MindymElevate alternatives: brain games and daily puzzles to try
October 7, 2026 · By the Mindym team
Elevate is a polished app built around communication and maths: reading, writing, speaking and quick arithmetic, in short daily sessions. If those are the skills you want to practise, it's a strong choice. People look elsewhere mostly because the free version is limited, or because they want a different kind of challenge.
We make Mindym, one of the alternatives below. Facts about other apps were checked in October 2026 and can change, so check each app's own page before you decide.
What Elevate offers for free
- Up to three games a day on the free version, from a smaller part of the library.
- A subscription for everything else, with a free trial that can ask for card details and renews unless you cancel.
- iPhone and Android apps.
When an alternative makes sense
- You want logic puzzles, not word drills. Puzzles you reason your way through, with one right answer.
- You want to try before giving any details. No account, no card.
- You want more free play each day.
Mindym
Mindym pairs a short daily brain workout with seven logic puzzles, and it runs in any browser without an account.
- Daily logic puzzles: Crowns, Mini Sudoku, Trail, Halves, Quilt, Meander and a Mini Crossword, the same for everyone, each with exactly one solution and a hint that explains the next move.
- A three-game workout each day from nineteen adaptive games, including language games like Fluent and Tangle and number games like Tally.
- Free: the workout, all seven puzzles, streaks and friends, and nine of the games. Premium adds the rest and a seven-day trial needs no card.
- No ads, no ad trackers, no health claims.
Where Elevate is the better pick: if you specifically want writing, grammar and reading-comprehension practice, Elevate goes much deeper there.
Side by side
| Elevate | Mindym | |
|---|---|---|
| Free to play | Up to 3 games a day | Daily workout, 7 puzzles, 9 games |
| Focus | Reading, writing, speaking, maths | Logic puzzles and quick brain games |
| Daily logic puzzles | Not its focus | 7 a day, with solutions |
| Free trial needs a card | Can do | No |
Other options
- Lumosity has a large library and plays on the web, with an account.
- Peak offers a wide mix of games in its mobile app.
- Matiks is for people who like competing in live maths duels.
Try it
Play today's puzzles in your browser, or read how each puzzle works on the puzzles page.