APP

This daily brain training app is great fun – and research has shown it can boost your ability by 69%.

Apple’s App of the Year contains more than 35 games designed to boost productivity, self-confidence, writing, reading, speaking and even earning ability. Each day you get three to play through and each time the task will adjust to your previous score and push you on. The games are colourful and creative too – one works like an endless runner where your correct answers propel a rocket into space. Another gets you reading a book one word at a time at speed before you’re asked a question about the passage, meaning you gain some trivia too. Your performance is tracked so you can see how the app is helping you across each area, and you can share your progress online too. The basic version is free and you can get a 14-day trial for nothing – or pay £38.99 to unlock everything.