What is the best brain training app for iPhone?

Elevate - Brain Training Games, S tier, ranked #1 of 30, rated 4.8 by 544,788 people.

Which brain training apps are free?

30 of 30 are free to download: Elevate - Brain Training Games (S), Impulse - Brain Training (S), Peak - Brain Training (S), Lumosity: Brain Training Games (S) and more. 14 of them sell in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.

Which brain training app has the best App Store rating?

memoryOS: Memory Games at 4.9 from 16,799 ratings.

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Best Brain Training Apps for iPhone (2026)

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

Elevate - Brain Training Games is the top-ranked of 30 brain training apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 544,788 ratings.

1
Elevate - Brain Training GamesS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 544,788 ratings · score 99
2
Impulse - Brain TrainingS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 851,088 ratings · score 98
3
Peak - Brain TrainingS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 146,389 ratings · score 96
4
Lumosity: Brain Training GamesS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 130,595 ratings · score 96
5
MindPal - Brain Training GamesS
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 86,045 ratings · score 96

What belongs in this list

Train thinking skills such as memory, focus and logic with regular exercises.

Not here: a single trivia game alone; a puzzle game alone with no training claim; memory training alone; mental math drills alone; hypnosis or meditation audio 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
Elevate - Brain Training GamesS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 544,788 ratings · score 99 · best in class
2
Impulse - Brain TrainingS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 851,088 ratings · score 98 · best in class
3
Peak - Brain TrainingS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 146,389 ratings · score 96 · best in class
4
Lumosity: Brain Training GamesS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 130,595 ratings · score 96 · best in class
5
MindPal - Brain Training GamesS
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 86,045 ratings · score 96 · best in class
6
IQ Masters: Brain Games, TestsS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 65,326 ratings · score 94 · best in class
7
BrainGain - IQ Brain TrainingS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 22,141 ratings · score 93 · best in class
8
Clever: Brain Training GamesA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 45,035 ratings · score 92 · excellent
9
NeuroNation - Brain TrainingA
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 4,500 ratings · score 92 · excellent
10
IQ Boost: Training Brain GamesA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 50,925 ratings · score 92 · excellent
11
Logicus: Brain Training GamesA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 18,914 ratings · score 90 · excellent
12
IQ Boost: Brain Trainer, GamesA
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 9,271 ratings · score 89 · excellent
13
BrainHQA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 21,963 ratings · score 88 · excellent
14
Brain Games - Left vs RightA
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 24,775 ratings · score 88 · excellent
15
Memorado (GEIST): Brain & MindB
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 9,871 ratings · score 88 · good
16
Brainwell Brain Training GamesB
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 5,162 ratings · score 71 · good
17
memoryOS: Memory GamesC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 16,799 ratings · score 70 · situational · provisional
18
BrainSpot: Mental Test GamesC
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 2,842 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
19
IQ Test & Brain Training LEVOC
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 2,773 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
20
Math Brain Booster GamesC
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 27,225 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
21
Mind Games - Brain TrainingC
Free · ★ 4.6 · 12,461 ratings · score 67 · situational
22
IQ Evolve - Brain TrainingC
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 3,479 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
23
NeuroBoost-IQ Enhance&TrainingC
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 2,840 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
24
Brain WarsD
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 2,486 ratings · score 66 · weak · provisional
25
Brain School 28 Training GamesD
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 3,312 ratings · score 65 · weak · provisional
26
Constant Therapy: Brain+SpeechD
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 4,147 ratings · score 64 · weak · provisional
27
Brain Test Puzzle : IQ GamesD
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 3,353 ratings · score 64 · weak · provisional
28
IQ2 - Brain Training, Brain Games, Memory GamesD
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 4,602 ratings · score 63 · weak
29
Brain Puzzle Games for AdultsD
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 17,624 ratings · score 54 · weak
30
Skills - Logical Brain GameF
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 2,919 ratings · score 41 · avoid · provisional

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What is the best brain training app for iPhone?: Elevate - Brain Training Games, S tier, ranked #1 of 30, rated 4.8 by 544,788 people.
Which brain training apps are free?: 30 of 30 are free to download: Elevate - Brain Training Games (S), Impulse - Brain Training (S), Peak - Brain Training (S), Lumosity: Brain Training Games (S) and more. 14 of them sell in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.
Which brain training app has the best App Store rating?: memoryOS: Memory Games at 4.9 from 16,799 ratings.
How many brain training apps reach S or A tier?: 14 of 30. 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.