Comparison

Numvolt vs Cognik

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

Head to head
About

Numvolt

Enhance your mental math skills with a comprehensive trainer offering 15 topics and 150 levels each. Learn fastest calculation methods, track progress, and compete globally. Features include daily challenges, duels, and a home screen widget.

Highlights
  • 15 topics, 150 levels each
  • Fastest calculation method explanations
  • Daily challenges and sprints
  • Global ladder rankings
  • Two-player duels
  • Progress tracking and home screen widget
Features
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Numvolt helps you get better at mental math: open, calculate, understand, repeat. No account and no ads. For new installations, Numvolt Pro is required to start sessions after onboarding. Choose a yearly subscription or a lifetime one-time purchase; the price and terms are shown before purchase. FIFTEEN TOPICS, A HUNDRED AND FIFTY RUNGS EACH Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, percentages, order of operations, powers, algebra, square roots, signed numbers, proportions, time and durations, unit conversion and number patterns. Each topic has its own 150-rung journey, up to five elite chapters; the difficulty adjusts during the session, block by block. You pick your starting point at setup, and you can always replay a lower level. THE FASTEST METHOD, FOR EVERY CALCULATION After a mistake, and at the end of a session for your slowest answers, Numvolt shows you the fastest way to do it in your head, step by step: 71 × 87 is 70 × 87 + 87; 79² is 80² − 160 + 1. With the reflex to keep and other ways to do it. In the courses, type any calculation and the app explains the best method. In Zen mode there is no timer: time to understand. SPRINTS AND A DAILY CHALLENGE 15, 30 or 60 seconds on the + − × ÷ mix. +1 per correct answer, −1 per mistake. The daily challenge is the same 60-second series for everyone, all day long. A LADDER FROM YOUR CITY TO THE WORLD Join the ladder with a nickname and your city. Your best sprint is ranked on six rungs: city, county, region, country, continent, world. After every sprint you see exactly what you climbed — "5th → 2nd · Rhône" — and how many points you need to overtake the next player. Only your nickname, city and scores are published. Never your exact location. DUEL ON ONE PHONE Two players, the same questions in the same order, 30 seconds each. Scores are revealed at the end. YOUR PROGRESS, VISIBLE XP, overall level, accuracy, day streak, seven-day chart, level per topic and session history. A Home Screen widget shows your daily goal and starts a sprint in one tap. WHAT STAYS WITH YOU Your progress lives on your iPhone, in the app's storage. No account. Anonymous usage counters, which you can switch off in Settings, only tell us where the app gets stuck. Fractions and decimals accepted on the keypad. Light, dark or automatic appearance. Available in 49 languages. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Cognik

Features
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Practice aptitude tests with fresh questions and clear, step-by-step explanations. Find the missing domino. Fold a cube in your mind. Spot a number pattern or recognize a die from memory. Cognik generates variations of reasoning exercises so you can practice the method across different questions. Start with a free placement test that sets your starting level. Cognik Complete unlocks guided practice, custom sessions, timed exams and past exams on iPhone and iPad. 73 EXERCISE TYPES. SIX SKILL AREAS. Explore general, verbal, numerical and spatial reasoning, attention and memory. Practice number series, syllogisms, domino patterns, cube folding, code comparisons and more. UNDERSTAND THE ANSWER Confirm your answer in Practice to see an explanation before moving on. Follow the reasoning step by step, then save questions you want to revisit. FIND YOUR NEXT CHALLENGE Take a placement test or choose a starting level. Guided sessions use your previous answers to introduce exercises, revisit skills and adjust the challenge between sessions. PRACTICE YOUR WAY Choose skills, exercise types and question count. Save custom profiles for sessions you want to repeat. Work at your own pace in Practice, or take a timed Exam and review the answers and explanations afterward. TAKE PAST EXAMS Open the Archive to take past Spanish National Police aptitude papers. Each part has its own timer; once you submit the whole exam, review every answer with its explanation. Questions that depend on language are adapted to the language you practice in. Results do not change your training score. Cognik is independent of any examining body. KNOW WHERE TO FOCUS Review your training score, badges, accuracy and activity by exercise and category. Look back through completed sessions and saved questions. The training score reflects your practice in Cognik; it is not an IQ score or a prediction of exam results. PART OF YOUR ROUTINE Practice in English, Spanish, German, French or Brazilian Portuguese, with light and dark appearances. iCloud sync keeps your completed practice history available across your devices. No Cognik account is required. TRY BEFORE DOWNLOADING Open a Cognik bookmark or a Try link on cognik.app to practice a free three-question quiz in the App Clip. Check answers and explore explanations, then continue training in the full app. START WITH A FREE PLACEMENT TEST Find your starting level in three rounds of 6 questions and a final 10-question checkpoint. All four sessions are free, and you can retake placement whenever you like. Guided practice, custom sessions, timed exams and past exams are available through Cognik Complete: a monthly or annual subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices and any eligible trial are shown before purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled; manage them in your App Store account settings. Lifetime access has no renewal. Start with one question. Understand the next step. Privacy policy: https://cognik.app/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

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Cognik4 screens

Verdict

The call

Numvolt and Cognik are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Numvolt sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year and Cognik sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Numvolt ships an update every 2 days, Cognik every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Numvolt versus Cognik: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNumvoltCognik
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB91 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperROMEO ILARIO FLAVIO GAMBINOAlberto Guerrero Martn

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Numvolt

Subscriptions1
  • Numvolt Pro Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Numvolt Pro$24.99
3 purchases

Cognik

Subscriptions2
  • Cognik Complete Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Cognik Complete Annual3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Cognik Complete Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is Numvolt free?
Numvolt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cognik free?
Cognik is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Numvolt or Cognik have ads?
Neither Numvolt nor Cognik shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Numvolt or Cognik?
Numvolt ships an update every 2 days, and Cognik every 4 days. Most recently, Numvolt was updated on October 29, 2026 and Cognik on October 29, 2026.

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