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Quick overview
SmartFriends Brain Training is an iPhone app created by Jeroen Geurts. Listed under Lifestyle (Health & Fitness), the app is designed to make mental exercise enjoyable and social by letting you train and compete with friends.
What the exercises include
- Matrigma-style assessments and similar pattern-recognition tasks to test abstract reasoning.
- Number-sequence problems that challenge numerical reasoning and attention to detail.
- Logic-based IQ puzzles that exercise problem solving and working memory.
How the daily challenge works
A single IQ-style challenge is released each day for all users worldwide. You can invite friends to take the same daily test, compare scores, and see how you rank among your social circle.
Evidence and benefits
Research cited from the COGITO Study at the Max-Planck Institute suggests that regular brain-training activities like those featured in SmartFriends can help improve working memory across different age groups.
Social features and motivation
Sharing results and issuing challenges to friends creates a competitive, motivating environment that encourages consistent practice and keeps the experience engaging.
Alternative to consider
- Babio — Baby Activity Tracker & Reminder (Simplified). Free.
Get started and legal
If you want a playful way to support cognitive fitness, download SmartFriends and join the daily contests. Terms of Use: [link]
Technical
- iPhone
- English
- Dutch
- Free
