Comparison

BrainKit vs Roberto App

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

Head to head
About

BrainKit

This app assists individuals with prospective memory challenges by breaking down daily tasks into simple, manageable steps. Users and caregivers can define tasks using text, pictures, or audio, and receive real-time guidance through each step of their rehabilitation.

Highlights
  • Define daily tasks with an easy interface
  • Describe tasks using text, pictures, or audio
  • Step-by-step guidance for task completion
  • Improve prospective memory
  • Participate actively in rehabilitation
  • Schedule tasks on iPad calendar
Features
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BrainKit TaskPlanner™ helps guide those with prospective memory difficulties along their path toward recovery. Through an easy-to-use interface, BrainKit TaskPlanner™ allows users and/or caregivers to define daily tasks, breaking them down into individual, simple steps. It then guides the user, step-by-step, as they perform these tasks in real time. Tasks and steps can be described using text, pictures, or recorded audio, and users can directly schedule tasks on their iPad calendar using the in-app scheduling feature. Key Features: • Define daily tasks with a simple-to-use interface • Use text, pictures or audio to describe tasks and steps • Walk through tasks step by step as you complete them • Potentially improve your prospective memory • Be an active participant in your rehabilitation process -- NOTE: Scheduling tasks by location will enable GPS running in the background. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. -- Approved for Public Release; Distribution Unlimited. Case Number 14-2888. ©2014 The MITRE Corporation. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

About

Roberto App

This app offers a quick brain health assessment through various modules that challenge cognitive abilities. It provides objective data to help users understand how lifestyle factors impact performance and offers personalized suggestions for optimization. The results empower users to monitor their brain health and make informed decisions.

Highlights
  • 6-minute brain health checkup
  • Seven cognitive challenge modules
  • Millisecond accuracy performance assessment
  • Objective data for decision making
  • Personalized suggestions and tips
  • Tracks impact of lifestyle factors
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Roberto from RC21X is your personal platform for optimizing performance. Roberto consists of seven different modules, each of which challenges your brain in different ways. Each session takes only minutes to perform and measures and assesses your performance with millisecond accuracy. With objective data from Roberto, you’ll be able to make better decisions about your health and make lifestyle changes that optimize your performance. And, we’ll guide you with suggestions, tips and informative articles based upon your results. You’ll be able to see at a glance how things like stress, sleep, exercise, diet, medications and more impact your everyday performance. Disclaimer: ROBERTO has been identified by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a class II medical device exempt from 510(k) premarket notification requirements. ROBERTO is a computerized neurocognitive assessment aid that is not intended for use as a stand-alone assessment of specific diseases or conditions. ROBERTO DOES NOT PROVIDE A MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS. ROBERTO is not a medical diagnostic tool or clinical treatment. The results from Roberto empower individuals to take personal responsibility in monitoring their brain health and make informed health decisions. This app has an optional auto-renewable subscription available called "Roberto Standard Monthly Subscription Auto-Renew" • Length of subscription is one month. • 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, and identify the cost of the renewal • 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 See our terms of use here: http://robertoapp.com/terms_service.html

Screenshots

BrainKit4 screens
Roberto App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BrainKit at none against Roberto App's 1. BrainKit also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). Roberto App's advantage is review sentiment (77% vs 50%) and rating (4.2 vs 4.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Roberto App sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. BrainKit asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Roberto App holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roberto App has 19 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of BrainKit's written reviews are positive against 77% of Roberto App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BrainKit ships an update every 2 months, Roberto App every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and July 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
BrainKit versus Roberto App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrainKitRoberto App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)4.2 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews76.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings219 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB212 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMITRE CorporationHOME BASE IMPAIRMENT COMPANY, INC.

Customer experience

BrainKit

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Roberto App

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.8%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative23.1%

In-app purchases

None

BrainKit

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Roberto App

Subscriptions1
  • Roberto Single User14 Days trial$9.991 Month

Questions

Is BrainKit free?
BrainKit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Roberto App free?
Roberto App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BrainKit or Roberto App?
Roberto App is rated higher. BrainKit averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Roberto App averages 4.2 from 19 ratings.
Do BrainKit or Roberto App have ads?
Neither BrainKit nor Roberto App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BrainKit or Roberto App?
BrainKit ships an update every 2 months, and Roberto App every 6 weeks. Most recently, BrainKit was updated on September 20, 2026 and Roberto App on July 29, 2026.

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