Comparison

Construct vs Elo

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

Head to head
About

Construct

Train your mind with proven memory techniques and adaptive games. Improve focus, recall, and cognitive speed in just 10 minutes daily. Track your progress and compete with others to unlock your full mental potential.

Highlights
  • Memory Palace technique
  • Spaced repetition
  • Adaptive brain games
  • Progress tracking
  • Weekly leaderboards
  • Focus and reasoning exercises
Features
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Replace doom scrolling with lessons from the greatest minds in history. Construct turns the habits and methods of history's greatest minds into short video lessons, smart games, and real-life practice. A few minutes a day to get smarter, remember more, and become the sharpest person in the room. Most learning apps give you facts about great people. Construct gives you their playbook. WATCH SHORT VIDEO LESSONS Travel through the lives of Nikola Tesla, Leonardo da Vinci, Marcus Aurelius, Napoleon, and more. Each course breaks down how they actually thought, decided, and created, in short cinematic lessons you can finish in minutes. New minds are added regularly. APPLY WHAT YOU LEARN IN REAL LIFE Every lesson ends with a real action. You don't just learn what they did, you practice their methods the same day: at work, in conversations, and in your own projects. MASTER YOUR MEMORY Learn the techniques memory champions use for real. Build a Mind Palace, use the Link Method, and remember the name of everyone you meet. PLAY SMART BRAIN GAMES Practice what you learn with games built around memory, attention, reasoning, and speed. Each game gets harder as you improve, so you're always challenged at the right level. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS DAILY Keep your streak alive, level up through each course, and watch the habit build one day at a time. WHO CONSTRUCT IS FOR - Founders and builders who want to think like the people who built history - Ambitious people who want to be sharper at work and in conversation - Self-learners who love history, philosophy, and big ideas - Anyone who wants to spend less time scrolling and more time growing WHY NOW The average person spends hours a day scrolling feeds designed to take their attention. Construct is built for the opposite: a few focused minutes a day with the minds that shaped the world, and the methods that made them great. Questions or ideas? Email us at support@construct.app — — — Construct offers an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Service: https://construct.app/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://construct.app/privacy-policy EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Elo

Engage your mind with daily puzzles and trivia that expand your knowledge. Earn points to build and customize your own virtual city, turning curiosity into a tangible reward. Discover surprising facts and stories behind every answer.

Highlights
  • Daily trivia puzzles
  • City building and customization
  • Learn surprising facts
  • Unlock new buildings
  • Collect in-game coins
  • Optional app blocking
Features
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Meet Elo, your brain's best friend! Play clever puzzles, discover surprising stories, and learn things you'll actually want to tell someone. Every question is a chance to get a little smarter—and grow a city of your own. STOP THE BRAINROT Your brain deserves better than another hour of scrolling. Give it something to wonder about. How did ancient Egyptians move enormous statues? What happens when you drop a hammer and a feather on the Moon? Take a guess. Find out why. Leave knowing something you didn't before. TURN CURIOSITY INTO A CITY Every little discovery adds up to something you can see. • Complete puzzles to earn points and unlock new buildings • Get one wrong? Learn from the answer and keep making progress • Explore different topics to add new buildings to your city • Choose where to place them, collect coins, and make the city your own • Spend coins on decorations and advance your city through new ages • Want fewer distractions? Block distracting apps during focus hours to earn double points while you play That's the whole deal. You don't have to know everything. Just show up curious and leave a little smarter, with a little more city to show for it. POWER UP ELO AND YOUR CITY Elo is a little pink brain with big plans. Complete your daily goal to wake Elo and power your city for 24 hours. While your city is powered, your buildings earn coins. Come back to collect them, add something new, and watch your city grow alongside your curiosity. QUICK PUZZLES, BIG DISCOVERIES Explore history, science, the world, stories, nature, food, art, and mythology through illustrated puzzles that test what you know and surprise you with what you don't: • Clever questions that challenge what you think you know • Visual puzzles that reward a closer look • Surprising facts and ideas worth sharing REAL STORIES BEHIND EVERY ANSWER Big discoveries start with little questions. Every puzzle reveals an explanation, with a deeper story to read when something grabs you. Follow an unexpected answer somewhere interesting. And when you find a good one, share the puzzle and stump your smartest friend. A DAILY GOAL YOU CAN ACTUALLY FINISH Three puzzles. Something new to think about every day. Follow your curiosity, complete your daily goal, and keep Elo and your city powered up. A little curiosity on your commute can become a habit you look forward to. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Want Elo to help you put down distracting apps? Optional app blocking runs on Apple's Screen Time. Your blocked-app selections stay on your iPhone. We don't see which apps you choose or what you do in them. Elo is for you if: • You love learning things that make you say “wait, really?” • You want to understand how things work and why they matter • You enjoy clever puzzles and testing your smartest friends • You like building a little world and watching it grow • You want to spend a few spare minutes learning something worth remembering Get curious. Get smarter. Build your city with Elo.

Screenshots

Construct4 screens
Elo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Elo at none against Construct's 7. Elo also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (138 vs 26). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Construct sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Elo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Construct against 4.8 for Elo. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Elo has 138 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Construct's written reviews are positive against 56% of Elo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Construct versus Elo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConstructElo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (26 ratings)4.8 (138 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews55.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings26138 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 10 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size234 MB209 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperConstruct CompanyProdTrace, Inc

Customer experience

Construct

All ratings26 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral11.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Elo

All ratings138 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral2.9%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative44.4%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Construct

Subscriptions6
  • Construct Premium Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Construct Premium Annual$29.991 Year
  • Construct Premium Annual$44.991 Year
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  • Construct Premium Annual2 variants$59.991 Year
  • Construct Premium Annual7 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • Construct Premium Annual$89.991 Year
None

Elo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Construct free?
Construct is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Elo free?
Elo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Construct or Elo?
Elo is rated higher. Construct averages 4.7 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Elo averages 4.8 from 138 ratings.
Do Construct or Elo have ads?
Construct shows ads; Elo does not.
Which is updated more often, Construct or Elo?
Construct ships an update every 10 days, and Elo every 10 days. Most recently, Construct was updated on November 5, 2026 and Elo on November 12, 2026.

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