Comparison

Visualization Training vs Shikirei

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

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Visualization Training

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Turn "picturing things in your head" into a daily habit. Visualization Training is an app for strengthening your mental imagery β€” the ability to see pictures in your mind's eye β€” through short daily exercises. WHO IT'S FOR β€’ Anyone who feels they struggle to form mental images (including those exploring aphantasia) β€’ People who want to make imagination training a daily routine β€’ Athletes and performers who use mental rehearsal β€’ Anyone looking for a fresh alternative to meditation and mindfulness HOW IT WORKS 1. A prompt like "a slowly spinning metal umbrella" appears as text and is read aloud 2. Close your eyes and picture the scene in your mind 3. Rate how vividly you could see it Prompts are generated from random combinations of motion, texture, and color applied to everyday nouns β€” so every session gives you fresh material to imagine. TEXT ONLY, ON PURPOSE This app never shows you pictures or colors. Showing the answer would leave nothing to imagine. The words are the only hint β€” the image is yours to create. TRAIN WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED Every prompt is spoken aloud, so you don't need to look at the screen. In auto mode, prompts advance at your chosen interval, and audio keeps playing even when the screen is locked β€” stay focused with your eyes closed from start to finish. FEATURES β€’ Auto mode (spoken prompts advancing at a set interval) and manual mode β€’ Prompt languages: English, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese (Traditional & Simplified) β€” doubling as listening practice for language learning β€’ Adjustable speech rate, session length, interval, chime, and haptics β€’ Track your training time (today / all time), session history, and a weekly goal β€’ My Words: add your own nouns and have them appear in prompts β€’ Dark & light themes, iPhone & iPad support PREMIUM (ONE-TIME PURCHASE) All core features are free. A single one-time purchase unlocks unlimited My Words (free tier: up to 10) and CSV word import. No subscriptions. A few minutes a day is all it takes. Today's first session is the first step toward a sharper mind's eye.

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Shikirei

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MOVE THE WORLD WITH EQUATIONS In this book, an equation is not a question to fill in. It is a mechanism to operate. Place gates where a parabola meets the ground and send a beam of light to the lighthouse. Choose how the sides of a triangle are divided and see whether three lines meet at one point. Add two waves and match their amplitude and phase. You never pick an answer from choices. Drag the controls, enter values, and press Observe to see where the light actually lands and which condition was broken. Predict, observe, adjust. There is no attempt limit. 51 UNITS, 153 STAGES Math I, A, II, B, C and III, with an introductory, an applied and a challenge stage in every unit. Twenty kinds of devices: gates at the zeros of a curve, rods with square-root lengths, probability branches you open and count, gears, waves, tangent lines, integral channels and more. Challenge stages add a resource budget, and some add obstacles and a required order. - Math I: quadratic functions, radicals, sets, trigonometric ratios, data analysis - Math A: counting and probability, conditional probability, geometry, integers - Math II: expressions and proofs, figures and equations, trigonometric functions, exponents and logarithms, differentiation and integration - Math B: sequences, recurrence relations, statistical inference - Math C: vectors, the complex plane, conic sections - Math III: limits, differential calculus, integral calculus Each unit covers representative topics. This is not a complete collection of every exam question type. The content follows the Japanese high school mathematics curriculum, so some topics and terms may differ from your course. WORKED EXAMPLES AND ADVICE - Open the reasoning on the board - Step through a worked example that shows each action and value (it grants no reward while you watch) - Ask the stage's spirit for a way of looking at the problem rather than the answer - Undo and reset are always available A SECOND MODE: THE UNIVERSE BOOK 60 algebra problems across 11 layers. Each card shows only the name of a technique, such as completing the square, and you compute the numbers in (x + ?)(x + ?) yourself. Answers are checked by expanding back to the original expression, so any valid order of steps is accepted. TECHNIQUES BECOME CHARACTERS Sixteen spirits, plus your guide Shiori, each with full-body art and three expressions. Their personalities come from real mathematics: Differentiation and Integration are siblings because of the fundamental theorem of calculus. In this world, fog is what has not yet been proven, and every restored equation clears a little of it. - Meet a spirit the first time you clear its stage - The compendium opens each spirit's own explanation of the technique and a bond episode PRICING The first 4 units of the Observation Journey (12 stages) and the first three layers of the Universe Book (12 problems) are free, with every feature enabled. A single one-time purchase unlocks the remaining 141 stages and 48 problems. If you purchased before, all 153 stages stay open. - No additional charges - No subscriptions - No ads - No gacha - No stamina WHO IT IS FOR - You want to feel what a formula actually represents - You memorized the formulas but do not know when to use them - You want to start math in the spare minutes before sitting down at a desk - You keep going when there are characters

Screenshots

Visualization Training4 screens
Shikirei4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Shikirei at every 2 days against Visualization Training's weekly. Shikirei also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Visualization Training sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Shikirei sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visualization Training ships an update weekly, Shikirei every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Visualization Training versus Shikirei: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisualization TrainingShikirei
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.417.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size21 MB103 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShingo FukuyamaSNAPLACE

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Visualization Training

One-time1
  • Premium$2.99
1 purchases

Shikirei

One-time1
  • Unlock all layers$2.99

Questions

Is Visualization Training free?
Visualization Training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shikirei free?
Shikirei is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Visualization Training or Shikirei have ads?
Neither Visualization Training nor Shikirei shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Visualization Training or Shikirei?
Visualization Training ships an update weekly, and Shikirei every 2 days. Most recently, Visualization Training was updated on November 5, 2026 and Shikirei on November 11, 2026.

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