What is the best brain puzzle app for iPhone?

Brain Test: Tricky Puzzles, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.8 by 1,472,407 people.

Which brain puzzle apps are free?

40 of 40 are free to download: Brain Test: Tricky Puzzles (S), Brain Test 2: Tricky Stories (S), Who is? Brain Teaser & Riddles (S), Brain Out -Tricky riddle games (S) and more. 25 of them sell in-app purchases. 6 report no in-app purchases.

Which brain puzzle app has the best App Store rating?

Maze Madness - Brain Puzzle at 4.9 from 48,991 ratings.

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Best Brain Puzzle Apps for iPhone (2026)

40 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Part of Puzzle Games.

Brain Test: Tricky Puzzles is the top-ranked of 40 brain puzzle apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 1,472,407 ratings.

1
Brain Test: Tricky PuzzlesS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 1,472,407 ratings · score 99
2
Brain Test 2: Tricky StoriesS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 229,400 ratings · score 97
3
Who is? Brain Teaser & RiddlesS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 175,033 ratings · score 96
4
Brain Out -Tricky riddle gamesS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 247,635 ratings · score 95
5
Brain Puzzle: Tricky QuestS
Free · ★ 4.7 · 28,466 ratings · score 95

What belongs in this list

Exercise my mind with brain teasers that need thinking to solve.

Not here: Logic puzzle sets of a single type alone; Word puzzles alone; Brain training tests with only reaction speed alone; A general puzzle game with no thinking challenge alone; A title containing brain alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

Compare every app

1
Brain Test: Tricky PuzzlesS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 1,472,407 ratings · score 99 · best in class
2
Brain Test 2: Tricky StoriesS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 229,400 ratings · score 97 · best in class
3
Who is? Brain Teaser & RiddlesS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 175,033 ratings · score 96 · best in class
4
Brain Out -Tricky riddle gamesS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 247,635 ratings · score 95 · best in class
5
Brain Puzzle: Tricky QuestS
Free · ★ 4.7 · 28,466 ratings · score 95 · best in class
6
Braindom: Brain Games Test OutS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 166,964 ratings · score 93 · best in class
7
Brain Up - Drama Puzzle GameS
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 78,690 ratings · score 93 · best in class
8
Brain Who? Tricky Riddle TestsS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 182,146 ratings · score 92 · best in class
9
Brain Test 4: Tricky FriendsS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 80,889 ratings · score 92 · best in class
10
Brain Puzzle 2: Logic TwistS
Free · ★ 4.7 · 16,076 ratings · score 92 · best in class
11
Brain Test 3: Tricky QuestsA
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 26,887 ratings · score 92 · excellent
12
Cryptogram: Word Brain PuzzleA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 241,130 ratings · score 92 · excellent
13
Easy Game - Brain PuzzlesA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 203,660 ratings · score 91 · excellent
14
Brain Games : Logic PuzzlesA
Free · ★ 4.6 · 18,261 ratings · score 91 · excellent
15
IQ Masters: Brain Games, TestsA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 65,326 ratings · score 91 · excellent
16
The Moron Test: IQ Brain GamesA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 18,749 ratings · score 90 · excellent
17
Riddle Test: Brain Teaser GameA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 34,852 ratings · score 90 · excellent
18
Brain Wash - Puzzle Mind GameA
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 83,896 ratings · score 89 · excellent
19
Brain Puzzle 3: Crazy MindA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 24,453 ratings · score 89 · excellent
20
Riddles & Brain Teasers QuizA
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 7,318 ratings · score 88 · excellent
21
Re-Size-It: Brain TeaserA
Free · ★ 4.7 · 34,009 ratings · score 88 · excellent
22
IQ Boost: Training Brain GamesB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 50,925 ratings · score 87 · good
23
Tricky Mean - Brain puzzleB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 11,168 ratings · score 87 · good
24
DOP 2: Delete One PartB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 292,160 ratings · score 87 · good
25
Thief Puzzle: Brain GamesB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 299,849 ratings · score 86 · good
26
Flashback: Tricky Fun RiddlesB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 176,603 ratings · score 86 · good
27
WordBrain: classic word puzzleB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 135,176 ratings · score 86 · good
28
Tricky Puzzle: Brain QuestB
Free · ★ 4.7 · 5,884 ratings · score 86 · good
29
Impossible Date: Tricky RiddleB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 169,071 ratings · score 85 · good
30
DOP: Draw One PartB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 233,386 ratings · score 84 · good
31
Maze Madness - Brain PuzzleB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 48,991 ratings · score 84 · good
32
Math Crossword - Number PuzzleB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 124,023 ratings · score 83 · good
33
Tricky Story 2: Brain TwistB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 24,130 ratings · score 83 · good
34
Fun by Genius: Stupid TestC
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 64,114 ratings · score 83 · situational
35
Brain Test All-Star: IQ BoostC
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 41,208 ratings · score 82 · situational
36
Game is HardC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 40,069 ratings · score 82 · situational
37
Hide Ball: Brain Teaser GamesC
Free · ★ 4.8 · 13,223 ratings · score 82 · situational
38
Brain It On!C
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 5,157 ratings · score 81 · situational
39
Path Flow - Maze PuzzleC
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 27,187 ratings · score 80 · situational
40
Tricky Challenge: Mini GamesC
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 21,821 ratings · score 78 · situational

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Questions people ask

What is the best brain puzzle app for iPhone?: Brain Test: Tricky Puzzles, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.8 by 1,472,407 people.
Which brain puzzle apps are free?: 40 of 40 are free to download: Brain Test: Tricky Puzzles (S), Brain Test 2: Tricky Stories (S), Who is? Brain Teaser & Riddles (S), Brain Out -Tricky riddle games (S) and more. 25 of them sell in-app purchases. 6 report no in-app purchases.
Which brain puzzle app has the best App Store rating?: Maze Madness - Brain Puzzle at 4.9 from 48,991 ratings.
How many brain puzzle apps reach S or A tier?: 21 of 40. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.