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1. [R4] Peak 1/5 · US Too much ads: Can’t even play 2 game without dealing with all these ads. Am I really getting an experience out of this game when most of the time is spent on watching ads? No thank you
2. [R19] Peak 1/5 · US Completely unusable without subscription: When I first got this app, I could play the daily sample games without a subscription. Over time I had to watch more videos to play free. After several months hiatus, I tried to play today. I could not get through two short games of the "daily workout" without watching 4 videos. The problem is that after the video ad ends, you are stuck in a screen that yo
3. [R24] Peak 3/5 · US Terrible ads: Love the app but not worth it for the disgusting amount of ads.
4. [R30] Peak 3/5 · US Ads easy to long: The games are fun and engaging and I understand that the free version includes ads. However, when the ads are three and four times longer than the actual gameplay, it becomes excessive and frustrating. There are times I get stuck in an ad and can’t get out. I’ll stick with Elevate and Lumosity. Elevate has ads but not nearly as bad as this app.
5. [R2] Peak 4/5 · US Fun but wish it was all free: Love the games and it helps a lot but I really wish this game was free.
6. [R12] Peak 3/5 · US Subscription: Every time I come across a brain training app, there is a subscription and a free tier, and I HATE IT!! Good games though.
7. [R18] Peak 3/5 · US No: Absolutely not. I got this game as a fun way to get smarter. I planned to not get “PRO” because I don’t need to spend that money. So I didn’t. Now any games I can play on pro so I can’t play anything other than the daily workout. I’m so disappointed
8. [R22] Peak 1/5 · US Waste of time: Spent like half an hour doing tests just to not get any result unless I pay $40 or whatever? What the hell, man? What’s the damn point of letting me take the test if I have to spend all my money to see the result? Also, I can only play ONE game, and it’s boring and easy as hell. Useless waste of time.
9. [R1] Peak 2/5 · US Can’t complete assessment: I just got the app and im eager to get into using the app but i cant complete the third part of the assessment. After I press play, it does the countdown then goes to a blank background
10. [R3] Peak 3/5 · US Not loading: Not loading halfway through workout. Every day. Needs fixed. Otherwise app is good.
11. [R7] Peak 1/5 · US No support????: So when you select app support there is actually NO support. You may only see answers to certain questions. I just purchased the pro version and the GROW game it is not working properly (Beginning letters of words are not showing) on iOS ipad and there seems to be no way to contact support. I’m sad I purchased something that has NO support. Ridiculous!
12. [R15] Peak 3/5 · US Grow game not working: I can’t see any letters on my iPad Air for this game. The rest of the games work fine but it is blank and flashing at the bottom on Grow game
13. [R6] Peak 3/5 · US Used to love this app: I’ve been using this app off and on for several years and have absolutely loved it. This week, every time I’ve tried to use my pro subscription, it will not allow me. I’ve contacted support but have had no response. Just an app I pay for I cannot use. I tried restarting my phone, I tried deleting the app, I tried restoring the purchase, I tried creating a new account - I get
14. [R13] Peak 1/5 · US Subscription does NOT work and Poor Customer Service: Purchased the annual pro plan 1 week ago and made several attempts to log in. Followed all the online instructions and reach out to the customer service. Peak’s customer service response is excruciatingly slow, I had to remind and follow up 6 times and wait more than 24 hours to get a simple response on what to do next. Highly recommend for f
15. [R16] Peak 1/5 · US Zero support: 3 emails to support asking for help with resetting password - no response at all
16. [R21] Peak 3/5 · US Need better directions on how to play these games. I have given up!: I like the app, but I don’t know how to play about 50% of the games. I can’t figure them out. There is not enough instruction. I am to the point where I simply don’t play them anymore. What is the point of the app if I don’t understand how to play the game? You need better directions.
