The mini-games in this App of the Year winner manage to make mental maths, reading comprehension and vocabulary building fun. Here are our five favourites for getting our grey matter fired up.
Sharpen your synapses in Purchasing
How much does that daily iced latte habit cost you? In this mini-game, you’ll try to tally (all in your head!) the amount matching the annual cost of common spending habits.
Potential brain gain: Confidence in the accuracy of your mental maths
Expel expendable words in Brevity
This lightning-fast grammar game has you tapping away superfluous words as quickly as you can. For instance, in the sentence “The crowd completely filled the auditorium,” you’d tap “completely”. It’s a race against the clock – with props for answering especially speedily.
Potential brain gain: Expressing yourself more concisely
Rally your recall in Sequencing
Listen to a set of instructions, directions or dates – then order them sequentially. Apply the chunking technique for memorisation to score with this one!
Potential brain gain: Better ability to recall the order of events
Express yourself in Eloquence
Replace one word in a sentence to match the tone of the prompt for each round. Type as many options as you can before time runs out!
Potential brain gain: More clearly communicate your tone and meaning
Shoot for the moon in Agility
Keep your rocket ship flying ever higher by tapping the words most closely related to each other (such as bequest and gift, or litigious and combative). The higher you fly, the trickier this mini-game gets.
Potential brain gain: An expanded vocabulary