Comparison

Outside vs Matrix Reasoning Trainer

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

Head to head
About

Outside

This app delivers a single, focused multidisciplinary idea each morning, encouraging intentional learning and expanding your perspective beyond algorithmic feeds. Build a daily habit of curiosity and access a growing archive of fascinating concepts.

Highlights
  • One daily focused idea
  • Track reading streak
  • Reflect and comprehend
  • Access complete archive
  • Multidisciplinary learning
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Escape the algorithmic echo chamber. Outside is built for the endlessly curious mind seeking focus in a world of endless feeds. Every day, you are bombarded with infinite scrolling, cheap distractions, and tailored algorithms designed to keep you inside a digital bubble. Outside offers a completely different experience: one single, fascinating, multidisciplinary idea delivered to you every morning. No feeds, no noise, no mindless swiping. Just three minutes of intentional learning. By pulling from the vast worlds of science, art, history, and philosophy, Outside expands your perspective and introduces you to concepts you would never naturally stumble upon. It is a daily invitation to step outside what you already know. Core Experience One Daily Idea: Receive a single, focused deep-dive lesson each morning. Read it, absorb it, and move on with your day. Build an Intentional Habit: Track your daily reading streak. Watch your knowledge compound over time as you build a sustainable, calming routine. Reflect and Grow: Take a moment to absorb what you have learned before the next day's concept arrives, fostering genuine comprehension over rapid consumption. The Complete Archive: Unlock the full, ever-growing library of past daily ideas. Revisit your favorite concepts and dive into the multidisciplinary vault whenever inspiration strikes. Outside Pro Access to the daily idea and your ongoing reading streak is free. To unlock the complete historical archive and revisit past lessons, you can upgrade to Outside Pro through an auto-renewing monthly or yearly subscription. Your subscription directly supports an independent platform dedicated to lifelong curiosity and high-quality education. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Matrix Reasoning Trainer

Prepare for job recruitment logic tests with this app. It offers practice tasks with detailed explanations of the rules applied. Choose between timed practice sessions or full tests to track your progress and identify areas for improvement.

Highlights
  • Practice matrix reasoning tasks
  • Detailed rule explanations
  • Generated tasks that never repeat
  • Timed practice sessions
  • Adaptive difficulty tests
  • Progress tracking statistics
Features
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Do better on the logic test in a recruitment process. Matrix reasoning is one of the most common task types in job tests, and practice makes a difference: if you have seen the format before, you lose no time working out the task and you go in calmer. A few days is enough to get the format down. The first five tasks are free. The rest is unlocked with a one-time purchase. No subscription, no login, no ads. ANSWERS THAT EXPLAIN After each answer you see exactly which rules applied: not "the number changes", but "the number increases by 1 to the right and decreases by 1 downwards". If you get it wrong, you can open an example of the rule you missed. TASKS THAT NEVER RUN OUT Eight kinds of tasks, from figures and sector wheels to arrows, symbols, paths and crosses, with the same rules as in the real tests. The tasks are generated on the phone, so you never see the same task twice. PRACTISE OR TAKE THE TEST • Practise: one task at a time, the answer right away, and a time per task that you choose. The level follows you, or you set it. • Test: twelve tasks at two minutes each, or twenty at one minute, with adaptive difficulty. Afterwards a level 1–10 and a review of every task. The statistics show how your level develops and which rules to practise. GOOD TO KNOW Your results are stored on the phone only. The app sends anonymous usage statistics, which you can turn off. The level is the app's own scale and does not predict the result of any other test.

Screenshots

Outside4 screens
Matrix Reasoning Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Outside at 15.0 against Matrix Reasoning Trainer's 17.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Outside sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Matrix Reasoning Trainer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Outside against 5.0 for Matrix Reasoning Trainer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Outside versus Matrix Reasoning Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOutsideMatrix Reasoning Trainer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequency—Every 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB2 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDavid SokeyePETTER NILS AKE HOGLANDER

Customer experience

Outside

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Matrix Reasoning Trainer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Outside

Subscriptions2
  • Outside Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Outside Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
1 purchases

Matrix Reasoning Trainer

One-time1
  • Unlock everything$14.99

Questions

Is Outside free?
Outside is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Matrix Reasoning Trainer free?
Matrix Reasoning Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Outside or Matrix Reasoning Trainer?
Outside and Matrix Reasoning Trainer are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Outside or Matrix Reasoning Trainer have ads?
Neither Outside nor Matrix Reasoning Trainer shows ads.

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