Brain Trainer vs GaborPatchGame
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brain Trainer
This app offers a fun way to enhance cognitive functions and brain health for all ages. It utilizes scientifically-backed mini-games based on the Stroop effect to stimulate and develop key brain areas responsible for memory, attention, and emotional regulation.
- 12 stimulating mini-games
- Detailed game instructions
- Progress and performance reports
- Track best/last scores
- Analyze response times and accuracy
- Sound and music controls
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Whether you want to improve your brain health and performance, or just to have a fun and maintain cognitive functions, this app is for you! ‘Brain Trainer: Tune Up Your Left and Right Brain’ is one of the best brain training apps for iPhone / iPad / iPod touch. For all ages, and it is FREE! Unlike many other brain training apps, this app is founded on solid scientific ground. Did you know that the brain can be strengthened just like a muscle? Muscles become stronger with use, and using the brain makes it stronger too. ‘Brain Trainer’ is based on famous “Stroop effect” named after J. Ridley Stroop who discovered the strange phenomenon in the 1930s. He found that when the name of a color (e.g., "blue," "green," or "red") is printed in a color not denoted by the name (e.g., the word "red" printed in blue ink instead of red ink), naming the color of the word takes longer and is more prone to errors than when the color of the ink matches the name of the color. The interference between the different information (what the words say and the color of the words) your brain receives causes a problem. That information comes simultaneously from different brain areas / brain hemispheres. It was later found that the task of selecting an appropriate response actively involves anterior cingulate cortex. The app has lots of mini-games that help stimulate and develop anterior cingulate cortex that is responsible for working memory, error detection, conflict monitoring, motivation, attention, modulation of emotional responses and many other cognitive functions. Features: - 12 games - detailed instructions - progress report (best / last score) - performance report (average response time, number of correct/incorrect answers, success rate, medal, etc.) - sound / music control Practice daily, try to get higher scores, help your brain to be in good shape!
GaborPatchGame
Engage with visually stimulating Gabor Patch patterns through three distinct game modes. Track your progress on a goal calendar and aim for daily streaks to enhance your visual acuity.
- Three unique Gabor Patch games
- Adjustable difficulty levels
- Visual pattern recognition challenges
- Daily goal tracking
- Progress calendar
- Visual cortex stimulation
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A simple game app using Gabor Patch images. This app is a simple game app aimed at continuously watching Gabor Patch images without getting bored. 〇What is Gabor Patch? It is a kind of striped pattern created by mathematical processing called the Gabor transform. It was developed by Dr. Dennis Gabor, the 1971 Nobel Prize in Physics winner for his invention of holography. Originally, it was thought that looking at Gabor Patch transform images is likely to act on the visual cortex of the brain, and improvements were observed when used to restore eyesight with its adaptability. Looking at Gabor Patch images is said to be effective not only for myopia but also for presbyopia, astigmatism, and hyperopia, due to their effects on the visual cortex of the brain. 〇Game level Each of the three games has three levels (difficulty): Light, General, and Many. Choose your favorite game and your favorite level and challenge yourself so that you can continue playing every day. 〇Gabor Patch Game(Gabor Touch) Tap on the Gabor Patch image with the same pattern to erase it, and a new screen will appear when all are erased. 〇Gabor Scope Game(Gabor Scope) Find and tap the same Gabor Patch image as the image in the top Scope, it will disappear. When all disappear, you can move on to the next level. 〇 Gabor One Game(Gabor One) Display multiple Gabor patch images. I have a single image with no identical images. The game will be cleared by tapping all of the single images. 〇Goal calendar When you clear one side of each game, the number will be counted and displayed on the goal calendar. When you set and clear a daily goal, the number displayed on the goal calendar will turn red. Make it your goal to have all of your favorite games and levels displayed in red every month. 〇Daily calendar You can check the calendar every day when you used this app. It might be a good idea to try and aim for 30 days first.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GaborPatchGame at none against Brain Trainer's 1. GaborPatchGame also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 11 months). Brain Trainer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (984 vs 27). On price, rating and device support 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
Both are free to download. Brain Trainer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GaborPatchGame asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Brain Trainer against 4.6 for GaborPatchGame. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brain Trainer has 984 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Brain Trainer's written reviews are positive against 75% of GaborPatchGame's.
Brain Trainer ships an update every 11 months, GaborPatchGame every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brain Trainer | GaborPatchGame |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (984 ratings) — better | 4.6 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.4% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 984 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vinta Games | SHUUICHI WATANABE |
Customer experience
Brain Trainer
GaborPatchGame
Bugs and requests
Brain Trainer
Reported bugs
2 issues- App crashes on older devices
- Occasional freezing or lagging
Requested features
4 requests- Add more games and levels
- Provide personal score history and progress tracking
- Allow users to customize game difficulty
- Introduce multiplayer mode for competition
GaborPatchGame
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Brain Trainer
- Remove Ads$0.99
GaborPatchGame
No in-app purchases
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