Brain Test All-Star: IQ Boost vs Crossy Road

How do Brain Test All-Star: IQ Boost and Crossy Road compare on difficulty, ad pressure, in-app-purchase pressure and what real reviewers say? A side-by-side look, grounded in App Store data.

	Brain Test All-Star: IQ Boost	Crossy Road
Genre	Family	Family
Price	Free	Free
Difficulty	hard	medium
Ad intensity	high	high
In-app-purchase pressure	high	medium
Typical session	medium	short
Rating	4.8 / 5	4.7 / 5
Ratings count	40,067	734,126
Reviews say	What players like Hundreds of original, creative brain teasers requiring outside-the-box thinking Works offline, great for families and group play Engaging puzzle design that makes you think and exercise your brain Common complaints Extremely frequent ads after every level, sometimes longer than the puzzle itself Excessive ad paywall beyond level 10 makes game nearly unplayable without paying High cost for hints and level skips, requires watching ads or spending coins	What players like Highly addictive and entertaining gameplay Large character collection (300+ skins to unlock) Works offline without WiFi requirement Common complaints Excessive ads after just 2 runs; many ads even with optional viewing Difficulty spikes sharply for new players with too many cars No character preference switching; locked into random unlocks

Brain Test All-Star: IQ Boost — Tricky brain teasers and lateral thinking puzzles with hundreds of levels to test your IQ and creativity. (rated hard difficulty, high ad pressure) Crossy Road — An endless arcade hopper where you guide quirky retro characters across roads, trains, and rivers while collecting 300+ unlockable characters. (rated medium difficulty, high ad pressure)

Data: Apple App Store, as of 2026-08-24. Last updated 2026-08-24.