Dual N-Back
Experience one of the top-rated Free games on the App Store, Dual N-Back! Developed by the innovative team at Mikko Tyrskeranta, this Puzzle game provides a unique gaming experience like no other. With a content rating of 4+, it’s perfect for a wide range of players. Since its initial release on 28th March 2012, the game has seen numerous updates, with the latest version launched on 21st December 2019.
Are you a fan of Puzzle, Education, games? Then Dual N-Back is right up your alley! You won’t be able to resist its appeal.
User Ratings of Dual N-Back
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How Much Does Dual N-Back Cost?
Good news! You can download Dual N-Back on your iOS device absolutely free!
Dual N-Back Release Date
Eager to know when Dual N-Back first graced the App Store? It was launched on 28th March 2012.
When Was Dual N-Back Last Updated?
The latest version of Dual N-Back was updated on 21st December 2019, ensuring a more enjoyable gaming experience for all players.
Where Can I Download Dual N-Back?
To get started with Dual N-Back, head over to the official Apple App Store.
A Glimpse into Dual N-Back
THIS IS A SERIOUS GAME. It will improve your working memory and helps you solve problems faster. It’s also fun but not in the way you would expect. Reaching new levels in the game is incredibly satisfying.
An optional premium upgrade is available through a one-time in-app purchase that will remove ads and enable iCloud synchronization across multiple devices.
To get bugs fixed as fast as possible, please use the FEEDBACK button in the game’s CREDITS screen.
** CUSTOMER REVIEWS **
“I hate it…BUT I LOVE IT. The first time I played, I felt like I was learning to walk. It was awkward and I made a lot of mistakes. But then it slowly started to make more sense and suddenly I saw the utility in the app. It’s hard but hard is good. Train your brain. Get this app…"
“Easily playable and understandable interface"
“Muy buen juego para incrementar tu memoria y tu coeficiente intelectual."
** WHAT IS DUAL N-BACK **
Dual N-Back exercise is a scientifically proven way of improving your fluid intelligence. Fluid intelligence refers to the ability to reason and to solve new problems independently of previously acquired knowledge. More information about the science from the support page.
** FEATURES **
- Simple but challenging gameplay
- Graphical statistics with daily progress and trend line
- Helpful gameplay animations and tips explaining all you need to know about dual N-back
The idea is to remember sequentially spoken letters and positions of a square. The sequence length is increased or lowered for the next round depending how well you are doing.
You will advance to your current top performance level quite fast and it takes some persistence to get to the next level. On the other hand, the length of the sequence (i.e. difficult level) for each round is deliberately changed quite easily so that there is minimal change to develop automatic processes and task-specific strategies which are actually not increasing your fluid intelligence in the long run.
What’s New in the Latest Update?
Find out what’s new in the latest version of Dual N-Back updated on 21st December 2019:
- Dark mode
- Cosmetic changes
- Bug fixes
User Reviews on Dual N-Back
Looking for more information? Read a comprehensive review of Dual N-Back below:
We’ve played almost every day for the last 43 days, usually at least 20 times. There is a Mathematical n-back game that helped us get comfortable in moving from the third level to the fourth. Together they rock! If we had to pick one, this would still be it. Be patient. We get to level 5 every day, but we still havent reached 6. Level 3 is very comfortable and fun now. We do chess puzzles and a crossword every day also, but this is the most important one for us. Note: If you exercise, HIIT cardio every day keeps us improving on this faster and makes this less uncomfortable to do. The other n-back game we mentioned is speed based, but it waits for you to respond; you can regularly reach new speed records and compare yourself with everyone who has ever played. That part is really motivating.
This game is great. We find it to be pretty difficult. We didnt understand it even after we walked through the tutorial 3 times. It started to click after just playing for a bit. Im getting better every time we play. Thanks.
We cant hear the letters, so we dont know when to press the ear.
Check the mute switch on the side of your device. The app is a faithful rendition of the n-back task. Much better than the rest in the App Store.
The design and animation of this app is amazing! Ill be using this for a long time.
Ok… We cant the only one here people. The womans voice they used as the game continues on sounds more intently um more excited as you get better? We had our friends listen to it and they agreed. We downloaded a few others and realized that the added um bonus could possibly make our brain grow faster so Im sticking with this one. Thank you to the lady who did the voice over. Our scores are amazing and Im scoring better on exams. They also updated it so its even cooler now.
Some people probably giving 1 stars cause they two dumb to do it.
We love the game, but suddenly the sound wont play. We went to settings and nothing fixes it. Only complaint is the sound just went off and no matter what we try the volume will not work.
We no longer hear the letters. Uninstalled and reinstalled with no improvement. Any suggestions?
Bummed because we really wanted to use this on a daily basis to improve our memory, but It wont let us get past the first test. First test we get perfect scores and then on the second one we get everything wrong. We know this is wrong because we did trial and error 3 times to see if we were missing something but it doesnt count the ones we know we got right. Unfortunately we cant use this app if we cant get past the 2nd level so we will be deleting. Great idea, just need some bug fixes.
