly, or annual plans (a free trial may be included), or as a one-time Lifetime purchase. - If a free trial is offered, it will automatically convert to a paid subscription unless canceled at least 24 hours before the trial ends. - Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase (or at the end of the free trial, if applicable). - Subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. - Privacy Policy: https://percivo.app/privacy - Terms of Use: https://percivo.app/terms

Screenshots

MindMax4 screens
Percivo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: MindMax at 1.6K against Percivo's 7. MindMax also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and chart position (#199 vs unranked). Percivo's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%). On price, rating, 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. MindMax sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $10.00 per month and Percivo sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. 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 — 4.9 for MindMax against 4.9 for Percivo. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MindMax has 1.6K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of MindMax's written reviews are positive against 100% of Percivo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MindMax ships an update weekly, Percivo monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
MindMax versus Percivo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindMaxPercivo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (1.6K ratings) — better4.9 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews83.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K — better7
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#199 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size160 MB81 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperMindMax LimitedMahmoud Kamal

Customer experience

MindMax

All ratings1,603 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral1.3%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive83.0%
Neutral3.8%
Negative13.2%

Percivo

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

MindMax

Subscriptions6
  • Pro7 Days trial$10.001 Month
  • Monthly$25.001 Month
  • Monthly7 Days trial$25.001 Month
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  • Quarterly7 Days trial$50.003 Months
  • Annual7 Days trial$80.001 Year
  • Ultra yearly7 Days trial$200.001 Year
4 purchases

Percivo

Subscriptions4
  • Percivo Unlimited – Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Percivo Unlimited - Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Percivo Unlimited – Annual$19.991 Year
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  • Percivo Unlimited – Annual$34.991 Year

Questions

Is MindMax free?
MindMax is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Percivo free?
Percivo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MindMax or Percivo?
MindMax is rated higher. MindMax averages 4.9 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Percivo averages 4.9 from 7 ratings.
Do MindMax or Percivo have ads?
Neither MindMax nor Percivo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MindMax or Percivo?
MindMax ships an update weekly, and Percivo monthly. Most recently, MindMax was updated on November 8, 2026 and Percivo on November 5, 2026.

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