American Mensa Brain Test

Name: American Mensa Brain Test
Rating: 4.2 (340 reviews)
Author: Barnstorm Games

by Barnstorm Games

iPhone · iPad

Abandoned risk Last checked 31 Jul 2026

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4.2 340 ratings · App Store

4/5The point of it
I actually like the fact that the correct solutions are not shown or explained or even indicated in your answers. I am aware of the questions that I do not have a correct answers for. I guess that what makes us different is the ability to recognize the patterns and extrapolate. The language portion is pretty easy and English is not my first language.

approximator · 31 Jul 2026
5/5Graduate Student - Math
I should mention something to those who criticize this as "not a valid IQ test." You're right, and it's not meant to be. It's meant to be a fun logic puzzle game, which allows you to practice verbal, spatial, and quantitative reasoning in a way that does not give anyone an unfair advantage when actually taking an official IQ test, such as the Mensa entrance test. This is why they call it "brain test," rather than "IQ test." Just have fun trying to figure everything out, and see how high up on the score board you can get. Try to find new efficient methods to solve problems that you already know the answers to if you figure everything out (btw, it is incredibly time consuming to figure out every answer, so that is a challenge, in and of itself.) Just have fun, and always take an imperfect score as a positive experience, as it allows you to discover new ways to improve your logical reasoning.

Russell Latterman · 31 Jul 2026
1/5Useless and Unrealistic
These questions are very disimilar to the actual mensa test. The questions, in particular, finding the next number in a sequence, are frustrating, because they are not that complicated on the actual Mensa test, and there’s no rationale behind which pattern they’re choosing. They set them up in a particular way and you are left to try a million possible variations of equations (prime numbers?, multiplying?, subtracting?, divining?, a combined?, and finally one that had you add the first two numbers and then subtract the third number, but with the digits reversed...really?!) and hope that you find the right one that lines up with their logic. That’s not measuring your IQ, it’s just hoping that you get lucky and figuring out what kind of zany pattern they’re coming up with. There are literally thousands of possibilities and you could spend all your time going in the complete wrong direction. Very poor test and completely unrealistic to Mensa standards.

Rigert 7771983 · 31 Jul 2026
2/5Clearly not made by geniuses
This app has a ton of potential. The 5-minute, 5-question tests are fun but are severely limited in content. I’ve seen the same questions over and over on future tests. They don’t even bother changing the numbers for math related questions. So as soon as you see a question you’ve done before you will likely already know the answer. The correct answers breakdown is also flawed. They show you the correct answer but not what you actually selected. So you might not actually remember which answer you selected. If they added more variety and improved some of the limitations this would be a great app to kill time and challenge yourself intellectually.

Doug6788 · 31 Jul 2026
3/5AAAARRRRRRGH!
Great app except for the same complaint everyone else has: it won't show you what you got wrong or an answer key so can learn how to solve a type of question. So incredibly frustrating. I can save the screen on my phone and go back and solve it later at my own pace, but it would be nice to have a solution guide. I hope the developers read the same criticism over and over from different folks and take heed!

Kg4rbe · 31 Jul 2026

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1.0.0
1.1.0
TRAINING MODE ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS At the end of the training mode you can now review the correct answers and learn where you went wrong. If the answers aren't enough you can also get explanations of how they were arrived at. GAME CENTER SUPPORT Upload your results to the global leaderboards using the share button, then see how you compare to the rest of the world. (Results aren't uploaded automatically, in case you don't want to share them!) TEXT/SMS Share your results quickly with a text message. RETINA DISPLAY Improved retina display support. If you like these new features, please take the time to write a nice review. Thanks!
1.2.0
TWICE AS MANY QUESTIONS You asked and we listened. There are now twice as many questions as before, with more emphasis on graphical questions and less on numerical questions. UNIVERSAL APP Brain Test will now run natively on the iPad as well as the iPhone and iPod Touch. RETINA SUPPORT Higher resolution graphics now feature throughout. There have also been requests for answers to the questions. You can find some answers and explanations (press the Why? button) in the training section. We are sorry that we can’t provide answers to the test questions, because they would distort the test results.
1.2.1
1.2.0 TWICE AS MANY QUESTIONS You asked and we listened. There are now twice as many questions as before, with more emphasis on graphical questions and less on numerical questions. UNIVERSAL APP Brain Test will now run natively on the iPad as well as the iPhone and iPod Touch. RETINA SUPPORT Higher resolution graphics now feature throughout. There have also been requests for answers to the questions. You can find some answers and explanations (press the Why? button) in the training section. We are sorry that we can’t provide answers to the test questions, because they would distort the test results. 1.2.1 Training Mode Fix
1.2.3
iOS 6.0 support Links to our other Apps Performance optimisations for iPad
1.3.0
• iOS 7 support • Tweaks and improvements
1.3.1 · 17 Oct 2017
This update from Apple will improve the functionality of this app. No new features are included. • iOS 11 support • Tweaks and improvements

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