Comparison

Elevate vs Brainy

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

Head to head
About

Elevate

Enhance your cognitive abilities with personalized brain training games. Improve focus, memory, vocabulary, and math skills through adaptive exercises. Track your progress and see measurable improvements in productivity and self-confidence.

Highlights
  • 40+ brain training games
  • Personalized training programs
  • Adaptive difficulty progression
  • Performance tracking and weekly reports
  • Workout calendar for daily motivation
  • Focus, memory, processing, math, precision, comprehension improvement
Features
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Elevate is a brain training program designed to improve your mind’s focus, memory, speaking abilities, processing speed, math skills, and more. Each person is provided with a personalized training program that adjusts over time to maximize results. The more you train with Elevate, the more you’ll improve critical cognitive skills that are proven to boost productivity, earning power, and self-confidence. 90%+ report improved vocabulary, math skills, and overall mental sharpness when they frequently use Elevate. IN THE NEWS “Elevate comes out ahead” in the battle of the brain training apps. – CNET Elevate is a “cognitive pick-me-up” with games that are “good for mental breaks throughout the workday.” – Washington Post. FEATURES • 40+ Brain Training Games: Improve your critical cognitive skills like focus, memory, processing, math, precision, and comprehension with 40+ brain training games. • Performance Tracking: Track your progress and compare your mind’s performance over time with weekly reports and insights. • Personalized Workouts: Customize your daily training focus and choose between 3 and 5 games. Get personalized daily workouts that include the skills you need most. • Adaptive Progression: Train your brain with adaptive difficulty progression that ensures your experience is challenging. • Workout Calendar: Stay motivated by tracking your training streaks and keeping your mind active daily. • And more! WHY YOU NEED ELEVATE • Express yourself more effectively in writing. Write with clarity, persuasiveness, and concision. • Improve your spelling and punctuation. Avoid common writing pitfalls. • Become a better reader. Read everyday materials faster and with greater understanding. • Expand your vocabulary. • Quickly and easily solve everyday math problems. Get better at comparing prices, splitting bills, and calculating discounts and markups. • Speak more effectively. Become more articulate and better at communicating tone and meaning. • Keep your mind engaged and challenged every day with short, effective exercises. RESEARCH BEHIND ELEVATE Elevate's games are designed in collaboration with experts in neuroscience and cognitive learning and are based on extensive scientific research. Elevate’s brain training algorithms further focus the learning experience by drawing from research in memory studies to develop a personalized training program for each member. ELEVATE SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Elevate offers a 7-day free trial as well as a basic free version. To access the free version, tap the X in the upper left-hand corner after you sign up for an account. If you choose to subscribe, you will be charged a yearly subscription fee according to your country. The subscription fee will be shown in the app before you complete the payment. Your subscription will automatically renew at the end of each subscription term, unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the term. Subscription renewals cost the same as the original subscription, and your credit card will be charged through your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. You may manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal at any time after purchase by going to your iTunes Account Settings. Refunds will not be given for any unused portion of the term. For additional information, please read our Terms of Service (https://www.elevateapp.com/terms) and Privacy Policy (https://www.elevateapp.com/privacy).

About

Brainy

Engage with fun games and quizzes to learn new facts on diverse topics. This app uses gamified lessons and spaced repetition to make knowledge acquisition enjoyable and help you retain information.

