Brightmind
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3D chart showing the brain-training group's cognitive capacity jumping well above the control group's normal trajectory over time

Brightmind brain training

Build a sharper mind

Train your brain a few minutes a day. Start with the IQ test to see where you stand.

Take the IQ testHow it works

Based on the methodology of

The Stroop test. Built by psychologists in 1935.

Your brain reads the word faster than it sees the colour. Tap the colour of the ink, that means beating your own reflex. It measures focus, the core of a sharp mind.

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What training actually changes

Your brain rewires with practice.

The circuits behind focus, memory and reasoning strengthen with use and fade without it. Brightmind is built to train the ones that keep your mind sharp.

Side view of a brain illustration with five regions highlighted in cyan, pink, orange, green and lavender

An untrained brain

  • Prefrontal cortex: Governs focus, planning and self-control; left idle, holding attention starts to feel effortful.

  • Anterior cingulate cortex: Monitors attention and catches errors; without practice it gets slower to flag a slip.

  • Striatum: Part of the reward system; untrained, it leans toward quick hits over steady effort.

  • Hippocampus: Consolidates memories; with little to work on, less of what you learn settles in.

  • Working memory: Holds information in mind for a moment; capacity narrows when it's rarely stretched.

Based on research showing focus, memory and reasoning circuits stay responsive to cognitive training across adulthood.

How Brightmind works

  1. 1

    Take the quick check and get your IQ benchmark

    • Stroop test plus 25 short questions, no pass or fail.
    • Your IQ and focus baseline in plain language.
    • Strengths up front, the areas to build at your own pace.
  2. 2

    Get your Brightmind IQ certificate

    • A personal PDF certificate with your IQ score.
    • Includes your global percentile and the date you tested.
    • Yours to keep, share, or print whenever you want.
  3. 3

    Brightmind builds it, small, recurring, easy to keep up

    • Tiny brain games to sharpen focus.
    • Short articles worth a few minutes of your day.
    • Quick quizzes that help the new stuff stick.
    • A few minutes a day, with your morning coffee.
The Brightmind app shown on four phones, games, articles, the brain coach, and a results screen

Brightmind trains your brain, a little every day

Brightmind brain-game screen on a phone

Play short brain games

Designed to strengthen specific areas of brain growth.

Brightmind articles screen on a phone

Read quick, practical articles

Across the 7 areas of your mind, so you always learn something new.

Brightmind quiz screen on a phone

Reflect with quizzes and polls

So new knowledge and skills stick for longer.

Seven things your brain does. Training sharpens all of them.

The check shows which areas are already strong and which have the most room to grow:

  • Reasoning
  • Memory
  • Agility
  • Focus
  • Communication
  • Empathy
  • Identity

What other members say

4.6★ · 12,400 ratings
  • Took me a few minutes. The Brightmind check gave me a real starting point, and five minutes a day since has genuinely become my favourite habit.
    Sofia · verified Brightmind member
  • I wanted to keep my mind sharp without it feeling like homework. It doesn't, it feels like a quick workout for my head, and the streak keeps me honest.
    Mira · verified Brightmind member
  • My Brightmind report came back saying my reasoning was top quartile, and it pointed at exactly what to build next. Motivating in a way a number alone never was.
    Daniel · verified Brightmind member
  • The short articles are the part that hooked me. Five minutes, something useful, and the streak keeps me coming back every day.
    Priya · verified Brightmind member

Grounded in neuroscience

Validated psychometric measures of reasoning, memory and attention, an objective read on where your mind is today, never a label.

  • Benchmarks your IQ and 3 of 7 brain areas, strengths shown first.
  • Built on validated reasoning, memory and attention tasks.
  • No pass, no fail, a starting point, never a verdict.

Brightmind is rated 4.6★ on the App Store and Google Play.

Common questions

Can I really train my brain?

Focus, memory and reasoning respond to regular use, the way muscles respond to exercise. A short daily routine keeps them sharp, and the research on cognitive training backs it up.

Why the Stroop test?

It's the cleanest way to read focus quickly, built by psychologists in 1935 and used in research ever since. Saying the colour of the ink means beating your reading reflex; how fast and accurately you do that is your focus benchmark.

What do I get?

A plain-language read on your IQ and where your mind stands today, plus the Brightmind daily routine that trains it, in sessions short enough to fit a coffee break.

Is there a cost?

The first week is just $4.99, then $29.99/month. Cancel anytime.

Take the IQ test

Get the real number. Brightmind benchmarks your IQ in a few minutes, then trains it a few minutes a day, building a sharper mind.

Take the IQ test
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