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Elevate slightly tricky.
On Elevate, you’ll find a multitude of
games under each category, from brevity
and error avoidance to expression and
clarity. For instance, if you’re looking to
expand your vocabulary, there’s a game
where the name of a new word is displayed,
and you have to choose the right meaning
from the options below. You’ll find this app
on both Android and iOS devices.
Peak
Neuroscience experts have come together
Elevate’s games put emphasis on to design Peak’s mini-games, which
speaking, writing, reading, and listening challenge memory, attention, problem-
over speed and problem-solving. This solving abilities, mental agility, and more.
means you’ll read text, rid your sentences The biggest motivator on this app is Coach,
of grammatical errors, and broaden your your personal brain trainer. Coach tracks
vocabulary. While the games are short, your progress, ensures you’re being
they’re certainly addictive and help power adequately challenged with the right brain
your brain to improve your verbal and workouts, and helps you in areas that need
written skills. improvement.
Unlike Lumosity’s muted design, Elevate The app features an aesthetic look, with
is bright and blaring. You’ll notice this smooth transitions and understated and
in the games in particular, as Elevate minimal colours. You’ll earn points with
displays more animated figures than the every game you play, which will add
minimalistic objects in Lumosity. towards your daily goal. To assess your
With Elevate, you can track your progress progress via statistics and graphs, you can
with every game and compare your results head over to the performance tab in the
with peers, adding a competitive edge. application.
However, it doesn’t display an overall The Peak app offers a one-week free trial
score for daily sessions. And since this app that gives you unlimited access to all 43
is designed for those already skilled in the games. After that, you must pay Rs.600
English language, beginners might find it per year.
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