Brain Test: Tricky Puzzles

Brain Test Review: 600-Plus Clever Tricks, an Ad After Nearly Every One

600-Plus One-Screen Riddles, Most of Them Playable Offline

Every level is one drawing on lined notebook paper under a one-line prompt, and the answer is rarely the obvious tap. Level 30 asks where the black sheep is while showing three white ones; level 370 wants a seesaw balanced against a block marked 15 using tiles of 10 and 50. The numbering now runs past 600, and App Store release notes list four 2026 updates adding 20, 19, 26 and then 104 levels, the last batch including World Cup 2026 levels. Most of the catalog loads without a connection, and players report that ads stop offline, though the newest levels won't load until you reconnect. Trivia Crack, by contrast, needs a connection for every duel.

Shake, Drag, Read Literally: Puzzles That Use the Phone Itself

The signature trick is that the solution often sits outside the drawing: an early dice level is solved by physically shaking the phone, and other answers mean dragging fixed interface icons rather than objects in the scene. Some players report that these UI-based puzzles occasionally refuse a correct move. Off the phone it gets worse: on Windows, through Google Play Games, a player could not roll the dice with a mouse, and Unico's reply acknowledged the problem with that level. The sequels change the formula rather than extend it — Brain Test 2: Tricky Stories groups tricks into story chapters with characters such as Tom the Cat, and Brain Test 3: Tricky Quests adds an inventory where items merge.

$3.99 a Week for VIP, or $4.99 Once: Where the Money Goes

Help is paid in bulbs: under every level sit a hint button, a skip priced at 50 bulbs in the store screenshots, a gift box and a video button that trades an ad for more. Ads come up in more than half of the roughly 300 English Google Play reviews we read, and Unico's replies acknowledge complaints about ads on the game board itself. The App Store lists two exits that are easy to confuse: Remove Ads at $4.99, paid once, and a $3.99 VIP Package that renews weekly after a three-day trial, about $207 a year. Android also sells Brain Test Premium, a separate ad-free edition, for $4.99. These are US prices and vary by region.

Rated for Everyone, Written for Ages 16 and Up

Apple rates the game 4+ and Google Play rates it Everyone, yet Unico Studio's terms, updated in April 2026, require users to be at least 16, with parental consent up to 18, and the privacy policy repeats that floor. Google Play's data safety entry lists approximate location, device IDs, app interactions and purchase history as shared with third parties, says data isn't encrypted in transit and offers no deletion request, although the policy lists a deletion right by email. The policy also names 22 ad networks. Brain Out, which Google Play lists first among similar games, is rated Teen there for crude humor and mild blood.