Binaural vs CogniSport
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Binaural
Generate binaural beats, isochronic tones, and noise for focus, rest, or practice. This audio tool runs offline and plays under other applications, allowing you to maintain your current activity.
- Binaural and isochronic beat modes
- Brown and pink noise generation
- 25 curated presets for various needs
- Plays audio under other apps
- Offline functionality
- Session timer with quick duration options
- Background audio and lock-screen controls
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Binaural is a focused beat and tone generator: binaural and isochronic beats, brown and pink noise, and 25 curated presets—built to start fast and run fully offline. NO SUBSCRIPTION Binaural is free to use. No account required. No streaming. Your session settings stay on your device. An audio tool for focus, rest and practice, not medical treatment. PLAYS UNDER ANY APP Keep your video, lecture or podcast going and add binaural beats underneath. WHAT YOU GET • Always-visible entrainment controls with binaural or isochronic modes • Brown and pink noise layered with your beat • 25 grouped presets for focus, relaxation, sleep, and more • Session timer with quick duration chips • Background audio and lock-screen controls FROM MEDITATION TREKS Binaural is the lightweight companion to Meditation Treks—the full guided meditation app with treks, nature, breathwork, and more. Try Meditation Treks from the About tab when you want the complete experience. Headphones recommended for binaural beats.
CogniSport
Enhance athletic performance by training cognitive skills like reaction time, visual processing, and peripheral awareness. Measure, train, and track improvements to see, process, and react faster during competition.
- Reaction time training
- Visual processing speed
- Peripheral awareness
- Motion detection
- Multi-object tracking
- Sport-specific cognitive training
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Train Your Information Processing Speed Athletic performance starts before the first movement. CogniSport helps athletes measure and train the cognitive skills that influence how quickly they see, process, decide, and react during competition... Train Core Performance Skills • Reaction Time • Visual Processing Speed • Peripheral Awareness • Motion Detection • Multi-Object Tracking • Sport-Specific Cognitive Performance Measure. Train. Improve. Evaluate your cognitive performance, identify areas for improvement, complete targeted training sessions, and track your progress over time... See faster. Process faster. React faster. Terms and conditions: https://cognisport.co/terms Privacy policy: https://cognisport.co/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CogniSport at 5.0 against Binaural's 4.2. CogniSport also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 22 months). Binaural's advantage is ratings volume (42 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
CogniSport holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Binaural has 42 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Binaural ships an update every 22 months, CogniSport every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Binaural | CogniSport |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (42 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Meditation Treks LLC | Justin Nejbauer |
In-app purchases
Binaural
No in-app purchases
CogniSport
No in-app purchases
