Three apps to boost your brain power

Smartphone applications to help to boost your brain power. Photos: Special Arrangement

Puzzles are ideal for improving observation skills, concentration and vocabulary. As exams approach, you might get bored of sitting and revising a subject over a long stretch of time. Here are some apps that can help you freshen up your mind while retaining your focus.

WORD SEARCH This is a game where you have to find a set of words from a jumbled puzzle. The app has 22,000 puzzles in 37 languages divided into three sizes and three difficulty levels. There’s a timer that shows how long you have taken to solve the puzzle. If your get stuck, there is an option that provides you with a hint. The scrambled world could be placed horizontally, vertically, diagonally or backwards. You can also unlock 14 achievements from Google Play games, check the Leaderboard to find out who has the highest score and participate in challenges online.

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“All Levels Are Solvable!” says the description of the app. This is because unless you solve the puzzles in the correct order, you will not be able to clear them. Though it’s easy in the beginning, it gets tougher as you progress. An interesting feature of the app is that it shows you the size of your brain. There are 35 levels of increasing difficulty named after an organism to which a specific brain size has been assigned. Starting with the ant, whose brain size is 20, you progresses to spider, snail, crab, student, teacher, astronaut, scientist, alien and other organisms, and end at unicorn, whose brain size is 5600. As you finish a level, your brain size increases. You can also create your own puzzle to which the app assigns a unique code. You can share this code on social media with your friends who can try solving your puzzle.

MIND GAMES This is a great app for exercising your grey cells. It sets the difficulty level based on your age group. There are two options available — Training Centre and Games List. In the training centre, you can select a game and start playing. In the games list, you are provided with a bunch of games such as Attention training, Math operations, Memory racer, Mirror images, Unscramble, Anticipation, Word memory, Face memory, Speed trivia and many more that focus on developing different mental skills.