They would add a manual N level setting feature. We know they believe that people learn better with automatic N levels and that it discourages people from using memory tricks. The problem with that assumption is they arent taking into account neurodiversity. Brains come in a variety of models. And age ranges. Not everyone learns best with their sink-or-swim style of learning. For us, the automatic N levels make this app a truly miserable exercise in constantly failing down. We learn best slowly with repetition. Before we can get any traction on a level Im bumped up to the next level where we flounder and fail down. We never get any traction on that next level. Its like being rewarded for achievement with failure. We’ve tried this game on and off for years and we’ve never improved. Worse, its made us feel so discouraged that we had to delete the app because just seeing on our screen was making us feel like we were back in grade school, an undiagnosed dyslexic, being told by the teacher that we just wasnt trying. Hard pass! We now know how to try smarter. We found another similar app that does let you manually set the N levels. What a difference. We actually look forward to using it. It doesnt have as good a UI. This app has the best, Ill give them that. But those automatic N levels are the deal breaker. Hey Devs, trust your users to know their best learning styles.
We tried the non-premium version, at N = 1, letters dont appear at all.
Couldnt get audio to work. We checked other apps, and it was just this one bummer that half the point of this app wasn’t functional for me.
Well, if this app relies on audio, then it’s dead in the water. Developer needs to address his bugs or remove this from the app store.
Superior app with one flaw: level doesnt lower even when over %50 incorrect. This is extremely frustrating please fix it.
Its a great memory trainer but the sound is not working!
We cant even hear the sounds, and our volume is all the way up. Developers please help.
We love the minimalist design. We wouldnt recommend changing that or we might not use the app anymore. We care more about seeing if playing the game truly improves our working memory. Ill play it for a few months probably to see what happens. Finally can near perfectly do N=2, and now am aiming to perfect 3. The research is controversial on if this truly works, but at least it isnt completely unsupported. We guess Ill find out for myself! :) ^(sidenote: it always seems like psychology is still a a field with very many unknowns that we are trying to discover. So, in a way, by trying the app we are on the frontier of new discoveries!
People are upset about the way that you cannot customize this. Truthfully, all we wanted was an app to help us maintain our genius IQ or possibly grow it. And this does just that and we are okay with that.
Would love to support and pay for premium. Only improvement holding us back is the lack of certain letters. Please add the entire alphabet and will go premium. Other less vital improvement suggestions. Would pay for these features. – Option to adjust the daily completion goal to be less than 20 – Add a calendar to check off completions each day, this helps to motivate habit.
This is the best Dual N Back app we’ve found. The interface is clean and we find it offers the right amount of flexibility before moving on to the next level.
It came recommended in Game Changers book. Love it. Simple interface, does whats promised, pushes you to the next level without ability to just get relaxed at previous level.
We love to utilize this app in our cognitive therapy pts; however we find that the accuracy provided in the app is always incorrect. If we knew that this app would provide more accuracy for our pts we would utilize it more for them to complete home practice. So basically we cannot recommend this app with its current inaccuracies.
The program automatically increases the N setting without an apparent or intuitive way to manual override it and set it where you want. Thats a problem.
Tried all the tips in the FAQ. Sound doesnt work.
Please allow the user to choose which level to use. We understand the research the app is based on. That said, choosing levels could be an added feature. Make it a feature only accessible to people who purchase the app, if thatll motivate you. Sometimes we want the option to choose levels!
Just downloaded version 2.4.2 and we cant get any sound. Im running the latest version of iOS (v12.2). It says for bug fixes to use the Feedback menu item under credits, but there is no such item. Pls. Fix this bug!
This is horrible and their (recently asked questions) say that if there is no sound its not the app, its the device…. FUNNY all other apps work just fine.
We did restart the app, checked the sound of other apps, applied earphones, and checked the mute button, still no sound.
Sound doesnt come through on our phone for this app…
There appear to a number of paid dual n-back apps out there, but this is the only one we’ve found that is solely ad-supported. It’s minimal, doesn’t let you change sound sets or do any other customization but it’s free! And it works great. Totally solid! We would love the ability to change sound sets though, as a musician I’d like to be able to use notes of the scale instead of letters.
It’s a good dual n-back trainer.
It really seems to help with our memory and attention.
Been using this for a month and have improved our IQ substantially!
Its a great app and if yo do N-back regularly it will improve your memory and focus a lot. Feature request: It would be great if you could export your stats to csv or excel format and upload it to your computer.
This app gets better with each update! Of all the apps that offer a dual n-back exercise, this is by far the nicest. It is well maintained and offers some very nice features. Highly recommend it.
Tried this on our computer but the instructions confused us. Thanks to this game and it’s clear tutorial we got it down pretty good.
This has been a problem for several years now, apparently. This is hardly an insurmountable engineering challenge. The developers seem to not care.
On our iPhone 6, the sound only works when using headphones. We find this pretty annoying, but otherwise the game is great.
Paid for app but can’t disable the mild ad for their f-connect service which we don’t want use.
We really like this version. Well done!
There are some other apps that are great as well, but this is our favorite because it is solidly based upon the related research.