Comparison

BRAIN vs Brain Blow

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

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About

BRAIN

This app offers a free brain training experience designed to enhance the connection between the left and right hemispheres of your brain. It features four exercises aimed at improving creativity, concentration, and memory, along with the popular BRAIN-TEST for on-the-go assessment.

Highlights
  • Strengthens left and right brain links
  • Improves creative thinking and analytical vision
  • Enhances concentration, memory, and processing speed
  • Includes 4 free brain training exercises
  • Features the popular BRAIN-TEST
  • Offers app recommendations for personal development
Features
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BRAIN-TRAIN ­- based on the world renowned SOMMER + SOMMER BRAIN-TEST - is an innovative brain training app that strengthens the links between the left and right sides of the brain. Intense cooperation between both sides of the brain has a significant impact on brain performance. The selected exercises are specially designed to enable synchronous activity between the two sides of the brain, promoting creative thinking and analytical vision. As a side effect, concentration, memory, and processing speed are also improved. This app is free and offers 4 different exercises, which can help you achieve great results on their own. In addition, we recommend paid apps that offer an even bigger range of activities for your own personal development. Try it out for yourself. Fun is guaranteed! The SOMMER + SOMMER BRAIN-TEST already has over 60 million users and is a good starting point for your brain training. You will also find the BRAIN-TEST in this app, so you can always have it handy and compare your results with your friends and family. The ability to link the two sides of the brain is more important than having a strong right or left side of the brain. The BRAIN TRAIN app helps you with this very important skill. BRAIN-TRAIN offers: • An innovative and free brain training app for the left and right sides of your brain • 4 exercises to improve your creativity, concentration, and memory • The successful BRAIN-TEST on the go • App recommendations for your own personal brain training The BRAIN-TEST in the international headlines: Forbes: "Brains of Men and women are totally different!“ Daily Mail: "Are you rational and like to live by the rules? Or creative and curious? Now there's a quiz that will determine why this might be." The Independent: "Right-brained or left-brained? - The holy grail of pop-psychology in just 30 seconds!" BILD: "These Germans tell you how you really tick!"

About

Brain Blow

Engage in a series of challenging riddles and brain teasers that require creative, outside-the-box thinking. Develop your logic and attention with unique puzzles and hand-drawn graphics. Hints are available to help you solve the tricky quests.

Highlights
  • Challenging riddles
  • Brain teasers
  • Creative answers
  • Unusual solutions
  • Hand-drawn graphics
  • Hints available
Features
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Prepare for a Brain Blow! Try to complete every task of this genius game and develop your logic and attention. Every trivia might give you a hint, but solutions don’t come that easy — you gotta think outside the box. Why you’ll love Brain Blow: - Challenging riddles & brain teasers - Creative and unusual answers - Fine hand-drawn graphics - Hints available Test your IQ and brain power with this fascinating new tricky quest!

Screenshots

BRAIN4 screens
Brain Blow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BRAIN at none against Brain Blow's 4. BRAIN also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.5). Brain Blow's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 27 months) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 3). On price, rating, review sentiment 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 Blow sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. BRAIN asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BRAIN holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brain Blow has 1.6K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of BRAIN's written reviews are positive against 44% of Brain Blow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BRAIN ships an update every 27 months, Brain Blow every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
BRAIN versus Brain Blow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBRAINBrain Blow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better4.5 (1.6K ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better44.2% of reviews
Number of ratings31.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 27 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.5
Further details — not scored
Size138 MB649 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBBG Entertainment GmbHDEVGEIM

Customer experience

BRAIN

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%

Brain Blow

All ratings1,554 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral4.2%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews260 reviews
Positive44.2%
Neutral9.6%
Negative46.2%

Bugs and requests

BRAIN

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Brain Blow

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes at level 155
  • Microphone not working for certain levels
  • Levels not loading properly

Requested features

3 requests
  • More levels and updates
  • Reduce the number of ads
  • Improve puzzle logic and explanations

In-app purchases

None

BRAIN

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Brain Blow

One-time4
  • Add 10 hints$1.99
  • Add 20 hints$3.99
  • Disable Ads$4.99
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  • Add 40 hints$5.99

Questions

Is BRAIN free?
BRAIN is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brain Blow free?
Brain Blow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BRAIN or Brain Blow?
BRAIN is rated higher. BRAIN averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Brain Blow averages 4.5 from 1.6K ratings.
Do BRAIN or Brain Blow have ads?
Brain Blow shows ads; BRAIN does not.
Which is updated more often, BRAIN or Brain Blow?
BRAIN ships an update every 27 months, and Brain Blow every 2 months. Most recently, BRAIN was updated on November 7, 2026 and Brain Blow on November 3, 2026.

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