Best mindmapping and thinking app. Period
I put my life in this app, my filing system and my pkm system.
Gardening your brain is a thing, it’s a daily habit - use this app to log and document; it works the way my brain does.
Mostly use on mac (bought a new m4 iMac, mainly for The Brain) on mobile it’s very good - near parity of features, but it is best on a big screen (iPad pro 13 is good too)
Have used this as a pro user since v4. Now we are v15 and it’s brilliant and fast. Just gets better and better.
Prefer this over obsidian and other pkm apps (have tried them all).
Gardening your brain is a thing, it’s a daily habit - use this app to log and document; it works the way my brain does.
Mostly use on mac (bought a new m4 iMac, mainly for The Brain) on mobile it’s very good - near parity of features, but it is best on a big screen (iPad pro 13 is good too)
Have used this as a pro user since v4. Now we are v15 and it’s brilliant and fast. Just gets better and better.
Prefer this over obsidian and other pkm apps (have tried them all).
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The hidden gem
#1 app contender
Best Mind mapping software out there
Been using TheBrain for years and it’s the best app I have on my iPad and iPhone. I collect everything on this.
Useful software but still buggy
Useful software but still buggy
MI sbaglio?
Utilizzo TheBrain dalla edizione 4. So di cosa parlo. Man mano il software ha aumentato l’abbonamento. Non riesco ad accettare praticamente l’opzione Cloud che mi si costringe ad utilizzare. Ho sempre amato l’utilizzo in locale. Mi dispiace ma ripeto è caro, per il mercato italiano. Grazie per l’attenzione.
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Estremamente caro.
200€ l’anno per iPad. Poi altrettanto per usarlo su Mac. Al diavolo I software americani.
Очень достойное обновление
Теперь все действительно работает быстро! Интерфейс наконец-то приобрел современные черты. Очень достойное обновление
The Brain is Dead
Download and tried to create account t to no avail
Not intuitive
Not intuitive. Not clear at the outset what it is for. Verification of account email didn't arrive after their message telling me to check my email - but using that email address I can log in!
Complicated, barely any documentation, absurdly priced
All of the above. This thing is a nightmare. It's a shame because on paper feature wise it sounds great. Just priced absurdly and UX is overly complicated.
The best
This is an extraordinary app, which is unbelievably well thought through and functional. It actually works in a way that is both simple and intuitive enough but also has extraordinary depth and detail. I use it every day and can’t praise it highly enough.
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10 years later
Life without the Brain
Too slow, too expensive
The response slows down dramatically for a large number of entries. Around 200 bullet points (and the odd note or attachment) and the speed drops off a lot. Also the time to link a lot of entries is very high. Eg. It would be good to be able to select a group of items and link them to one thought or formatting style.
The AI facility is interesting (eg get an instant write up of a subject) so the app may be worthwhile for a small group of thoughts with some linked AI information. But that would be like having a small brain!
The cost of £200 per year is ridiculous.
The AI facility is interesting (eg get an instant write up of a subject) so the app may be worthwhile for a small group of thoughts with some linked AI information. But that would be like having a small brain!
The cost of £200 per year is ridiculous.
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La meilleure et la plus belle
J'utilisais déjà PersonalBrain sur Mac des années avant son arrivée sur l'Appstore. La version iOS TheBrain me permet d'en profiter encore davantage. Interface magnifique, mouvements fluides et élégants, peut contenir une quantité phénoménale de données, c'est la meilleure application du genre sur l'Appstore.
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A mobile brain .. a long time in the making
By far the best mobile release of this platform. As the intro says this is the original digital brain having been around for decades, great on the desktop but for which the mobile companion as been a very poor cousin …. Up until now that is!
Amazing functionality available, generally stable and pretty quick. Sync with desktop is solid and sharing info from other apps etc is much improved and less clunky.
I had held off 1* as there were a lot of rough edges and although there are still things that need a little work the pace of change over the last few weeks and genuinely meaningful improvements mean it would be unfair not to go 4* -> 5* as I am sure all is going to iron out and the team are clearly working hard and communicate well re feedback.
Overall, Impressed I still am!
Amazing functionality available, generally stable and pretty quick. Sync with desktop is solid and sharing info from other apps etc is much improved and less clunky.
I had held off 1* as there were a lot of rough edges and although there are still things that need a little work the pace of change over the last few weeks and genuinely meaningful improvements mean it would be unfair not to go 4* -> 5* as I am sure all is going to iron out and the team are clearly working hard and communicate well re feedback.
Overall, Impressed I still am!
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The best MindMaping & thinking app, period.
Just gets better and better.
I bought a new iMac simply to use this app - I put everything into it
I bought a new iMac simply to use this app - I put everything into it
3D mind mapping
GENIUS!!!
Bug report and Request
① Bug fix request: Problem with input location when editing notes in Japanese
This is a problem that occurs when using The Brain app in both of iPhone and iPad.
When editing notes in Thoughts with the Japanese input, there is a bug where the text is not inserted in the intended location through the step of "Convert input" in a unique system of Japanese language.
This bug does not occur when inputting on the Windows version of The Brain app.
Now I'm using copy & paste the total text of Japanese from the other memo app, but it's very stressful.
Please fix the bug when editing notes in Thoughts with Japanese inputting.
② Additional function request: When adding Thoughts in the iPad version, please add a way to input using only the keyboard.
I think the current system, which allows you to specify relationships by the direction of your flick when adding Thoughts, is well designed, but I don't think it's very efficient because I must leave my fingers from keyboard and touch the screen when doing so.
I would like to see a modification that allows to continuously input elements using only the keyboard when an external keyboard is connected to the iPad, such as "adding children with the Tab key and being able to edit item names and notes".
The Brain is well designed system to store and combine ideas, it should be used full potentials in iOS devices.
This is a problem that occurs when using The Brain app in both of iPhone and iPad.
When editing notes in Thoughts with the Japanese input, there is a bug where the text is not inserted in the intended location through the step of "Convert input" in a unique system of Japanese language.
This bug does not occur when inputting on the Windows version of The Brain app.
Now I'm using copy & paste the total text of Japanese from the other memo app, but it's very stressful.
Please fix the bug when editing notes in Thoughts with Japanese inputting.
② Additional function request: When adding Thoughts in the iPad version, please add a way to input using only the keyboard.
I think the current system, which allows you to specify relationships by the direction of your flick when adding Thoughts, is well designed, but I don't think it's very efficient because I must leave my fingers from keyboard and touch the screen when doing so.
I would like to see a modification that allows to continuously input elements using only the keyboard when an external keyboard is connected to the iPad, such as "adding children with the Tab key and being able to edit item names and notes".
The Brain is well designed system to store and combine ideas, it should be used full potentials in iOS devices.
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Unique KB
For notes, links but above all for knowledge base and brain, it is a terrific apps. I use it in particular to learn several languages, Chinese, Spanish, interleaving characters via their keys (Chinese) and sentences
Response from developer
Great to hear. Thanks for the review.
