Alternatives to Brain Test: Tricky Puzzles
By App Store Tracker Editorial · Updated — App Store ratings fetched to
The short version
Brain Test 2 is the closest alternative, the official sequel from the same studio with the same lateral-thinking riddles. Brain Test 4 refreshes the original formula with new tricky teasers. For a rival take, Easy Game offers hundreds of think-outside-the-box puzzles on a large base. Each shares Brain Test's core: solve deliberately tricky riddles with unexpected answers that play with how you read the question.
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UNICO STUDIO LLC
People look for Brain Test alternatives when they clear all the riddles, want fresh trick questions, or crave more of the same out-of-the-box humor. The apps below all share its core hook: deliberately misleading puzzles where the obvious answer is wrong and lateral thinking wins. Several come from Unico Studio, the same maker, as direct sequels, while others are rival tricky-riddle and brain-teaser games. We ranked them using embedding similarity against Brain Test's tricky-puzzle gameplay, then weighed live App Store ratings and how many people actually play each one. The top picks mirror the trick-question formula most closely. Pricing and ratings beside each app come straight from the live store.
| App | Developer | Rating | Price | Last update |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brain Test 2: Tricky Stories | UNICO STUDIO | 4.8 (229.4K) | Free · IAP | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Easy Game - Brain Puzzles | Easybrain Ltd | 4.6 (203.6K) | Free · IAP | May 1, 2026 |
| Brain Who? Tricky Riddle Tests | Teos Oyun | 4.6 (182.2K) | Free · IAP | Oct 21, 2026 |
| Brain Test 4: Tricky Friends | UNICO STUDIO | 4.8 (80.9K) | Free · IAP | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Brain Test All-Star: IQ Boost | UNICO STUDIO | 4.8 (41.2K) | Free · IAP | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Riddle Test: Brain Teaser Game | Kidding Box | 4.5 (34.9K) | Free · IAP | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Brainstorm Test: Tricky Puzzle | Tribom Games | 4.7 (8.2K) | Free · IAP | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Brain Test Puzzle : IQ Games | CONTENT ARCADE (UK) LTD. | 4.5 (3.4K) | Free · IAP | Oct 20, 2026 |
| Brain Out 2 - Tricky Challenge | EYEWIND LIMITED | 4.7 (472) | Free · IAP | Jan 22, 2026 |
| Brain Puzzle - Training Tests | Brain Storming Apps LLC | — | Free · IAP | Jun 24, 2024 |
US App Store ratings, prices from Apple.
Why it's similar
Brain Test 2 is the official sequel from Unico Studio, delivering more of the same tricky riddles and funny tests.
How it differs
It builds story-driven puzzles on the original formula, so it's the most direct continuation. With a high rating and a very large base, it's the closest alternative to Brain Test.
Why it's similar
Easy Game matches Brain Test's think-outside-the-box style with funny puzzles and unexpected solutions.
How it differs
From Easybrain, it's a polished rival with a large base and varied logic and memory teasers. With a strong rating, it's one of the strongest alternatives for the same kind of clever puzzles.
Why it's similar
Brain Who? matches Brain Test's tricky-riddle style with brain-bending question tests.
How it differs
It's a rival studio's take with the same misleading-question approach. With a decent rating and large base, it's a solid alternative for trick-puzzle fans.
Why it's similar
Brain Test 4 is a direct sequel from Unico Studio, refreshing the original Brain Test formula with new characters and teasers.
How it differs
It deliberately goes back-to-basics with the same trickiness, so it's nearly identical in spirit. With a high rating and large base, it's one of the closest alternatives.
Why it's similar
Brain Test All-Star comes from Unico Studio, the same maker, with the same tricky-puzzle DNA aimed at boosting your IQ.
How it differs
It's an all-star spin on the Brain Test formula rather than a straight sequel. With a high rating and solid base, it's a close in-family alternative.
Why it's similar
Riddle Test matches Brain Test's riddle-and-teaser core, challenging you with brain-bending questions.
How it differs
It's a rival riddle game with the same lateral-thinking style. With a decent rating and solid base, it's a close alternative for tricky riddles.
Why it's similar
Brainstorm Test matches Brain Test: tricky riddles and puzzles that push you to see problems from unexpected angles.
How it differs
It's a rival studio's take with the same IQ-and-EQ riddle approach. With a strong rating and decent base, it's a close alternative for trick-question fans.
CONTENT ARCADE (UK) LTD.
Why it's similar
Brain Test Puzzle: IQ Games shares Brain Test's brain-challenging pitch with a collection of mind games testing memory, focus, and IQ.
How it differs
It leans more toward general brain training than Brain Test's pure trick questions, and its rating runs a bit lower. It's a training-flavored alternative.
Why it's similar
Brain Out 2 matches Brain Test closely: mind-bending tricky puzzles with unexpected answers that only the sharpest players crack.
How it differs
It's from the Brain Out series, a rival to Brain Test with the same lateral-thinking style. With a good rating and small base, it's a close alternative with the same trick-question feel.
Brain Storming Apps LLC
Why it's similar
Brain Puzzle - Training Tests shares Brain Test's mind-sharpening goal with puzzles aimed at memory and recall.
How it differs
It leans toward brain-training and memory exercises rather than Brain Test's trick-question humor, and it has no ratings yet. It's an unproven training-focused alternative.
Every app in our database carries a dense vector embedding derived from its title, subtitle, full description, and category metadata. To find apps similar to Brain Test: Tricky Puzzles, we compute cosine distance against every other app and keep the closest 30. The similarity score shown on each pick is 1 - distance/2 clamped to [0,1] — 100% means the embedding spaces are identical, 0% means orthogonal.
Apps from Brain Test: Tricky Puzzles's own developer are left out. The 10 most similar of the rest are ordered by App Store rating times the logarithm of their rating count, so a 4.8-star app with 100,000 ratings ranks above a 4.5-star app with 200 ratings.
The similar-app list was computed on May 25, 2026. Ratings are the latest US App Store fetch for each app, taken between September 26, 2026 and October 21, 2026. Prices and update dates come from Apple when the page is built.
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