Elevate

What reviewers actually said

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1. [R5] 5/5 · US Great for my mind: This app helps me think faster. It challenges me. I love it.
2. [R9] 5/5 · US Excellent: I’ve had this for a while now. There are so many things to do to help with grammar, reading, comprehension. This one is worth it. Helps keep mind active and focused. Still playing, learning a lot. This just gets better. One can learn a lot
3. [R15] 5/5 · US Love it!: This app is so fun! It has easy and challenging puzzles. I especially love the fun word games like Recall. This app is an incredible way to learn and have a good time. I would recommend it for probably ages 10 and up. I think younger children would not understand the concepts. I am in 7th grade and I think it is just the right difficulty. All in all, this game is a great way to train you
4. [R16] 5/5 · US Awesome: This application is awesome. It helps with sharpening your skills and keeping your focus and memory.
5. [R8] 5/5 · US Fun: Good fun educational games
6. [R18] 5/5 · US Daily Must: This is a great way to start my day! Love the challenges.
7. [R22] 5/5 · US Elated about Elevate: I tried to Elevate for the first time today and enjoyed it. I’m not a math buff, but the equivalency activity was easy to understand so I can complete it quickly-typically I ponder and overthink it. The vocabulary, comprehension catch the spelling error or helpful and expanding words, I use in speaking and writing. Try it it will help you expand your vocabulary usage correctl
8. [R10] 4/5 · US Excellent, Except the ads: These puzzle games are excellent because they include multiple types of puzzles (math, writing, speaking, etc.) However, after a while, the ads prevent you from completing the puzzles. They run for minutes before the next puzzle can be accessed. Sadly, this is so frustrating and tone consuming that It’s forcing me to find a new puzzle app.
9. [R47] 5/5 · US Brain Games = Brain gains: Love this app. The variety of puzzles, challenges and tools make this a go-to for daily commutes, sitting in traffic or before-bed relaxation
10. [R48] 5/5 · US Worth the money.: Love the way it automatically adjusts to make the takes more or less challenging the next time I play. Means I’m always getting challenged without things becoming frustrating. I didn’t even realize some of my mental math skills were getting rusty until I started using elevate. Now, I can see my improvement overtime.
11. [R171] 3/5 · US pretty good: The app has a lot of different games you can play to sharpen your reading, writing, math, speaking, and memory. The games are pretty nice, but you do have to pay for the membership. There are also a few puzzles that you can do that are pretty fun. Overall, I enjoy this app, even though I feel like it could use a few new things to do.
12. [R26] 5/5 · US Brain stimulation: This is an excellent Brainstorming game. I downloaded this game three years ago and have been addicted to it ever since.
13. [R30] 5/5 · US Here since 2017!: I love the way that the game has adapted and continues to give us ways to elevate and stretch. Our minds. Definitely my go to for years. Still here in 2026. Loyal and in love!
14. [R42] 5/5 · US honestly so worth it imo!: this actually works so many different areas of your brain and works on so many different skills! i actually really love this a lot! as of today i have a 681 day streak going!
15. [R59] 5/5 · US Long time player: I started playing free version. Liked it so much that I paid for it. One of very few I pay to play! Money spent on education is never a mistake.
16. [R2] 1/5 · US Not free like the ads claim: Yeah, it's free to download but you can't do anything unless you pay. You can play about five minutes worth of games and everything else is behind a pay wall. I only downloaded this app because the ad said that it was completely free. False advertising! Too bad because it did seem like it could have potential.
17. [R19] 3/5 · US nice, but you need premium.: Theres only 1 game available if you dont have premium, which is the DAILY game that you can only play ONCE a day. How lame.
18. [R21] 4/5 · US Cool for learning english: the app is not bad at all, except for: i wish they told us in the ad that it was 90% paid and we can only play 3 small games a day for free, also it would be cool to be able to try premium subscription for like 1k coins daily if you’ve been playing much and want to work out normally and try the subscription before paying
19. [R38] 1/5 · US all paid content: everything shown in ads is paid content, free version of the app is just bombardment with pop ups asking you to pay them on a subscription basis in order to access 95% of the app
20. [R14] 1/5 · US Subscription: Still tried to take out 39.99 after I canceled the free trial way before the 7 days was up.
21. [R33] 3/5 · US Cannot contact: I received a free trial and started to play a couple games. The games that I played were pretty fun. I just didn’t like it enough to pay the full price. So I decided after a day to delete the app. Usually I can delete an app and then go to my apple settings and opt out of the free trial. But I couldn’t find it in my settings for some reason. Then after a couple weeks, my card was c
22. [R60] 1/5 · US Bad: They charge still after your subscription is cancelled
23. [R100] 1/5 · US Watch out!: This app will automatically subscribe you without warning. I have requested this subscription to be cancelled. Let’s see how this goes.
24. [R12] 1/5 · US ANNOYING ADS: SPEND MORE TIME ON MAKING YOUR GAME BETTER AND LESS TIME SPENDING MONEY ON USELESS AI ADS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE BY A 2 YEAR OLD BABY WITHOUT ARMS
25. [R50] 4/5 · US Ads: Ads ads ads
26. [R53] 1/5 · US Decent Until Recent: The new ads are obtrusive and make the free version virtually unusable. Update: The ads have gotten worse and if you don’t watch them, you lose your streak. The game erased a streak that was more than 500 days long. Don’t play this.
