IQ Boost: Brain Trainer, Games

My 89-year-old mother was duped into paying $22 a month for this overpriced app. I canceled her subscription, and she removed her credit card from her Apple account. Later, she decided to add the card back, and IQ Boost immediately charged her checking account another $22. They are just waiting to prey on people. EDIT: it was not $22 a month. It was $22 a week. Run, don’t walk away from downloading this app.

My 89-year-old mother was duped into paying $22 a month for this overpriced app. I canceled her subscription, and she removed her credit card from her Apple account. Later, she decided to add the card back, and IQ Boost immediately charged her checking account another $22. They are just waiting to prey on people.

Ladrones siii ladrones no descargues esta app tomaran tu dinero sin autorización de tu cuenta bancaria luego simplemente te dicen que no hay nada que hacer ladrones además la app a es patética

I downloaded app & played for 3 or 4 min then decided to cancel and delete cus i was Not paying for this game..so i tried to Cancel , they DO NOT make it easy to Cancel! I THOUGHT i had finally cancelled it, so i deleted app entirely afterwards! NOW GETTING CHARCHED $.29 and a $19.99. Have No way of reaching them now to get money back so i guess I AM STUCK WITH CHARGE & u will too if u download this game !!! I am NOT HAPPY!!

After downloading app for about two hours, did the free trial to see if I like it after about two hours of it being on my phone I uninstalled the app and cancel subscription pay for a subscription that I do not want in. The app has been uninstalled from my phone for nearly one full month.

Can’t delete! Don’t want this and you charge from the start and no way to delete

Didn’t want to pay til I tried. Was rewarded with 13 seconds of gameplay then a1 minute ad for another game. Had to restart the app to get out of ad. Would give negative stars if possible.

They just want money not for FREE you must Pay 2 Play a s••t ton of Money

Verdict: Not effective at what it claims — and it shows several red flags. On its claims: The app promises to “improve IQ” via “scientifically-designed” training, but it cites no studies, has no research backing, and its core claim contradicts the scientific consensus. Large studies (including one in Nature with 11,000+ participants) and a 70-scientist Stanford/Max Planck consensus statement show brain games make you better at the games themselves, not at IQ or everyday cognition. The FTC even fined Lumosity $2M for making milder versions of these exact claims. Red flags specific to this app: • Weekly subscriptions listed from $9.99 up to $89.99/week (that’s ~$4,600/year) with inconsistent duplicate tiers — a hallmark of aggressive price testing • Reviews report broken games, a $3.99 purchase that charged $64, ads after every level, and nearly everything paywalled • Single individual developer account, 2025 release, privacy policy on a free Google Sites page, and location data used to track you across apps

Fun, makes you think but the price is ridiculous

They lure you to download it and come with a paid plan.

Tried this app and enjoyed the games, however there is an ad after every single one. No thank you!

this has no audience. way too simple for the avg person or even child.

Within the kiss principle of life, which is keep it simple stupid I just wanna play a game. I don’t wanna enter a psychological evaluation before I can ever play the first game. So you can just keep this game

The app is fine, but I didn’t think I was going to be charged without confirmation. $19.99 for one week is ludicrous. Please let me know if you can refund.

It is a very bad scam 😡

I was charged $19.99 a week for this game and I never signed up for it. I was using Face ID and I didn’t know that the company could submit it as a subscription . This happened in May and I was charged four times before I found out. Now I can’t even get a refund. I’m a senior and I feel scammed. I would like to be refunded please if your company is one with integrity.

I just want to play….. wasting my time with loops and adds

This is one of those delete-the-same-day apps. You MUST pay, otherwise you can play one small free game a day. The number of ads is off-the-charts ridiculous, and running an ad after literally EVERY SINGLE LEVEL is beyond excessive. People hate apps that do this. Get a clue and design FOR THE CONSUMER! Try doing something different than all the other apps out there and operate it as though you are the customer. Total disappointment, will not recommend, will remove today.

ok so I read the reviews I said ima test this horrible idea .it’s askin my age my gender like then im like why?so right when I’m abt to get in to it is showin me pay ments im like heck no! literally like I see there adds all the time. 99.9% of the game is behind guess what A PAY WALL! like why this game is a puzzle game and it wants us to freakin pay!? If I could give this 0 starts I would but it won’t let me write a review if I don’t but 1 threw 5 starts.witch idk how there stuff got 4.4 rating maybe others think oh it’s fine paying for a puzzle app do it if u ü wnat but it’s ridiculous like seriously. well ü have the choice to chose not to download or to download I would chose not to but im not ur brain well bai.

Its really not free. 99% of what is promoted is locked behind a paywall. The very limited free options are absolutely inundated with ads. I don't get the point. Just remove the ads and just make it a paid app instead of claiming its free when it basically isn't.

I downloaded this app during a highly stressful difficult period of my life. I didn’t realize that I was doing charged $19.99 each week. I have not used the app I’ve canceled the app. Requested a refund of $80 that I’ve been charged. I called Apple and twice was turned down by this app for for a refund. My Apple representative told me to go to my bank and see if they could do anything which they could not. I am very very upset. I have now been on my phone for probably a half hour waiting for Lisa to answer to see if they can help me.

Touch of finger should be lighter. Tracing impossible to start.

This game would be much more rewarding if while everything being the same, the more times you were able to finish a puzzle correctly, the more free puzzles you are given to try and do correctly.

Can’t afford this!