Mobilewalla: Apps that challenge the mind
Proponents of brain training claim that the process helps the brain stay flexible, and may slow certain aging processes. The following apps all involve challenging exercises and games.
Apple apps
Brain Wars: Competitive brain training game (Free)* Brain Wars engages your competitive spirit to keep you playing as you try to outwit your friends. (Score: 99/100)
Left vs Right: A brain training game (Free, with subscription offers)* This brain trainer challenges both sides of your brain in a series of mini-games. (Score: 96/100)
Peak — Brain Training (Free, with subscription offers)* Peak uses games to train your brain, and adapts to you, increasing your challenges as you learn. (Score: 95/100)
Brain Dots — Draw and solve! Brain Training Game (Free)* Brain Dots starts each screen with two dots that you connect by drawing shapes that “steer” the dots. (Score: 94/100)
Clockwork Brain — Training with Insanely Fun Puzzles (Free)* This app uses games to improve your memory, perception, logic, reflexes and calculation. (Score: 92/100)
Android apps
Elevate — Brain Training (Free)* As you train with Elevate, it adapts to your unique abilities and claims to help you become more productive and confident over time. (Score: 98/100)
Sudoku Free (Free) — Sudoku and crossword puzzles were “training” brains long before more formal means existed. Try this top-rated Sudoku app to find out why. (Score: 97/100)
NeuroNation — brain training (Free)* — NeuroNation develops its games with neuroscientists to increase your memory, attention, intelligence and decision-making skills. (Score: 96/100)
WordBrain (Free)* — WordBrain is a mashup of block-clearing and word-searching games. Find the hidden words in order to move to the next, increasingly difficult, level. (Score: 94/100)
Lumosity (Subscription)* — Lumosity was one of the first major players in this category, and it still has very loyal fans who use it to train every day. (Score: 89/100)
*Available on Apple and Android.
Mobilewalla is a search and discovery engine using breakthrough technology to score every app to help consumers navigate the mobile application marketplace. Apps are scored using an algorithm that weighs several characteristics, including user ratings, position within category and staff recommendations. For more app intel, go to www.mobilewalla.com. Anindya Datta is a technologist and founder of Mobilewalla.
This story was originally published February 19, 2016 at 12:10 PM with the headline "Mobilewalla: Apps that challenge the mind."