Brain Wars vs Puzzlist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brain Wars
Engage in real-time competitive brain training against players worldwide. Solve simple puzzles to outscore opponents, climb global rankings, and challenge friends. Improve your mental concentration and adaptability through continuous, intuitive challenges suitable for all ages.
- Real-time global battles
- Challenge friends
- Worldwide rankings
- Simple brain teasers
- Intuitive training
- Adaptable challenges
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Over 20 million downloads! ◇◆Competitive Brain Training Game◆◇ Increase your brain power and compete against players from around the world! Experience the heated battle that will keep you on your toes! Highly rated by players who enjoy Puzzles Crosswords, Sudoku, and other brain teasers! ▼The Rules ・Outscore your opponents with simple brain teasers! ・Defeat them and climb the worldwide rankings! ・Challenge your friends with real-time matches! ・Increase your Brain Power through continuous challenges! ◆Real-Time Battle Experience Compete with worldwide challengers―LIVE! Test your opponents and push your brain to its limit! ◆Play With Friends! Invite your friends for double the fun! Connect through FaceBook and challenge everyone! ◆Strive For World-class Rankings The stage is the world―Play against players from around the globe and place on the worldwide ranking! ◆Simple & Intuitive Brain Training! Easy to understand mental training rules and concepts suitable for all ages! ◆The key to matches? Brain Teasers don't contain certain subjects or languages! Train your brain and easily adapt through repetition! ◆New and Updates ・Official FaceBook Page https://www.facebook.com/brainwars ・Official Twitter https://twitter.com/brainwars_jp ▼Details BrainWars is a mental concentration battle game for players from around the world. Players of all ages can participate in this through simple brain teasers and compete with each other. Brain Teasers do not require special knowledge so everyone can improve their brain function through repetition and adaptation.
Puzzlist
An addictive puzzle game designed to train your brain. Merge numbers to solve challenges and improve your cognitive skills. Enjoy a simple yet engaging experience.
- Number merging gameplay
- Brain training exercises
- Puzzle challenges
- Addictive mechanics
- Simple interface
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Merge up! Addictive brain trainer & puzzle game!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Puzzlist at 100% against Brain Wars's 65%. Puzzlist also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). Brain Wars's advantage is ratings volume (2.5K vs 148). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 Wars sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Puzzlist sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Puzzlist holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brain Wars has 2.5K ratings behind it against 148, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Brain Wars's written reviews are positive against 100% of Puzzlist's.
Brain Wars ships an update every 6 weeks, Puzzlist every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brain Wars | Puzzlist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.5K ratings) | 4.9 (148 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.5K — better | 148 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Translimit, Inc. | Picup Inc. |
Customer experience
Brain Wars
Puzzlist
Bugs and requests
Brain Wars
Reported bugs
4 issues- Challenges not working properly
- Crashes when exiting ads
- Freezing and loading issues
- Incorrect scoring/stats updates
Requested features
4 requests- Offline practice mode
- Clearer explanation of ranking/scoring system
- More game variety
- Ability to challenge friends asynchronously
Puzzlist
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Brain Wars
- Heal Heart$0.99
- 20 Coins$1.99
- Remove Ads Option$3.99
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- 50 Coins$4.99
- 120 Coins$11.99
- 240 Coins$23.99
- 480 Coins$47.99
- 750 Coins$74.99
Puzzlist
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
Is Brain Wars free?
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