Comparison

Brain Wars vs BrainUP

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Real-time global battles
  • Challenge friends
  • Worldwide rankings
  • Simple brain teasers
  • Intuitive training
  • Adaptable challenges
Features
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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.

About

BrainUP

Enhance your cognitive abilities with engaging games designed to improve logic, arithmetic, visual, and memory skills. Track your progress, compare scores globally, and challenge friends. Offers daily free access with premium options for full game unlocks.

Highlights
  • Brain training games
  • Progress tracking
  • Logic, Arithmetic, Visual, Memory skills
  • Global score comparison
  • Daily free games
  • Friend challenges
  • Categorized workout programs
Features
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BrainUP is a brain training and progress tracking application, including special designed games. When you signup BrainUP you will get a free 5 minute BrainUP Test, after test you will see your scores for each categories. BrainUP has major categories such as Logic, Arithmetic, Visual and Memory. BrainUP not only let you improve your Logic, Arithmetic, Visual and Memory skills but also you will fun with animated educated games. Each games developed for better user experience. BrainUP Features * Track your progress and see your improvements. * Global scores for each games and categories. * Daily and categorized workout programs for your level. * Test your level and play with daily free games. * Compare your scores for each games and categories globally. * Challenge with your friends. All games features will be unlock when you get Premium account. Standart account users can also use BrainUP with daily free games and test measurement section. BrainUP game has Premium membership. With subscribing you will unlock all games and track progress of your improvements. Following is the Information about the auto-renewable subscription.We offer BrainUp to track your brain activities, measure your scores and display results depend on your improvements. With subscribing you can use access BrainUp app all games and tracking content during your subscription period. Subscription periods are Monthly.Privacy Policy http://dakyuz.com/index.php/2018/10/16/brainup-privacy-policy/ Terms and Conditions http://dakyuz.com/index.php/2018/10/16/brainup-terms-and-conditions/ Every period your subscription renews.Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.Monthly Package per monthly $9.99. Premium Package per 3 months $19.99, Premium Package per 6 months $29.99 Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You can cancel your subscription via this url: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039.

Screenshots

Brain Wars4 screens
BrainUP4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Brain Wars at 65% against BrainUP's 27%. Brain Wars also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (2.5K vs 197). BrainUP's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Brain Wars sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and BrainUP sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Brain Wars holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brain Wars has 2.5K ratings behind it against 197, 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 27% of BrainUP's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brain Wars ships an update every 6 weeks, BrainUP every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Brain Wars versus BrainUP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrain WarsBrainUP
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2.5K ratings) — better4.3 (197 ratings)
Positive reviews64.8% of reviews — better26.8% of reviews
Number of ratings2.5K — better197
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.610.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB118 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTranslimit, Inc.Dakyuz Yazilim Ticaret Limited Sirketi

Customer experience

Brain Wars

All ratings2,486 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral3.5%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews395 reviews
Positive64.8%
Neutral10.1%
Negative25.1%

BrainUP

All ratings197 ratings
Positive83.2%
Neutral5.6%
Negative11.2%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive26.8%
Neutral10.7%
Negative62.5%

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

BrainUP

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Brain Wars

One-time8
  • Heal Heart$0.99
  • 20 Coins$1.99
  • Remove Ads Option$3.99
Show 5 more
  • 50 Coins$4.99
  • 120 Coins$11.99
  • 240 Coins$23.99
  • 480 Coins$47.99
  • 750 Coins$74.99
10 purchases

BrainUP

Subscriptions3
  • Brain Training Monthly Plan$4.991 Month
  • Brain Training 3 Months Plan$12.993 Months
  • Brain Training 6 Months Plan$19.996 Months
One-time7
  • Starter Pack$2.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Small Pack of Coins$5.99
Show 4 more
  • Medium Pack of Coins$10.99
  • Large Pack of Coins$19.99
  • Big Pack of Coins$35.99
  • Giant Pack of Coins$69.99

Questions

Is Brain Wars free?
Brain Wars is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BrainUP free?
BrainUP is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Brain Wars or BrainUP?
Brain Wars is rated higher. Brain Wars averages 4.6 out of 5 from 2.5K ratings, while BrainUP averages 4.3 from 197 ratings.
Do Brain Wars or BrainUP have ads?
Brain Wars shows ads; BrainUP does not.
Which is updated more often, Brain Wars or BrainUP?
Brain Wars ships an update every 6 weeks, and BrainUP every 4 days. Most recently, Brain Wars was updated on November 6, 2026 and BrainUP on November 2, 2026.

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