Mind Games vs Stroop Effect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mind Games
Engage in a variety of brain-training games designed to exercise different mental skills. Track your progress with score histories and standardized scales. A training center helps select personalized exercise routines.
- Brain training games
- Mental skill practice
- Score history tracking
- Progress graphs
- Standardized score conversion
- Personalized training center
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Exercise your brain! Mind Games is a great collection of games based in part on principles derived from cognitive tasks to help you practice different mental skills. This app includes many excellent free games. There are many trial games from Mind Games Pro that allow you to play 3 times. All games include your score history and a graph of your progress. Using some principles of standardized testing, your scores are also converted to a standardized scale so that you can see where you need work and excel. Not sure where to focus? Training Center does the work for you by picking the perfect mix of exercises to keep you engaged. Mind Games is intended to be brain challenging entertainment. No research has yet been conducted to determine if this app has cognitive benefits.
Stroop Effect
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Classic game exploring the Stroop Effect
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Stroop Effect at none against Mind Games's shown. Mind Games's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mind Games ships an update every 3 weeks, Stroop Effect every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mind Games | Stroop Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (12K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mindware Consulting, Inc | Michal Mandrysz |
Bugs and requests
Mind Games
Reported bugs
3 issues- Screens going blank or freezing
- Answers/instructions being cut off
- Inconsistent scoring and percentile calculations
Requested features
5 requests- Add a tutorial for new users
- Provide more language and region options
- Improve scoring and feedback system
- Introduce a dark mode option
- Allow users to track and review past performance
Stroop Effect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mind Games
No in-app purchases
Stroop Effect
No in-app purchases
