Elevate - Brain Training Games
The Mind Company
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About This App

  • Category

    Education

  • Installs

    10M+

  • Content Rating

    Everyone

  • Developer Email

    hello@elevateapp.com

  • Privacy Policy

    https://elevateapp.com/privacy

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Elevate is a brain training app that landed on the Google Play Store and the App Store back in 2014. The basic idea is to give your mind a daily workout through a series of short, targeted games. It focuses on skills like writing, listening, speaking, and math. You can download the app completely for free, and there is no immediate need to sign up to start the free trial, but you will eventually need to create an account to keep your progress. While the install base is strong with over 10 million downloads on Google Play alone, the app makes its money through a subscription model for the full library and through in-app ads if you stick with the free version.

Using Elevate is pretty straightforward. When you first open the app, you set your skill level, and then it generates a daily training session that you can tackle. The session usually has five games that take about 15 minutes total. A solid tip is to turn off the sound if you are getting distracted by the background music, and try to do your session at the same time every day to build a habit. You can also go back and replay specific games you liked to try and beat your high score.

I have tried a few other brain training apps like Lumosity and Peak before sticking with Elevate. What got me to choose this app over the others was the focus on practical, real-world skills. Lumosity feels a bit more abstract with its memory card games, whereas Elevate feels like it is prepping me for the emails and conversations I actually have. The design is also cleaner and less cluttered. I just find it easier to stick with because it feels less like a game and more like a useful daily tool.

Features

  • 🧠 Personalized Training vs. Lumosity: Lumosity throws a general set of games at you, but Elevate constantly adjusts the difficulty based on how you perform. If you struggle with grammar, it will serve you more grammar games until you improve. This makes the practice feel much more targeted and less random than what I found on Lumosity.
  • 📝 Writing Focus vs. Peak: Peak has a lot of visual and spatial games, which are fun, but I find the writing modules in Elevate to be the standout feature. Games that ask you to correct business emails or choose better vocabulary are way more relevant to my job than matching patterns on a screen. It directly improves your daily communication.
  • 📊 Detailed Performance Tracking: The app gives you a detailed breakdown of your performance in each specific skill area, like listening or processing. You get a score that shows your improvement over time, which is very motivating. It is much more granular than the simple high-level stats you see in other similar apps.

Pros

  • 👍 Clean and Focused Interface: The app is very minimal. It doesn't have noisy animations or a crowded home screen. This makes it easy to just open the app, do your session, and get out. It feels like a tool, not a time-waster.
  • 👍 Practical Content: Every skill in this app feels transferable to real life. Whether it's reading faster or learning tougher vocabulary, the exercises are directly applicable to work and study. It doesn't feel like a waste of time.
  • 👍 Short, Daily Commitment: A full session takes about 15 minutes. This is the perfect length to fit into a morning commute or a lunch break. It's not a huge time sink, which helps with long-term consistency.

Cons

  • 👎 Expensive Subscription Cost: The biggest downside is the cost. To get the full experience, you have to pay a subscription. It is significantly more expensive than something like Peak, which offers a one-time purchase option for some extras. For a casual user, the free version feels very limited.
  • 👎 Repetitive Gameplay: After you have been using the app for a few months, the games start to feel very repetitive. Unlike Lumosity, which seems to have a larger library of game types, Elevate feels like you are just doing the same few puzzles with slightly different words each time.
  • 👎 Tone Can Feel Preachy: The app's motivational messages and daily encouragement can sometimes feel a bit condescending or overly serious. It tries to create a "getting fit for the brain" vibe, which, for me, feels a little forced compared to the more playful tone of other apps.

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