Dual N-Back Reviews

I’ve played almost every day for the last 43 days, usually at least 20 times. There is a Mathematical n-back game that helped me get comfortable in moving from the third level to the fourth. Together they rock! If I had to pick one, this would still be it. Be patient. I get to level 5 every day, but I still haven’t reached 6. Level 3 is very comfortable and fun now. I do chess puzzles and a crossword every day also, but this is the most important one for me. Note: If you exercise, HIIT cardio every day keeps me improving on this faster and makes this less uncomfortable to do. The other n-back game I 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.

Ok...I can’t the only one here people. The woman’s voice they used as the game continues on sounds more intently um more excited as you get better? I had my friends listen to it and they agreed. I downloaded a few others and realized that the added um bonus could possibly make my brain grow faster so I’m sticking with this one. Thank you to the lady who did the voice over. My scores are amazing and I’m scoring better on exams.

They also updated it so it’s even cooler now.

There appear to a number of paid dual n-back apps out there, but this is the only one I'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!
I 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.

Would love to support and pay for premium. Only improvement holding me 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

I love the minimalist design. I wouldn’t recommend changing that or I might not use DualNBack anymore. I care more about seeing if playing the game truly improves my working memory.

I’ll 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 isn’t completely unsupported. I guess I’ll 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 DualNBack we are on the frontier of new discoveries!

Bummed because I really wanted to use this on a daily basis to improve my memory, but It won’t let me get past the first test. First test I get perfect scores and then on the second one I get everything wrong. I know this is wrong because I did trial and error 3 times to see if I was missing something but it doesn’t count the ones I know I got right. Unfortunately I can’t use DualNBack if I can’t get past the 2nd level so I will be deleting. Great idea, just need some bug fixes.

This game is great. I find it to be pretty difficult. I didn’t understand it even after I walked through the tutorial 3 times. It started to click after just playing for a bit. Im getting better every time I play. Thanks.

Check the mute switch on the side of your device. DualNBack is a faithful rendition of the n-back task. Much better than the rest in DualNBack Store.

People are upset about the way that you cannot customize this. Truthfully, all i wanted was an app to help me maintain my genius IQ or possibly grow it. And this does just that and i am okay with that.

I love the game, but suddenly the sound won’t play. I went to settings and nothing fixes it. Only complaint is the sound just went off and no matter what I try the volume will not work.

DualNBack 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.

It’s 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 is the best Dual N Back app I’ve found. The interface is clean and I 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 what’s promised, pushes you to the next level without ability to just get relaxed at previous level.

I no longer hear the letters. Uninstalled and reinstalled with no improvement. Any suggestions?

Please allow the user to choose which level to use. I understand the research DualNBack is based on. That said, choosing levels could be an added feature. Make it a feature only accessible to people who purchase DualNBack , if that’ll motivate you. Sometimes I want the option to choose levels!

Tried this on my computer but the instructions confused me. Thanks to this game and it's clear tutorial I got it down pretty good

Some people probably giving 1 stars cause they two dumb to do it.

It really seems to help with my memory and attention.

Just downloaded version 2.4.2 and I can’t get any sound. I’m 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!

…they would add a manual N level setting feature.
I 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 aren’t 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 me, the automatic N levels make DualNBack a truly miserable exercise in constantly failing down. I learn best slowly with repetition. Before I can get any traction on a level I’m bumped up to the next level where I flounder and fail down. I never get any traction on that next level. It’s like being rewarded for achievement with failure.
I’ve tried this game on and off for years and I’ve never improved.
Worse, it’s made me feel so discouraged that I had to delete DualNBack because just seeing on my screen was making me feel like I was back in grade school, an undiagnosed dyslexic, being told by the teacher that I just wasn’t trying. Hard pass! I now know how to try smarter.
I found another similar app that does let you manually set the N levels. What a difference. I actually look forward to using it. It doesn’t have as good a UI. DualNBack has the best, I’ll give them that.
But those automatic N levels are the deal breaker.
Hey Devs, trust your users to know their best learning styles.

This is a really marvelous game of position and audio memory training. But I just don’t get why for each level I only get 20 pairs of stimulus. That would seem to defeat the purpose of brain training for Level 21 and higher levels. I suggest that for Level N>=21, the game have at least N pairs of stimulus, and even have a survival mode of N*n pairs of stimulus (n is infinity) to see how many pairs it takes before any player fails. Also, I suggest adding speed settings for this wonderful Dual N-Back challenge.