Comparison

Ace vs Brain Games

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

Head to head
About

Ace

This AI-powered assistant helps you with a variety of tasks. Engage in conversations, generate images, and search the web. It offers voice input, image uploads, and saves your chat history for easy access.

Highlights
  • AI-powered chat
  • Image generation
  • Web search integration
  • Voice input
  • Image upload
  • Conversation history
Features
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Ace is your AI chat assistant. Ask questions, have conversations, generate images, and search the web with Bing - all in one app. Features voice input, image upload, clipboard detection, and conversation history. Fast, simple, and free.

About

Brain Games

This app helps break mindless scrolling habits by requiring users to solve a quick puzzle before opening distracting apps. It turns passive screen time into active mental exercise, empowering users to regain control over their device usage and build discipline.

Highlights
  • Logic, math, memory, and pattern puzzles
  • App blocking by category or individual app
  • Tracks abandoned app unlocks
  • Difficulty scales with user speed
  • Privacy-focused, no data leaves device
  • Integrates with Apple's Screen Time framework
Features
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Let's be honest: you've opened Instagram, closed it, and reopened it within the same minute. No new notifications. No reason. Just thumbs moving on their own while your brain idles in the back seat. That's not a willpower problem. That's autopilot. And you can't out-discipline a habit your hands do without asking you. BrainScreen fixes the loop with one beautifully annoying idea: before you can open the apps that eat your day, you have to solve a quick puzzle. Logic, math, memory, patterns — 15 seconds of actually thinking. Two things happen. Sometimes you solve it, get in, and carry on (a little sharper than before). And sometimes, halfway through the puzzle, your brain catches up and goes "wait, why am I even opening this?" — and you close the app and get on with your life. That second moment is the whole point. Most of your unlocks aren't decisions. They're reflexes. A tiny puzzle is just enough friction to turn the reflex back into a choice. GET SMARTER, NOT NUMBER Every app you'd normally scroll into becomes a 15-second mental rep. Over a week that's hundreds of little workouts for your brain instead of hundreds of dead-eyed scrolls. Same phone. Opposite result. - Logic puzzles designed to catch you mid-autopilot - Quick math with just enough time pressure to wake you up - Memory and pattern challenges - Word and attention tests that are weirdly satisfying - Difficulty that scales up as you get faster YOU PICK THE GATEKEEPING You decide which apps get the puzzle treatment. Lock down the obvious offenders, leave your maps and music alone. You're in charge of where the friction goes. - Block any app or whole category - Set it once, forget it, let the puzzles do the work - Built on Apple's Screen Time framework, so the blocks actually hold — no flimsy workarounds WATCH THE WINS ADD UP BrainScreen counts the unlocks you started but abandoned — the scrolls you talked yourself out of. Turns out "didn't open it" is a stat worth celebrating. - See how many pointless unlocks you skipped - Build streaks that reward discipline, not screen time - Track your puzzle speed climbing as your brain wakes back up ACTUALLY PRIVATE Your app activity never leaves your phone. We use Apple's own Screen Time technology, which means we literally cannot see what you do — and we built it that way on purpose. Your business stays your business. THE MATH THAT SHOULD ANNOY YOU The average person burns 4+ hours a day on their phone. A lot of that is autopilot you'd happily skip if something just made you pause. BrainScreen is that pause. Trade the mindless scroll for a few seconds of thinking, and get back hours you didn't know you were losing. Your thumbs have been running the show long enough. Time to make your brain do the unlocking. BrainScreen offers an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use - https://brainscreen.io/terms.html Privacy Policy - https://brainscreen.io/privacy.html EULA - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Ace4 screens
Brain Games4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Brain Games at 4.4 against Ace's 3.6. Ace's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and review sentiment (33% vs 0%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Brain Games sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Ace asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Brain Games holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 54 and 27 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Ace's written reviews are positive against 0% of Brain Games's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ace ships an update weekly, Brain Games fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Ace versus Brain Games: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAceBrain Games
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (54 ratings)4.4 (27 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings54 — better27
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB45 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBrowseAI LLCScreentime Labs LLC

Customer experience

Ace

All ratings49 ratings
Positive67.3%
Neutral4.1%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral13.3%
Negative53.3%

Brain Games

All ratings21 ratings
Positive76.2%
Neutral4.8%
Negative19.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ace

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Brain Games

Subscriptions5
  • Brain Screen Pro$7.997 Days
  • Brain Screen Pro$39.991 Year
  • Brain Screen Pro$49.991 Year
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  • Brain Screen Pro$59.991 Year
  • Brain Screen Pro$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Ace free?
Ace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brain Games free?
Brain Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ace or Brain Games?
Brain Games is rated higher. Ace averages 3.6 out of 5 from 54 ratings, while Brain Games averages 4.4 from 27 ratings.
Do Ace or Brain Games have ads?
Neither Ace nor Brain Games shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ace or Brain Games?
Ace ships an update weekly, and Brain Games fortnightly. Most recently, Ace was updated on November 5, 2026 and Brain Games on November 5, 2026.

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