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Top 7 best games that make you smarter for Android phones and tablets

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Top 7 best games that make you smarter for Android phones and tablets

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When it comes to education, you might have a hard time learning. It’s often boring, hard, and feels like a chore. As it turns out, however, there are tons of different games and apps which can make learning not only easily accessible through your mobile device, but also fun too!

Over time, many apps have been created with mini-games or gameplay aspects in them, so that you could learn while you play. As these games are on your phone or mobile device, they are perfect to dip in and out of, instead of having to sit through a boring class or video to teach you something.

Do you know what else is going to test your wit? Strategy games for Android!

In this list, we are going to be looking at some very well designed learning games and apps for Android, for you to download and hopefully learn from as well.

Let’s get into the list.

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1
Duolingo

Available on: iOS + Android
Genre: Quiz
Find out more about Duolingo
Duolingo

Duolingo is a learning app that will teach you over 35 different languages. There are badges that can be earned through playing the game, as well as a running streak for using the app daily, which is a great motivator. Through a bunch of bite-sized lessons in the form of games, you can practice speaking, reading and understanding different languages. It’s a well-known app that many people have used successfully.

2
Tricky Test 2

Publisher: Orangenose Studio
Available on: iOS + Android
Genre: Quiz
Find out more about Tricky Test 2
Tricky Test 2

Tricky Test 2 is a brain teaser - a quiz game with a bunch of different puzzles that will take a lot of thinking to overcome. These are meant to challenge your thinking, force you to think outside the box, and otherwise try to solve everything put in front of you. At the end of the test, you will even get an IQ rating, so that you can try and beat your friends. The game features a timer and some pretty interesting puzzles - so you will need to think fast.

3
Words With Friends 2

Available on: iOS + Android
Genre: Quiz
Find out more about Words With Friends 2
Words With Friends 2

If you are looking to challenge your vocabulary and learn new words, Words with Friends 2 is a very popular, scrabble-inspired game that will test you through weekly challenges, defeating your friends, and even give you badges to earn all through spelling out words using the tiles that are placed in front of you. This game will help you learn more words and expand your vocabulary, as well as force you to spell correctly!

4
Lumosity: Brain Training

Available on: iOS + Android
Genre: Quiz
Find out more about Lumosity: Brain Training
Lumosity: Brain Training

This app is one of the first that comes up when looking for games that will make you smarter and challenge your game - and for a good reason. It’s a daily workout for your brain - specifically targeting problem-solving, memory, and general thinking through different mini-games. You can end up playing color games, assembling puzzles and even racing cars. At the end of each workout, you are given detailed statistics to help you understand your brain better as well!

5
Peak

Available on: iOS + Android
Genre: Puzzle, Quiz
Find out more about Peak - Brain Training
Peak - Brain Training

Peak is an app that has a lot of actual names behind it - it was made in partnership with Cambridge and NYU, which further showcases how legit it is. This app challenges memory, attention, maths, problem solving, mental agility, language, emotional control, coordination and language - all in a single app. It’s meant to keep you mentally sharp through a bunch of different games and the ability to challenge your friends and see if you are more skilled than them.

6
Clockwork Brain Training

Available on: iOS + Android
Genre: Puzzle
Find out more about Clockwork Brain Training
Clockwork Brain Training

Clockwork is the most game looking app on this list - it’s a bunch of puzzles that you can solve, guided by a robot teacher. There is a big variety in the types of puzzles that you will come across, from remembering specific patterns to doing maths - you will be testing out your brain as you play. The graphics themselves are really lovely in this game, and there are even robot pets to help you out too!

7
Habitica

Available on: iOS + Android
Find out more about Habitica
Habitica

Habitica is a productivity app that will teach you how to accomplish your goals and be able to be more productive. Habitica allows you to turn your tasks into quests - and each time you complete one, your avatar is able to advance through their epic adventure. This should motivate you to complete your tasks, even if it’s just to see what happens next in our character’s adventure.

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Jupiter Hadley
Jupiter Hadley
Jupiter is a prolific indie game journalist with a focus on smaller indie gems. She covers thousands of game jams and indie games on her YouTube channel, letting every game have a moment in the spotlight. She runs indiegamejams.com, a calendar of all of the game jams going on in the world, and judges many jams and events. You can find her on Twitter as @Jupiter_Hadley