Comparison

Memory Trainer vs IQ Prep

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

Head to head
About

Memory Trainer

Features
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Span helps you practise remembering the number sequences that matter in everyday life. Start with a short measure in the same order and in reverse order, then train with a focused daily session built from three exercises: • recall digits in the same or reverse order • hold a sequence in mind while counting backwards • remember a six-digit verification code through a short distraction Your records stay personal. Span shows your own measurements and progress over time without rankings, percentiles, or medical claims. Training data stays on your device, and no account is required. FREE ACCESS • Initial number-recall measure • First daily session of the day • Personal records • Grouping lesson SPAN PREMIUM • Additional daily sessions • Free practice in same-order, reverse-order, and verification-code modes Span Premium is available as an annual or weekly auto-renewable subscription. Prices, billing periods, and any introductory offer are shown by the App Store before purchase and may vary by country. You can manage or cancel your subscription from your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.michaeldardol.com/span/privacy/

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IQ Prep

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Practise for IQ tests with the item types of real intelligence tests: matrices, number series, figure series, mirror images, operators and digit span. Plus a lab with reaction, attention and memory tasks in which you measurably improve with practice. For aptitude tests, Mensa admission and anyone who wants to know how IQ tests work. IQ TEST ITEMS • Matrices: 3×3 figure matrices as in Raven's test, up to four rules at once, and at higher levels dot patterns that combine, intersect or cancel out • Number series: 28 rule families, from simple differences to interleaved series • Figure series: rotation, count, fill, shape and movement across the grid • Mirror images: rotated or mirrored, with ever-new figures • Operators: insert the operators, precedence applies • Digit span: forwards and backwards, as in the Wechsler test Every item is generated fresh, on five difficulty levels, and after every answer you see the solution step by step. No games, no points: items look like the real test, black figures on a plain background, no animations. LAB: REACTION, ATTENTION, MEMORY Five classic tasks from cognitive psychology to practise: reaction time, Stroop, flanker, Corsi block and dual n-back. With practice you measurably improve at them; a trend curve shows your progress, plus a daily streak. Reaction, attention and memory are tested directly in some selection procedures, such as police or pilot selection. TEST UNDER REAL CONDITIONS 30 items from all categories, 20 minutes, no help until the end. Then a score per category and every wrong item with its solution to work through. SCIENTIFIC BASIS • Practice on the test format measurably improves scores. The meta-analysis by Hausknecht et al. (2007) shows gains of about a quarter of a standard deviation from retesting, more with targeted coaching. • Practising reaction and memory tasks reliably improves performance on exactly those tasks. Whether it transfers to IQ beyond them is disputed (Melby-Lervåg et al. 2016), so IQ Prep does not promise it. • The item types follow established test families: matrices after Raven, digit span after Wechsler (WAIS, WISC), number and figure series as in CogAT and similar batteries. Free to try: three items per category, one full test with mistake review, and three runs of each lab task. Full version $4.99 one time: everything unlimited. No subscription, no ads, no account, no data collection. Training offline, internet only for purchase and restore. IQ Prep is not a standardized intelligence test and does not measure IQ.

Screenshots

Memory Trainer4 screens
IQ Prep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Memory Trainer at 3 against IQ Prep's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Memory Trainer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and IQ Prep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Memory Trainer versus IQ Prep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemory TrainerIQ Prep
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developermichael dardolBirger Krah

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Memory Trainer

Subscriptions2
  • Span Premium Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Span Premium Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
1 purchases

IQ Prep

One-time1
  • Full version$3.99

Questions

Is Memory Trainer free?
Memory Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is IQ Prep free?
IQ Prep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Memory Trainer or IQ Prep have ads?
Neither Memory Trainer nor IQ Prep shows ads.

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