Science-based memory trainer
A gym for your memory
Your feed trains you to forget — BoostIQ trains you to remember. Exercises built on classic cognitive-psychology tests, 5–15 minutes a day.
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Let's test your memory
Two quick parts — digits, then a grid pattern, both from memory. At the end: a mini memory profile with an honest norm range.
Typical adult range is 5–9 digits (7±2).
Part 1 of 2 · Round 3 · 5 digits
Sound familiar?
Your brain isn't broken — it's trained to swipe
- You meet someone, and five seconds later their name is already gone.
- You open your phone 'just for a sec' and resurface forty minutes deep in the feed.
- Same paragraph, third read-through, and it still isn't sinking in.
- PIN codes, phone numbers, shopping lists — they all live in your notes app, not your head.
It's not a willpower problem — you practice scrolling every day and almost never practice remembering. We're not against feeds and short videos — we're for balance: 15 minutes of memory training instead of a slice of your scrolling time.
The loop that moves your score
The Test measures your current level, Learning hands you a new technique, and Training locks it in — then the loop starts again.
This is a diagram, not real data — your own points will show up in the app.
You can take your first Test right on this page ↑How it works
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Warm-up
A quick review of cards you're due to recall — under two minutes. Nothing due? The step gets skipped.
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Two exercises
The system picks two exercises, weighted toward your weaker skill, and rotates them so it never gets stale.
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Results
Accuracy and speed for each block, compared to your own average — no points, no leaderboard, just numbers about you.
5–15 minutes a day, two taps to start, difficulty adjusts itself.
An exercise for every kind of memory
Each exercise is built on a classic method from cognitive psychology — we kept the real names, so there's something to look up.
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Digit Span
memorize a sequence, then type it back
numeric memory -
Face–Name Association
learn who's who
associative memory -
Spaced Repetition
your own decks, built on active recall
verbal memory -
Visual Pattern Span
recreate the pattern on the grid
visuospatial memory
Science, not magic
Spaced repetition and active recall are some of the most well-supported memory techniques in cognitive science. Chunking, associations, and visualization are classic techniques too, though the evidence behind them isn't as strong.
- Spaced repetitionA card comes back right before you're about to forget it — that beats cramming it all at once.
- Active recallYou pull the answer out of memory instead of just rereading it — the extra effort is what makes it stick.
- ChunkingA long sequence breaks into short blocks: 84-92-77 instead of 849277.
- AssociationsNew information links to something you already know — a name to a face, a word to an image.
- VisualizationThe abstract turns into a picture — that's the mechanic behind the visualization technique.
Easy to start, nothing to lose
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No account required
The memory test runs right here on the site, no sign-up. The beta list only needs your email.
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Careful with your data
We don't compare you to other people, and we don't sell or share your data — you're training your memory, not feeding an ad algorithm.
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Free
Every exercise is free to use — no trial period quietly running out on you.