Free Brain Age Test
What’s your brain age? Play three quick games (speed, memory and focus) in about two minutes, and see the age your brain is acting like, straight away. No sign-up, nothing to pay. Then challenge a friend: whose brain is younger?
- Free, no sign-up
- About 2 minutes
- Challenge a friend
- Works on phones
How it works: each game is scored against typical results at different ages: reaction speed and short-term memory both change with age. Your three game ages are combined into one brain age. It’s a bit of fun, not a medical test. Updated .
- SpeedTap on green
- MemoryRemember the number
- FocusSame or different?
How old is your brain?
Three quick games, about 2 minutes. Find somewhere quiet and give it your full attention.
4 digits
Are the two shapes exactly the same, colour included? Answer as many as you can in 20 seconds.
Three games: speed, memory and focus. About 2 minutes, and your result is free.
Your brain age
0 years
That’s your full result, free. Nothing to pay and nothing to sign up for.
How to find your brain age
- Speed. Tap the box when it turns green, five times. Your average reaction time is compared with typical times at different ages.
- Memory. A number flashes up, then disappears. Type it back. Each time you get it right, it gets one digit longer. You have two lives.
- Focus. Two shapes appear. Are they exactly the same, colour included? Answer as many as you can in 20 seconds. Wrong answers count against you.
- Get your brain age. Each game gives an age, and the three are combined: speed counts a little more than the others.
- Compare and challenge. Add your real age to see the difference, then send the link to a friend to see whose brain is younger.
Altto brain age test: quick facts
A free online brain age test: three short games that give one brain age, on a computer or a phone.
Updated
- Price
- Free, with no sign-up and no email.
- Length
- About 2 minutes: three games of under a minute each.
- What it measures
- Reaction speed (tap on green), short-term memory (how many digits you can remember) and focus (spotting same or different shapes quickly).
- Your result
- Your brain age, an age for each game, and the difference from your real age if you add it.
- Is it medical?
- No. It’s a game for fun, not a health or memory check. If you’re worried about your memory, talk to your GP.
- Challenge a friend
- Send a link with your brain age; your friend plays and sees whose brain is younger.
- Daily board
- Your first go each day goes on a board of the day’s youngest brains, under your nickname. It resets at midnight UK time.
- Privacy
- Runs in your browser. Your results and real age are saved only on your device.
What is brain age?
“Brain age” is a fun way of describing how quickly and accurately you’re thinking right now, compared with typical people of different ages. Some thinking skills, especially processing speed and working memory, tend to peak in early adulthood and slowly change from middle age onwards, while knowledge and vocabulary usually keep growing for decades.
This test looks only at the fast, “fluid” skills, so a low brain age means you were quick and sharp today. It doesn’t measure wisdom, knowledge or intelligence, and the same person can score quite differently when tired, distracted or on a different device.
What affects your result?
Sleep, focus and practice make the biggest difference: most people improve over their first few goes. Phones are a little slower than a mouse for tapping, so the speed game allows for that. Noise and distraction mostly hurt the memory game.
| Brain age | What it means |
|---|---|
| Under 23 | Turbo brain. Exceptionally quick and sharp today. |
| 23–29 | Sharp. Faster than most people. |
| 30–39 | In its prime. Quick, steady and accurate. |
| 40–49 | Steady. A solid, typical result. |
| 50–59 | Seasoned. Try again when you’re fresh and focused. |
| 60 and over | Taking it easy. Tiredness, distraction or a slow device can all push this up. |
Can you lower your brain age?
Your score on this test, yes: a good night’s sleep, a quiet room and a couple of practice goes usually bring it down. For your brain in general, the NHS points to regular exercise, staying social, a healthy diet and keeping your mind active. Our free daily brain training is a fun way to do the last one.
Sources
- Aging brain (Wikipedia): processing speed and working memory change with age, while vocabulary and knowledge are largely kept.
- Mental chronometry (Wikipedia): typical reaction times and how they change with age.
- Memory span (Wikipedia): most adults can repeat back about 7 digits.
Frequently asked questions
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Is brain age a real thing?
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How many digits can most people remember?
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