10 apps to train your brain

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

With mobile phone games, you can develop your memory, thinking speed and math talents.

1. Peak

This is a collection of mini-games that are divided into groups. There are exercises for training memory, quick thinking, mindfulness. Separately, it is worth noting the puzzles on the knowledge of the language: the application is not Russified, in order to collect words or search for them on a huge field of letters, you will have to call on the help of knowledge in English. So you kill two birds with one stone: you train your brain and tighten your tongue.

After installing the application, you will have to take a test. Based on the results, Peak will determine your baseline skill level and suggest puzzles of appropriate difficulty. The full version of the application is paid, and for owners of Apple devices it will cost 7 times more than for Android users. But in the free version there are a lot of mini-games, enough for a long time.

Platform: Android, iOS

2. Exercise your brain

"Brain training" is well suited for amateurs to neglect versatile development and focus only on specialized classes. Here you don't have to put words from letters or develop emotionality.

The app offers four games to train memory, attention, math skills (this section is inexplicably called "flexibility") and speed. According to the concept, this is a somewhat shrunken version of Peak, but completely Russified.

Platform: iOS

3. Lumosity

An app for training memory, attention and other mental abilities was developed by neuroscientists. In it, you have to perform exercises that at first glance seem simple, but in fact require quite a lot of mental effort. In general, the tasks are similar to those offered in Peak and Brain Training.

Based on the test results, Lumosity will select an individual lesson plan. The creators of the app promise that regular exercise will have a positive impact on the performance of your daily tasks.

Platform: Android, iOS

4. Real Kakuro

Two thousand Sudoku options for counting lovers. The puzzle is similar to a regular crossword puzzle, but in empty cells you need to enter numbers from 1 to 9, and so that in a row or column, each number is used only 1 time. The application is not Russified, but the numbers it uses are familiar, Arabic, so there should be no problems with the game.

Platforms: iOS, Android

5. Elevate

This proposal promises to develop different areas of knowledge, but it will be especially interesting for English language learners. The humanitarian direction here is represented by several tasks at once: reading, writing, listening. For example, Elevate will read you a short text and then ask questions about it.

Platforms: iOS, Android

6. The Da Vinci Riddles: A Quiz

It's simple: you are asked a question with four possible answers, you need to choose the correct one. The puzzles are divided into more than 10 categories: business, science, cities and others. You can simply answer questions or fight with swords of erudition with a random player. To solve mathematical problems, the application has a built-in calculator; to visualize the task, a special drawing tool is provided.

Platforms: Android, iOS

7. DOOORS - room escape game

The application will lock you in a room and offer you to play one game, almost like in the movie "Saw". To get out of the room, you have to break your head. There are not so many levels in Dooors (80 for iOS and 50 for Android), but they are enough to level up your problem solving skill.

Platforms: Android, iOS

8.1001 tasks for mental arithmetic

This application is a Russian development. You have to solve problems and enter the correct answers in a special field.

Tasks are taken from Rachinsky's book “1001 Problems for Mental Counting in School”. In the second half of the 19th century, peasant children were engaged in it, who successfully solved the necessary examples in their minds. At the same time, you can check whether an IT specialist of the 21st century can cope with a similar task.

Platforms: Android, iOS (in the mind)

9. Math tricks

As the classics said, mathematics is the gymnastics of the mind. This app will first ask you to solve an example and then show you how you can do it in a faster way. Even if you do not have to add and subtract directly while working, doing it regularly can increase your thinking speed.

Platforms: Android, iOS

10. Brain Wars

This application contains exercises to develop memory, reaction speed, accuracy, math skills, attentiveness. For example, the program will show you an arrow on a red or blue background. Your task is to draw a line with your finger on the screen in the direction of the arrow, if the background is blue, and in the other direction, if it is red.

But in Brain Wars you don't just solve puzzles, you participate in a competition. The algorithm will select an opponent of equal skill from the users of the application. You will complete three tasks at the same time and find out who is better.

To be more successful in battle, you can train one or another skill separately, but in the free version of the application, the number of attempts is limited.