To their credit, both Elevate and Lumosity track your progress in their apps to help you see if you're improving as you play. Your LPI grades your overall performance in the program, as well as in individual cognitive skills, such as memory or problem-solving. Elevate doesn't have an overall score for your daily training sessions, it just shows your performance for each game you play. Admittedly, the scores you get from Elevate aren't very meaningful, but the app helps you to see your progress by ranking your score against past sessions.
Elevate also compares your performance to other users, to see how you stack up. Lumosity and Elevate have different approaches to brain-training, and the two apps ultimately serve different purposes. Lumosity bills itself as a way to work out your core cognitive abilities, and I believe it's a good general-purpose app for working on your more abstract mental skills, such as paying attention to details and making decisions.
If you want a way to engage your mind with quick, yet challenging puzzles, Lumosity is the pick for you. Elevate's program has a more specific focus on communication. With the games, you'll be challenged to broaden your vocabulary, improve your grammar and writing, and shore up your reading comprehension. Elevate also says that through its writing- and reading-based games, you'll also improve your memory and attention.
For anyone who doesn't feel confident in their grasp of the English language, or just struggles with spelling and grammar, Elevate might not feel like the right program. Do you train with either of these apps? What do you think about "brain training"? Let me know in the comments below. Editor's note, August 21, This article has been updated with changes from a recent update to Elevate. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. We delete comments that violate our policy , which we encourage you to read.
Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion. Lumosity vs. Elevate: Battle of the brain-training apps Apps that claim to exercise your brain are all the rage, but which is best? And while it does raise most of the appropriate questions about such programs, readers expecting a definitive answer, or at least a sampling of existing data, are going to be disappointed.
Then again, many readers will likely be satisfied to learn the bottom-line conclusions that trustworthy third parties have drawn regarding these games. And for those readers, this story provides a valuable service. The idea that a computer-driven game can enhance cognition and brain function is enticing and, to some extent, seems to make sense.
Mental exercises would seem to strengthen the brain. This is a borderline Not Satisfactory. There are few details. More generally, the story does make it clear that there is no definitive evidence supporting a benefit from these games. And it points out that the writer asked Lumosity for the independent research backing its claims of improvements but the company failed to provide it.
The story discusses one clinical trial underway but adds that results are a year away. The story mentions no harms from these brain games, but such harms are difficult to imagine. The chief harms we can think of are that these games could reinforce sedentary behavior, when in fact the opposite — exercise — is likely to have a bigger beneficial impact on brain function.
It mentions multiple research projects that have investigated short-term results, some of which appeared promising, but rightly points out that those results may not translate into improved brain function and healthier behavior in the long run. It also juxtaposes the existing research with anecdotal comments from college students involved in some projects. It does so while clearly presenting them as individual opinions — not data. There is no apparent conflict of interest.
The story does a thorough job of exploring alternatives. First, it mentions that studies have shown that physical activity improves cognitive function, and second, it suggests that doing cognitively challenging things like learning a language or taking music lessons should not be replaced by computer-driven brain games.
The story also includes a box highlighting beneficial factors including exercise, staying socially and intellectually active, healthy diet, getting good sleep, and keeping your heart healthy.
Through an extensive television advertising program, this game is indeed widely known. Brain games are not novel, but the story establishes what is new here, which is the National Cancer Institute-sponsored research designed to generate more definitive evidence about the benefits of such games.
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BrainHQ has an overall score of 3. Therefore BrainHQ is an inferior alternative to Lumosity , which has a higher overall score of 3. BrainHQ has a brand popularity rating of 3 out of 5 stars. Therefore BrainHQ is an inferior alternative to Lumosity , which has a popularity rating of 4 out of 5 stars.
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BrainHQ does not accept PayPal. BrainHQ does not accept Google Pay. BrainHQ does not accept Apple Pay. BrainHQ does not accept Shop Pay. BrainHQ does not accept Amazon Pay. BrainHQ does not accept cryptocurrency payments. This makes BrainHQ an equivalent alternative to Lumosity in terms of cryptocurrency support.
BrainHQ does not accept Alipay. BrainHQ does not offer military discounts. This makes BrainHQ a roughly equal alternative to Lumosity regarding veteran's discount policies, since Lumosity also does not offer military discounts. BrainHQ does not offer student discounts.
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BrainHQ does not accept Afterpay financing. This makes BrainHQ a roughly equal alternative to Lumosity regarding Afterpay financing support, since Lumosity also does not accept Afterpay financing.
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BrainCo has an overall score of 3. Therefore BrainCo is an inferior alternative to Lumosity , which has a higher overall score of 3. BrainCo has a brand popularity rating of 2 out of 5 stars. Therefore BrainCo is an inferior alternative to Lumosity , which has a popularity rating of 4 out of 5 stars. BrainCo currently has 0 active coupons and promotions. Therefore BrainCo is an inferior alternative to Lumosity , which currently has 4 active promotions.
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