Hi there,
I’ve found a great FREE way to prepare for Revelian’s game-based cognitive assessment, known as Cognify, and I want to share it with you. Keep reading and start practicing for free.
Quick Recap – What is it all about?
Cognify is based on six mini-games each lasting 3-5 minutes, taking a total of ~30 minutes to complete. Just like a classic cognitive ability test, it is said to predict how candidates will perform on the job.
The games are divided into three categories of cognitive abilities:
- Problem solving (3) – measuring the ability to learn quickly and solve problems without prior knowledge.
- Numerical reasoning (2) – quantitative concepts, mathematical knowledge and ability to work under time pressure.
- Verbal knowledge (1) – indicates reading writing skills. This game does not have to be included in the assessment, and depends on the employer’s specific needs.
I’ve added links to official information about the assessment, as seen on Revelian’s website, just in case:
And in this video, I made sure to embed it so that it plays from the moment the mini games are displayed:
Cognify Practice Test Alternatives
While there aren’t really any customized practice resources that simulate Revelian’s Cognify assessment, Apple’s and Google’s app stores are packed with apps that offer brain training games which are similar and sometimes even identical to the mini games used in Revelian’s Cognify. A simple search for “brain training” on either app store will reveal a long tail of such apps, some of which are good, and most of which aren’t.
The good news is that I’ve done the mundane and hard work of going through tens of apps, and made sure to match each of Cognify’s mini games to an app that simulates that game to a satisfying extent.
All you have to do, is pick a table below according to your device type ( Android, iOS) and follow the instructions. The apps I listed offer a free version that allows you to practice a few games each day, thus downloading those apps and focusing on the games that I highlighted will serve as an excellent, free Cognify practice test!
| Cognify game | What is it? | Identical free practice | Similar free practice |
| Resemble | Mental rotations and matching patterns. |
Peak – puzzle blox |
Lumosity – Penguin Pursuit Train your brain Visuospatial – 3d figures, Symmetry, Block Puzzle |
| Gridlock | Spatial puzzle, fitting Tetris-like shapes into a 3×3 grid. | Lumosity – pet detective move-the-block |
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| Shortcuts | Move a blue marble to a starred area in as little steps as possible. | ||
| Tally up | Determine which side has the highest value. |
Lumosity – chalkboard challenge Jobflare – weigh station |
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| Numbubbles | Find equations that are equal to a given target number. | Lumosity – Raindrops | |
| Proofit | Identify misspelt words and punctuation errors. |
| Cognify game | What is it? | Identical free practice | Similar free practice |
| Resemble | Mental rotations and matching patterns. |
Peak – puzzle blox |
Lumosity – Penguin Pursuit Train your brain Visuospatial – 3d figures, Symmetry, Block Puzzle |
| Gridlock | Spatial puzzle, fitting Tetris-like shapes into a 3×3 grid. | Lumosity – pet detective move-the-block |
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| Shortcuts | Move a blue marble to a starred area in as little steps as possible. | Brain Yoga | |
| Tally up | Determine which side has the highest value. |
Lumosity – chalkboard challenge Jobflare – weigh station |
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| Numbubbles | Find equations that are equal to a given target number. |
BrainTrainer – mathskill Lumosity – Raindrops |
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| Proofit | Identify misspelt words and punctuation errors. |
Spelling bee (choose grade 12) |
TestPartnership’s gamified assessments include two free samples that are a good way to practice for Cognify’s Nububbles math game: Net the Numbers, and Number Racer
Howtospell is a good resource with plenty of practice tests.
Your Cognify Score
While each of the six mini games are scored separately, it is the oveall score summary that your employer will be looking at when making hiring decisions. Here’s what it looks like:
That’s it, I hope you found this quick guide helpful. If you have any questions – simply use the comment box below. I’ll reply in notime!
Hi, I have my IBM Cognitive assessment. Is there anything you would recommend me to do?
Practice.
Hello Ramya, How it went?
Found it Useful !
May I request you to send me a link where I can practise games for cognitive ability test? please please and please
Is Spelling Bee available in the Apple App Store? Could not find it.
TestPartnership’s gamified assessments need a work email id for free trial. I am a student. So what should I do ?
Hi Ramis,
They must have changed it recently. I suspect my articles got them a lot of referrals which used the free trial to a point where they decided to stop giving it pro bono…I’ll look for a replacement.
Thanks Gideon for the prompt reply. Have u found any apps similar to the tetris game as shown in the video above where we can also rotate the blocks/puzzles before fitting in the 3×3 grid ?
Hey Gideon,
Any luck finding a replacement for Brain Yoga? or games identical to practice Shortcuts, Numbubbles, Gridlock? Happy to pay for games too if you know of any.
Hi CT,
NO, unfortunately 🙁
I’ll keep looking for more options and will add them asap.
Which game in brainyoga is similar to Shortcuts?
Hi Thanga,
It’s the one where you order the tiles into the square.
Hello, I cannot find the table of games and instructions for android – could you please comment what they are?
Hi PS,
If you look for the header: “Cognify Practice Test Alternatives” in this article, the table is in the expandable + sign below the first paragraph.
Simply click on the wording: Cognify-like games on Google’s app store.
I hope this helps
Cheers,
Gideon
Lumosity & Peak are really helpfull
Can the test be paused?
Great question!
You cannot pause a mini-game once it has started. I’m sure the mini-games don’t start automatically one after the other, but can’t say how much time you have between each mini-game.
I hope this helps. Let me know if you have more questions
Gideon
hi, this post really helps a lot. But I cannot find the brain yoga app in google play store. Can you give me some link?
Hi Zhang,
You’re right! It seems to have disappeared somehow from google Play’s listing …that’s a shame.
I’ll remove it from the list and I’ll try to add something valuable in its place. Thanks for the feedback, don’t hesitate to ask more questions.
Cheers,
Gideon
You are a wonderful person Gideon
i want test
Hi Aparna,
Please refer to the list of apps I’ve listed above. They’re an excellent way to prepare for the cognify test, and they’re free!
plz say how to prepare for congify test
Hi Saranya,
I thought reading this article and using the links I refer to would answer your question 🙂
Use the table I have above, and depending on your mobile device (iOS or Android) download the respective apps to practice on each of the skills measured in Cognify.
Let me know if you have more questions.
Cheers,
Gideon
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