Drills & puzzles · adapted from the AIDE side project

Mind Games

Short, free drills for working memory, attention, logic and mental arithmetic, plus a few classic puzzles. They run entirely in your browser and your best scores are saved only on this device.

What to expect: practising a drill reliably makes you better at that drill. Research reviews have found little convincing evidence that such practice transfers to general intelligence or everyday thinking (Simons et al., 2016, Psychological Science in the Public Interest). Play them because they are fun or useful warm-ups — not as treatment.

Your results on this device

    Only drills that record a best score are listed. Nothing leaves your browser.

    Puzzle games

    Working Memory & Pattern Recognition

    Attention & logic

    Focus timer, breathing & creativity

    Mental arithmetic

    About these drills

    Side project the drills were adapted from

    These drills began in AIDE, a personal side project exploring study and focus tools. They are deliberately simple: no accounts, no streak pressure, no notifications. Use them as short warm-ups or breaks; for learning engineering material, retrieval practice on the roadmaps is a far better use of time.

    🔒 Zero Surveillance:

    100% client-side execution. No behavioral tracking, no third-party telemetry, and no advertisements.

    ⌨ Keyboard friendly:

    The hub and most drills work with a keyboard. Some fast visual drills (e.g. object tracking) are inherently hard to make screen-reader accessible — tell me if one blocks you.

    🌱 No pressure mechanics:

    No XP, streaks or badges — just your own best scores, which you can clear at any time.

    Explore AIDE on GitHub ↗