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LexiMap vs Gifted App (achieve.ai)

Mobile CogAT/OLSAT practice with 42,000+ questions

Bottom line

Tools like Gifted App (achieve.ai) give your child cards to drill. LexiMap is the system above them — it adapts to what your child misses, teaches the word-parts that unlock new words, and shows you a skill map. Keep Gifted App (achieve.ai) for quick review; use LexiMap to run the prep.

FreeNo card16–30 questions, timed

Feature-by-feature comparison

FeatureLexiMapGifted App (achieve.ai)
Cost$99.00/mo or $249.00 season passSubscription (iOS/Android app pricing)
What it coversSSAT/ISEE verbal: vocabulary, analogies, context cluesCogAT, OLSAT, CCAT, and NNAT practice questions, incl. non-verbal/figural
Daily practice10-15 min of structured daily practice your child completes independentlySelf-paced question bank practice
Free mechanicFree timed verbal section, no cardFree sample questions
Parent visibilitySkill-by-skill dashboard + weekly reportPrepDNA cognitive analytics
Exams coveredCogAT, OLSAT, SSAT, ISEE, HSPTCogAT, OLSAT, CCAT, and NNAT
Non-verbal sectionsNNAT, CogAT figural/quantitative

LexiMap covers the verbal section — vocabulary, analogies, and context clues. It does not include reading passages, math, or essay practice; pair it with format practice for those.

See what your child actually does

ISEE-style sample question

The question

The doctor's handwriting on the prescription was so ___ that the pharmacist had to call the office just to figure out which medicine to fill.

  1. Aneat
  2. Billegible
  3. Ctyped
  4. Dclear

How LexiMap helps

Break it into parts

il-+legibleillegible

il- means “not,” and legible means “readable.” So illegible means “not readable.” The pharmacist needing to call confirms that meaning. Neat, typed, and clear do not explain the difficulty reading the prescription.

LexiMap check-up screen showing a real timed verbal question
The weekly check-up: a real timed verbal section
LexiMap parent report showing skill-by-skill progress
The parent report: skill-by-skill, after every week

Representative student data.

Which is right for your child?

  • Needing a large bank of CogAT/OLSAT practice questions, including non-verbal and figural sections → Gifted App's 42,000+ questions and native mobile apps cover that.
  • Teaching the verbal reasoning skills those questions test — analogies, classification, context clues → LexiMap: a taught curriculum with automatic spaced review, plus coverage of SSAT and ISEE for families prepping multiple exams — a question bank tests what your child knows, it doesn't teach what they don't.

More questions show where your child stands. LexiMap teaches what closes the gap — and covers SSAT and ISEE too.

Real parent experiences

What parents tell us

Different families, the same goal: make verbal practice clear enough to keep moving.

Instead of memorizing random word lists, my son learned how words are built from roots, prefixes, and suffixes. The words kept coming back over time, so they actually started to stick.

David K

Parent of a seventh-grade SSAT student

The diagnostic gave us a clear starting point, and the weekly tests showed what my daughter was actually retaining. The dashboard made it easy to see where she was improving and where she still needed help.

Kristy M

Parent of a seventh-grade ISEE student

My daughter kept up with the quests on her own between tutoring sessions. Her tutor could see the weak areas and spend more time on mistakes, harder questions, and test strategy instead of checking workbook pages.

Lisa A

parent of a fifth-grade ISEE student

  • Foundational research suggests vocabulary is the #1 predictor of career success.

    Source: Johnson O'Connor, 20-year longitudinal study

  • Only 1 in 3 eighth graders reads at grade level — the worst reading scores on record.

    Source: NAEP 2024

  • Designed specifically to train five core verbal skill domains — vocabulary, relational reasoning, contextual inference, test execution, and metacognition — not just word lists.

    Source: LexiMap verbal-skills framework

Common questions

My child needs CogAT and SSAT prep — do I need both apps?

Gifted App focuses on CogAT/OLSAT practice questions, including non-verbal sections. LexiMap covers CogAT, OLSAT, SSAT, ISEE, and HSPT verbal skills in one app. For non-verbal CogAT sections, Gifted App has that covered.

Is more practice questions or more instruction better?

They serve different purposes. Practice questions show where your child stands. Instruction builds the skills to improve. If your child keeps getting verbal analogies wrong, more analogy questions won't teach them how analogies work — but instruction will.

Want focused verbal practice before test day?

A weekly timed verbal section shows you exactly where your child stands — before test day does.

Take a real timed section — free