AceTest vs Synava IQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AceTest
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Get ready for the online tests used by UK graduate employers, law firms and the Civil Service, plus the aptitude tests used by employers worldwide. AceTest has 870 practice questions with explanations, so you can practise little and often from your first application to your test invitation. UK GRADUATE TESTS Critical Thinking, in the style of the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal • 142 practice questions across the five question types: inference, recognising assumptions, deduction, interpretation and evaluation of arguments • Practise one type at a time or mix them • A 37-question mock on one 28-minute clock, with your result in three areas: drawing conclusions, recognising assumptions and evaluating arguments • The answer scale stays in the same order every time, as in the real test Situational Judgement, in the style of the Civil Service Judgement Test • 84 actions to rate across 27 realistic workplace scenarios • Rate each action as Effective, Fairly Effective, Ineffective or Counterproductive • Each explanation names the Civil Service Success Profiles behaviour behind the rating • No clock, as in the real test Verbal True / False / Cannot Say • 84 statements on 28 short UK passages • Decide what the passage really supports, the core skill in UK graduate and Civil Service verbal tests GENERAL APTITUDE • 523 questions in 7 sections: Abstract Reasoning (IQ), Global Assessments, Logical Reasoning, Data Interpretation, Numerical Word Problems, Combinatorics and Probability, and Verbal Reasoning • 253 questions with charts, grids and figures drawn precisely from the question data, including 158 IQ figure puzzles: matrices, figure series and rotation • A mock test with one 35-minute clock for 30 questions, so you practise pacing HOW AceTest HELPS YOU PREPARE • Tell AceTest what you are preparing for (UK graduate schemes, the Civil Service or Fast Stream, or general aptitude tests) and that practice comes first on your home screen • Climb a five-level reasoning ladder from Warm-up to Challenge and grow your Reasoning Score • Two-step hints and step-by-step explanations for every question • Spaced repetition brings back the questions you missed • Your results show your own accuracy and progress, not a percentile, because real assessments compare you with a norm group • Works on iPhone and iPad, with no account needed FREE AND PREMIUM Free: 3 questions a day from any section, including the UK graduate tests, with a step-by-step explanation for every question you answer and the first hint. Premium: all 870 questions with no daily limit, full mock tests, and section practice, review and wrong answer drills without stopping. Premium is available as a weekly subscription or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Weekly subscription information: • 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 • Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period • You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings • Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ • Privacy Policy: https://www.ruok.jp/privacy About the formats: AceTest refers to other test formats only to help you check that the practice matches your test. Critical Thinking questions are written in the style of the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal. Watson-Glaser is a trademark of Pearson. The Situational Judgement ratings follow AceTest's own marking guide based on the Civil Service Success Profiles behaviours and are not official scores. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. AceTest is an independent practice app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to Pearson, the Civil Service or any employer. All passages, scenarios and questions are original and written by AceTest.
Synava IQ
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Synava IQ is a cognitive assessment and brain training app for iPhone and iPad. Measure how you think, train it a little every day, and watch each skill move over the weeks. IQ TESTS • Age-adaptive assessments for children, teens and adults • Logic, pattern recognition, spatial reasoning, working memory, processing speed and numerical reasoning • Questions adapt to your answers, and every assessment uses new ones • Your result is an estimated IQ range with a percentile and a confidence label, never a single number pretending to be exact • A bar for each area, your strongest area and a recommended focus • The range narrows as you take more assessments • A quick assessment takes about six minutes, a full one about fifteen IQ TRAINING • Progressive puzzles for logic, patterns, memory, spatial thinking, numbers and focus • Each exercise adapts to you, a level at a time • A short personal session every day, built from your goals and your recommended focus • No coins, no pressure, no childish rewards: accuracy, level and honest change COGNITIVE HEALTH • Gentle memory and attention exercises for everyday cognitive fitness • Larger buttons, calmer pacing, nothing against the clock • Comfortable at 45, 60 and 70+ PROGRESS • Your Cognitive Profile: one figure for each area you train • How each area has moved over the last 30 days • IQ range history, training consistency and personal bests PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-up, no ads, no tracking • Works without a network connection • Everything stays on your device; export or delete it at any time English, Türkçe and Deutsch, switchable at any time in Settings. Synava IQ provides a cognitive estimate and is not a clinical IQ diagnosis. It is not a medical device, its exercises are not a treatment, and it does not promise a higher IQ score. Percentiles use a provisional reference until the norms are calibrated on a large sample.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: AceTest at 15.1 against Synava IQ's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | AceTest | Synava IQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RUOK LLC | Serdar Sarioglu |
In-app purchases
AceTest
No in-app purchases
Synava IQ
No in-app purchases