17. [R45] Peak 3/5 · GB Needs work: I don’t remember the last time this app got a significant update. I’ve been playing it for I don’t know how many years and STILL the games are imbalanced. How are you gonna have 11 Problem Solving games and 10 Focus games but only 2 and 3 Coordination and Emotion games (respectively)? Still no option to create your own custom workouts either, nor does the rating system for games seem t
18. [R52] Impulse 5/5 · US Fun & Innovative: I enjoy the large variety of games, and there are all a lot of fun. I find when I’m consistent with using this app it truly does make a difference in memory, patterns, and so on and so forth.
19. [R53] Impulse 3/5 · US No good updates: It’s fun at first, but there are no new games added, so it becomes boring.
20. [R54] Impulse 1/5 · US Boring, Repetitive, and Unresponsive: I bought the lifetime subscription; how I wish I could get my money back. Same boring games over and over and over again. Even when you dislike a particular game, the app will incessantly add it to your training program daily. The math is for first grade students and it never gets harder. Save your money.
21. [R55] Impulse 5/5 · US Keeping my brain Active!: Impulse helps me remember to think !
22. [R66] Elevate 4/5 · US Why?: It has improved my percentage skills and helped me learn new words. 4 stars because they randomly changed the streak freeze price from 100 to 150 coins.
23. [R67] Elevate 3/5 · US Potential: This is reasonably priced for what is offered. I think it seems super helpful for maybe most people. It did seem like it could help teach me quite a few things, but where I got frustrated is the math. I loved how it taught an easy way to do percentages, but some of the math is unreasonable for my particular brain. I have dysalculia, so I can’t easily do math in my head and especially on
24. [R68] Elevate 2/5 · US stop changing the volume!: Stop changing the volume from zero to something more when I launch the app! Already retested with the 2026-07-13 build and it still happens. What kind of stupid bug like that doesn't get caught during your testing?!
25. [R69] Elevate 4/5 · US Improvement recommendation: This app is wonderful however, one recommendation I would give is that the words be read to you. This would help with pronouncing words correctly.
26. [R79] Braindom 1/5 · US Too many ads: Super cool game. I’m fine with ads. But there are way more ads than gameplay in this one unfortunately
27. [R81] Braindom 3/5 · US It’s good at the beginning but: This game is good at the beginning, but once you start getting into it, it gets easy There needs to be more levels that are challenging And there are way to many adds
28. [R82] Braindom 1/5 · US Ad watching simulator: You will spend more time watching ads than playing the game.
29. [R83] Braindom 5/5 · US Great game: It gets hard after level 100 but not impossible it is kid friendly so parents it’s ok for kids
30. [R93] Lumosity 2/5 · US Not Actually Free: Like Impulse and every single one of these apps, it's not actually free. You have a limited selection of things you can do unless you pay an unfair amount of money per month. Just make the app a one time purchase instead of lying about being free and helping.
31. [R94] Lumosity 5/5 · US Felix: 5 stars
32. [R95] Lumosity 3/5 · US Please add Cash App pay: It is a very good app to have and is helpful. I just wish it had Cash App pay.
33. [R96] Lumosity 2/5 · US PLS FINISH MAKING HIGHWAY HAZARDS: PLS FINISH MAKING HIGHWAY HAZARDS
34. [R107] MindPal 1/5 · US helps alotttt: i downloaded this app to keep me occupied during the summer and its made me realize how smart i am but also made me realize all the areas i struggle in great way to stop doomscrolling!
35. [R108] MindPal 5/5 · US Solid so far: Overall I love the brain games and everything else
36. [R109] MindPal 3/5 · US review: wish it was free but otherwise fun
37. [R110] MindPal 2/5 · US Old content and can’t advance: The games are fun at first but then they get boring. They use the same puzzles over and over again, such as word search. There might be 10 word search puzzles that they cycle over and over and it’s so boring to solve the same things again and again. Also, you can get up to level 399/400 but it doesn’t seem like you can ever get to level 400. The scoring is also wo
38. [R8] Peak 5/5 · US Possible specialized games: I am disabled. I have one arm and there’s a lot of games that require two hands to play Is there Any intentions of making games for handicap people. I noticed there are games for people with dyslexia what about other abnormalities.
39. [R9] Peak 3/5 · US Font adjustment: Fonts are too light and too small. Please add adjustment for vision accessibility.