Comparison

Brain Gym Daily vs Mental Math

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

Head to head
About

Brain Gym Daily

Engage in six cognitive tests designed for daily brain training. Each adaptive workout adjusts to your performance, offering personalized challenges for memory, attention, and mental flexibility. All your progress is stored locally on your device, ensuring privacy and offline functionality.

Highlights
  • Six cognitive tests
  • Adaptive difficulty
  • Five-minute workouts
  • Offline functionality
  • Local data storage
  • Educational guides
Features
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Brain Gym Daily has six short games for memory, focus, quick reactions and maths. A workout takes 5 to 20 minutes. Each game adjusts to you. Do well and it gets a bit harder next time; have a bad run and it eases off. Your first workout starts with a short check to find your level in each game. Reaction Control: tap when the target shape appears, and hold back for any other shape. Colour Conflict: the word RED might be printed in blue. Tap the colour of the ink and ignore the word. Memory Match: squares light up one at a time. Tap Match when the lit square is the same one that lit up a set number of turns earlier. That number depends on your level. Spatial Sequence: watch the squares flash, then tap them in the same order. Rule Switch: the screen says COLOUR or SHAPE, then a shape appears. Sort it by colour or by shape, whichever it said. The rule keeps switching. Number Sprint: quick sums with four answers. Pick the right one before the timer runs out. The app only compares you with your own past results. There's no leaderboard. You don't need an account. Your results stay on your phone, the app works offline, it doesn't track you, and it has no ads. Every game has a help page that explains how it works. There are also six short guides, including one on whether brain training works at all. You can play all six games for free in the daily workout. Pro is a one-time purchase. It lets you play any game on its own, see your whole history, open any past session, and get a short note each day about your training. You can try Pro free for 7 days, and you won't be charged when the trial ends. This app is not a medical device. It does not diagnose, treat or prevent any condition, and it does not measure intelligence.

About

Mental Math

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Help your child build mental arithmetic skills one short level at a time. Mental Math is a simple addition and subtraction game designed for short, focused practice without countdowns or pressure. Start with small numbers and gradually progress to two- and three-digit calculations through 16 carefully structured levels. Each level contains just 10 questions, making it easy to fit a little practice into the day. FEATURES • Addition and subtraction up to three-digit numbers • 16 levels with gradually increasing difficulty • Short 10-question sessions • No countdown during exercises • Friendly feedback after every answer • Stars and personal bests • Complete history of previous attempts • Review every answer and correction • Light and dark appearance • VoiceOver and Dynamic Type support • Works completely offline Mental Math is designed to encourage practice rather than punish mistakes. Wrong answers are gently corrected, progress is never lost, and children can repeat levels as often as they like. No account. No sign-up. No advertising. No in-app purchases. Just mental arithmetic practice whenever you need it.

Screenshots

Brain Gym Daily4 screens
Mental Math4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mental Math at none against Brain Gym Daily's 2. Brain Gym Daily's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and ads 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. Brain Gym Daily sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Mental Math asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Brain Gym Daily versus Mental Math: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrain Gym DailyMental Math
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKITFUNSO LTDDenis Korneev

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Brain Gym Daily

One-time2
  • 7-day TrialFree
  • Brain Gym Pro$4.99
None

Mental Math

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Brain Gym Daily free?
Brain Gym Daily is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mental Math free?
Mental Math is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Brain Gym Daily or Mental Math have ads?
Neither Brain Gym Daily nor Mental Math shows ads.

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