Comparison

Blanked vs Braintide

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

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Blanked

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Blanked is a quick, warm, beautifully-designed brain game built for memory improvement, without the 30-minute clinical daily commitment. A scene flashes up for a few seconds, it disappears, and you answer questions about what you saw. Quick rounds. 2 minutes a day. That's all your brain needs. No clinical jargon. No scare tactics. No "your memory is at risk" marketing. Just a fun memory game that actually works. WHY BLANKED WORKS 2-minute daily sessions - play while the kettle boils 6 distinct memory game modes: Classic, Speed Recall, Snap Match, Sequence, Counting Blitz, Colour Chain 380+ levels across multiple worlds per mode Daily streak rewards that make memory training feel addictive, not clinical Weekly challenges with gem rewards Memory score analytics track your brain getting sharper week by week BRAIN GAMES THAT DON'T FEEL LIKE HOMEWORK Most brain training apps want 30 minutes of your day. Blanked wants 2 minutes. Short, consistent bursts of visual memory training strengthen recall, focus, and mental agility more than marathon sessions, that's what cognitive research consistently shows. A little every day adds up faster than you think. MADE FOR REAL LIFE Blanked is for people who do the NYT crossword with morning coffee, sudoku at lunch, or a quick word game before bed. Not clinical. Not childish. Just a well-designed brain workout that fits into your day - on the bus, in a queue, while the TV ads are on. SIX WAYS TO TRAIN YOUR MEMORY Classic โ€” memorise a scene, answer questions about what you saw Speed Recall โ€” remember where shapes were, tap to place them back Snap Match โ€” two scenes flash, spot what changed before the timer Sequence โ€” shapes flash one by one, tap them back in order Counting Blitz โ€” shapes pop in and out, count each colour Colour Chain โ€” memorise a colour grid, recall each position UPGRADE TO BLANKED+ Unlock the full experience: Unlimited lives โ€” play as much as you want No ads, ever 100 gems every month Exclusive premium cosmetics for Blink (our mascot) Full Memory Score analytics + personal brain profile radar Monthly: ยฃ2.99 ยท Yearly: ยฃ19.99 with a 3-day free trial Subscriptions auto-renew at the price above unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings after purchase. Full terms at playblanked.com/terms PRIVACY FIRST We don't sell your data. We never will. Your gameplay, streaks, scores, they stay yours. Privacy policy: playblanked.com/privacy Made with care. Questions? Email hello@playblanked.com - we read every one.

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Braintide

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82 short games across ten mental skills, one daily workout, and a score that means something. TRAINS TEN SKILLS Memory, attention, processing speed, problem solving, language, flexibility, numeracy, spatial reasoning, coordination and listening. Every one of them has at least one game that is free forever, so you can train your whole brain without paying anything. EIGHT WAYS TO ANSWER Most brain trainers are a tap and a swipe. Braintide asks you to tap, flick, drag, draw, turn a dial, spell a word from letter tiles, type a number โ€” and, in five games, to make a sound. Nothing else in the category listens. Some games have no options at all. Set It Straight and Wind Back are scored on how many degrees off you were; On the Mark on how many milliseconds. There is nothing to guess between and nothing to eliminate. A DAILY WORKOUT THAT KNOWS WHAT YOU HAVE NEGLECTED Three games a day, chosen by what you have left longest. The difficulty follows you: every skill has its own level, and the engine holds you near the edge of what you can do rather than where you started. A STREAK THAT FORGIVES ONE MISSED DAY Losing a sixty-day run to one bad night is where people stop opening a training app. Braintide forgives one missed day and ends the run on two โ€” and it tells you that rule on the home screen, because a forgiving streak is only honest if you know what you are being held to. THE CHECKPOINT โ€” THE ONE NUMBER YOU CAN COMPARE Here is the problem every brain trainer has and none of them mentions: an adaptive engine moves the difficulty to keep you at about 78% success. That is right for training and useless for measuring. Your score hovers while the difficulty climbs underneath it. So Braintide has a checkpoint: the same ten short games, at the same fixed difficulty, every couple of weeks, never fed back into your levels. It is the only figure in the app that can honestly be compared with last time, and it says so. WHAT BRAINTIDE WILL NOT DO No percentile. No brain age. No ranking against other players. Braintide has no data about other people and will not invent any โ€” and the app says exactly that, on the screen where every other app would show you a number. YOURS, AND ACTUALLY YOURS โ€ข Works completely offline. No account, ever. โ€ข No ads, on any plan. โ€ข Export every round you have played to a JSON file, in one tap, written on your device and handed straight to your share sheet. โ€ข Nothing is sold on. THE FIVE GAMES THAT LISTEN Say When, Hold the Note, Fade Out, Clap Back and Clap the Count use the microphone. What they read is how loud the room is โ€” one number, sixty times a second. Nothing is recorded, kept, or recognised, there is no speech recognition anywhere in the app, and no audio leaves your phone. The daily workout leaves them out unless you ask for them. BUILT TO BE READ Twelve languages, translated all the way down โ€” every game's name and rules, the achievement names, even the notification. A colour-safe palette for red-green and blue-yellow colour vision, checked by simulation rather than by eye. Reduce Motion honoured everywhere. Zen mode eases the clocks right off. Braintide trains focus and memory for fun. It is not a medical device and makes no claim to diagnose, treat or prevent any condition. BRAINTIDE PRO Braintide Pro unlocks all 82 games, the weekly report and full per-skill history. โ‚ฌ1.99 per month or โ‚ฌ9.99 per year, each with a one-week free trial. Prices vary by region. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends; you can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://tritonapps.com/braintide/terms EULA: https://tritonapps.com/braintide/eula Privacy Policy: https://tritonapps.com/braintide/privacy

Screenshots

Blanked4 screens
Braintide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Braintide at none against Blanked's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Blanked sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Braintide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blanked ships an update every 9 days, Braintide every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Blanked versus Braintide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlankedBraintide
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 days โ€” betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better16.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size58 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNorry Holdings LtdAndrew O Riordan

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Blanked

Subscriptions2
  • Blanked+ Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Blanked+ Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time7
  • 100 Gems$0.99
  • Refill All Lives$0.99
  • Starter Pack$0.99
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  • Unlimited Lives (1 Hour)$1.99
  • 500 Gems$3.99
  • Remove Ads$4.99
  • 1,200 Gems$7.99
2 purchases

Braintide

Subscriptions2
  • Braintide Pro โ€” Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Braintide Pro โ€” Yearly7 Days trial$8.991 Year

Questions

Is Blanked free?
Blanked is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Braintide free?
Braintide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Blanked or Braintide have ads?
Blanked shows ads; Braintide does not.
Which is updated more often, Blanked or Braintide?
Blanked ships an update every 9 days, and Braintide every 2 weeks. Most recently, Blanked was updated on October 2, 2026 and Braintide on October 3, 2026.

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