Challenge your memory, logic, attention, & verbal skills
Everyone tells us to go to the gym and exercise to stay healthy, but somehow the same priority is not assigned to our brain. Research shows reading and studying is good, but variation in our mental activity is the key to long-term success.
If you’re already using devices for productivity and socializing, consider one of the many apps that help improve memory while challenging the effects of aging brought on by stress.
Elevate Brain Training (Android/iOS) promotes focus, speed, and memory. Different games improve a variety of mental skills. Personalized programs and performance tracking to see how you are improving. You get three free games per day, and can upgrade for more.
Left vs Right: Brain Games (Android/iOS, 7-day free trial, weekly subscription) 51 games in six categories exercise your brain via adaptability, awareness, reasoning, reflex, patience, and precision. Good for those with busy work schedules as well as anyone who wishes to become more alert, and can be shared with six family members. You get three training activities daily for free.
Fit Brain Trainer (Android/iOS, $1.99 full) daily exercises designed by neuroscientists to build higher IQ in users and, over time, cognitive abilities. More than 360 games that target different brain functions. This builds a comprehensive learning experience that allows you to memorize, and increases your ability to learn.
Geist: Brain & Mind (Android/iOS, free or annual $60) has 24 games and 720 levels for those seeking a better memory. Builds on and tracks brain connectivity, which results in a more powerful working memory.
Lumosity Brain Trainer (Android/iOS, premium $12/month or $60/year) provides 40 games that make learning an entertaining game. Fresh, daily, and tracked workouts provide regular challenges. Improves problem-solving, flexibility, attention paying, speed, and memory. Tracking allows you to check your stats and set goals.
CogniFit Brain Fitness (Android/iOS, premium $20/month or $120/year) developed with the help of neuroscientists and designed to improve memory and concentration. Stimulates and rehabilitates mental function with puzzles, challenges, educational, and learning games. Tracks performance and includes psychological tests that may identify risks for decline.
Peak (Android/iOS, some games free or upgrade monthly $5; annually $35) has more than 40 short but intense games, based on your needs and schedule, that allow users to improve mental abilities, as well as discover and extend the limits of what their brains can do. This app comes with a “coach” that challenges you with new strategies for improvement.
MindGames (Android/iOS, Free) is 40 games that work on face memory, basic arithmetic, mental flexibility, and attention to detail. Tracks score and graphs your progress. Standardized requirements help you understand what you need to work on, and your History will show you your progress.
BrainHQ (Android/iOS, one free exercise daily; $14/month, $95/year) was created by neuroscientists. Adapts the level of problem-solving difficulty based on the user. Meets the highest standards of the study of brain training apps.
Give one or more of these a try for entertainment and opportunities to learn. Dependable memory and cognition are key to helping people of all ages sustain independent and wholesome lives.