27. [R13] 2/5 · US Issues with log in: Activities stimulating but constant error message trying to log in. Frustrating as need to uninstall and reinstall app. Plus purchased paid version which will be a loss if this continues
28. [R27] 3/5 · US Buggy!: It has become very buggy on an iPad.
29. [R76] 1/5 · US Still!: I just updated the app. I have over 500 days, and now it’s starting me from day 1 - AGAIN!!!
30. [R111] 1/5 · US System errors: I did my lessons ever and system STILL read that I missed a day, I did not
31. [R37] 3/5 · US Good but repetitive!: Elevate has been excellent for this 71 year-old male to improving maintain memory skills, math calculations, and improved speaking and writing. However, after almost a year, the program seriously needs some updating. Some of the puzzles I have done at least four or 5 or maybe 10 times.
32. [R121] 3/5 · US Helps get my mind working: This app is pretty good. The games aren’t all that challenging, but I find if I do this in the morning, it helps wake me up and get my mind working. I do wish they would introduce some new content. For example, there are several math games that focus on subtraction and division, but not much for multiplication which is a little weird. I do appreciate how some of the game
33. [R144] 2/5 · US Stale: Overall is pretty good but the activities are getting old and need to be updated and refreshed. Updated - after I contacted their customer service was told they are updating the content but I’ve seen no indication of it. Good graphics but old tired content
34. [R173] 3/5 · US Not enough new content: I enjoy using the app for its intuitive interface and variety of content. However, I frequently see the content repeatedly, which can become monotonous. It would significantly improve the experience if the app's content were refreshed and updated more often, perhaps weekly, to keep users engaged with new and diverse material.
35. [R246] 3/5 · GB Cancelling: I really enjoy the app but to have everything gameified and requiring tiers to access archive is just annoying. No thanks.
36. [R263] 3/5 · GB Great training, ruined by leagues and XP: Found Elevate through Balance (which is incredible) and it became part of my daily routine, enough that I paid for the Lifetime subscription. The core exercises for focus, memory and speaking are genuinely well designed. I was always a bit put out that 'streak saves' sat behind a paywall and arrived in a random trickle, but it was a minor gripe. The newe
37. [R310] 3/5 · GB Too American, content not changed enough: I’ve been using this app for a long time and play every day, whilst I enjoy it, the crossword and word puzzle clues are terrible. Also they’re often USA biased so answers aren’t obvious and spellings USA. The app also freezes quite a lot and cuts you off mid game, I also don’t like the fact you are forced into a league table - I play for myself, not to com
38. [R336] 3/5 · GB “Leagues” have ruined Elevate.: Agree with some of the other comments about the “leagues” feature. I thought Elevate was for personal development, that’s how it’s marketed and that’s why I paid for it. To get “A sharper you”. However, since “leagues” were introduced the incentives for opening the app and playing the games have been spoiled. Instead of a daily practice to become a better version of
39. [R204] 3/5 · GB Very American: Edit- The measurement game has bugs and constantly gets stuck. Not English enough, Louisiana sandwich actually tipped me over the edge to write this review. Lots of Americanisms, please fix this.
40. [R208] 3/5 · GB American: I like the app but the spelling, pronunciation and reference is for Americans. Would be nice that there were uk settings. Won’t renew because this hampers my improvement on my own language.
41. [R228] 3/5 · GB Pls fix grow: I rly like this brain training app however the game “grow” needs a major rework. Its dictionary is VERY poor, marks lots of real words as incorrect. The prompts are sometimes way too difficult too. How can you get >20 words with the starter “Flag”??
42. [R248] 3/5 · GB American clues: UK based user for nearly a year with premium subscription on British spelling. My main gripe is with the Crossword puzzle clues very American based for example today’s clue was ‘Vermont cheese’ and the answer was CHEDDAR. I used to live near Cheddar in Somerset UK. (World Famous for its cheese named after it.) It just irked a bit today. If you are aiming at international player
43. [R64] 1/5 · US Need better explanations/examples: Just throws you into the games without a proper explanation of how to play. When it does show you how to play the explanations are too long-winded. One round should be for showing how to play and then letting the player/user continue on their own.
44. [R185] 3/5 · US Vocab: Directions were not clear
45. [R7] 5/5 · US Daily Habit: Love this app since it only takes me a few minutes. Bummed when I miss a day
46. [R6] 3/5 · US Fine: Stop asking me to share my goals with others. It’s soooo annoying because it’s after everything. I paid $40 and I kinda regret it.
47. [R68] 2/5 · US Nota bad game: But ads finally made me delete. They are far too intrusive and the plans are too expensive. Shame
48. [R57] 3/5 · US Good..... But just one thing: This is an amazing app and it does help my vocabulary. But it limits you soo much if you don't pay money. Its like you do the lesson and after that everything is locked down exept one thing that is nothing compared to all the others. It says 40 plus games but you have to pay for all of them. So basically please unlock more things and I will be happier.
49. [R36] 5/5 · US Sharpens language skills and mental math ability: I enjoy these short games. I think that my verbal communication and mental math calculation skills have improved. I am able to more quickly retrieve words before speaking. Too often I am quick to revert to a handy calculator in real life though. I need to force myself to use my mental math brain more.