Wish you could retain more of what you read? Quickly calculate how much of a tip to leave? Or articulate your thoughts more concisely? The games in Elevate—designed by experts in neuroscience and cognitive learning—help you do all that and more.

What we love: Elevate’s games encourage you to think in new and energizing ways. Each day, the app puts together a session of five activities based on your goals. Try your hand at Conversion, where you’ll stack boxes from heaviest to lightest, which is tricky because the weights are given in different units of measure. In Brevity, you’ll shorten sentences by making superfluous words explode.

Quick tip: Complete five workouts to unlock the study section, where you can hone skills you might not even have known existed, like improving the flexibility of your eye muscles for faster skimming.

Meet the creator: Since its release in 2014, Elevate has helped more than 50 million people all over the world improve their communication and math skills. Elevate Labs is also the developer of Balance: Meditation & Sleep.