Highlights
  • Gamified lessons and fun quizzes
  • Spaced repetition mechanics
  • Tricky and mind-blowing brain games
  • Funny dialogues for information acquisition
  • Fact sharing with friends
  • Progress sharing
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Learn New Things. Play Fun Games. Feel Great. Brain Games: Haby Academy is an educational gaming app. It’s designed to make learning enjoyable and addictive, empowering you to feel smarter every day. Tired of doom-scrolling out of boredom? Play with Haby and learn instead and (re)discover the joy of getting smarter. How does it work? 1. Choose a topic that piques your curiosity. From Plato to the Cold War, the science of napping, black holes, Minecraft, how rainbows are made, and beyond, there’s something for everyone. 2. Enjoy interesting dialogues, expert-created videos, and short articles to take new info on board. 3. Play fun mini games to test you on the facts you’ve just learned. Engaging with content lets you easily memorize newly acquired knowledge. 4. Repeat: use daily spaced repetition to ensure you can continue to bring up new facts in conversations. Feel smarter by becoming smarter with Haby. You’re not alone on this knowledge journey. Haby is by your side and always ready with a fun fact. Can you guess what Haby is a portmanteau (a blending of two words) of? It’s ‘habit’ combined with ‘hobby’, which is what learning should be. Haby encourages you to keep up your learning streak everyday so that you get into the Haby of play-learning and become full of fun facts. Our features: * Gamified lessons and fun quizzes * Fact sharing with friends * Endless fun and brain-teasing games * Friend following and progress sharing * Best random fact app on the market * Tricky and mind-blowing brain games * Funny dialogues as a unique information acquisition method * Spaced repetition (ANKI) mechanics * Free download, free play * Great brain gymnastics * Simple and highly addictive gameplay * Riddles games to spend your time wisely * One of the best free games * Brain games for adults, puzzle games, and new games You and your friends can enjoy this addictive and free brain training IQ app. Think outside the box, learn new things, answer trivia questions, crack puzzles and get ready to be quizzed! You’ll be the fun-fact giving life of the party in no time! Play Haby. Have fun. Feel smart. Have questions or want to suggest new topics? Message us at support@haby.academy, or check us out at https://t.me/habyacademy Privacy Policy: https://haby.academy/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://haby.academy/terms-of-use.html

Screenshots

Elevate4 screens
Brainy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Elevate at 546K against Brainy's 66. Elevate also leads on chart position (#23 vs unranked). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Elevate sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Brainy sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Elevate against 4.7 for Brainy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Elevate has 546K ratings behind it against 66, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of Elevate's written reviews are positive against 67% of Brainy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Elevate ships an update weekly, Brainy fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Elevate versus Brainy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElevateBrainy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (546K ratings) — better4.7 (66 ratings)
Positive reviews59.3% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings546K — better66
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#23 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size593 MB159 MB
Age rating+49+
DeveloperThe Mind CompanyGRANGRAN LTD EOOD

Customer experience

Elevate

All ratings546,044 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.8%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews3,053 reviews
Positive59.3%
Neutral10.5%
Negative30.2%

Brainy

All ratings66 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral1.5%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Elevate

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login issues after app updates
  • Inability to restore purchases
  • Inconsistent performance across devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • More diverse game selection
  • Better explanations for incorrect answers
  • Ability to review past performance
  • Customizable difficulty levels
  • Metric system support for non-US users

Brainy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Elevate

Subscriptions8
  • Elevate Premium2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Elevate Subscription$7.991 Month
  • Elevate Premium$9.991 Month
Show 5 more
  • Elevate Premium$19.991 Year
  • Elevate Subscription$21.991 Year
  • Elevate Premium7 Days trial2 variants$39.991 Year
  • Elevate Premium14 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Elevate7 Days trial$39.991 Year
9 purchases

Brainy

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time7
  • 120 coins$4.99
  • No Ads$4.99
  • 120 gems$4.99
Show 4 more
  • 300 gems$9.99
  • 650 gems$19.99
  • Lifetime2 variants$49.99
  • Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Elevate free?
Elevate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brainy free?
Brainy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Elevate or Brainy?
Elevate is rated higher. Elevate averages 4.8 out of 5 from 546K ratings, while Brainy averages 4.7 from 66 ratings.
Do Elevate or Brainy have ads?
Both Elevate and Brainy show ads.
Which is updated more often, Elevate or Brainy?
Elevate ships an update weekly, and Brainy fortnightly. Most recently, Elevate was updated on November 4, 2026 and Brainy on November 3, 2026.

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