Comparison

Opti Brain vs FocusCalm

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Opti Brain

Visualize and map your brain activity using compatible headbands. Record, save, and compare brain data to understand your cognitive patterns. Discover your optimal performance state and analyze brain activity during various activities.

Highlights
  • Brain activity mapping
  • Data collection and saving
  • Customizable collections
  • Map and movie creation
  • Brain pattern interpretation
  • Activity-based comparison
Features
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**This application requires an external accessory that senses your brain activity to use. Compatible brain sensing hardware includes: -Muse Headband -Muse 2 Headband -Muse S Headband -Muse Athena Headband The brain sensing hardware will connect your brain to the Opti Brain app and allow you to map your brain activity. Have you ever wondered what your brain looks like? Opti Brain allows you to map your brain activity with the help of Muse, the brain sensing headband. Collect and save your brain data from your brain sensing hardware. Name and assign a quality to your collections to categorize and remember them. Then create and compare maps and movies of your brain activity. Opti brain also provide interpretations with each map you create. The Opti Brain app is brought to you by Opti Brain, a company dedicated to helping you optimize your performance. Record your brain data during different activities (resting; critical thinking; before, during and after performance based sports and activities; etc.) and compare the patterns in your brain maps. Discover your BETTER THAN BEST™ brain pattern when you are performing at your full potential! Opti Brain is a sister app to Opti Train. The Opti Train app helps train you to BETTER YOUR BEST™ by leading you to your best performance brain pattern. You can save your trainings from Opti Train and then view the brain maps from those trainings in Opti Brain. See what your optimized brain looks like! Use Opti Brain free for up to 10 data collections! Then purchase a subscription to receive unlimited access to Opti Brain and three additional brain training apps: Opti Train, Opti Calm and Opti Confidence. An Opti Software Subscription is required to gain full access to Opti Brain, Opti Train, Opti Calm and Opti Confidence. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of the subscription purchase. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Any unused portion of the free trial (10 free collections or trainings per app), will be forfeited when the user purchases an Opti subscription. It is required to create an Opti account prior to the purchase of an Opti subscription. You will only be able to connect one Opti account to each subscription purchase. Your Apple ID and Opti account email are not required to be the same.

About

FocusCalm

Train your brain for improved focus and a calmer mind with science-backed exercises and real-time feedback. This app helps you manage stress, enhance mental performance, and track your progress towards a more focused and tranquil state.

Highlights
  • Brain training exercises
  • Real-time brain activity feedback
  • FocusCalm score tracking
  • Neurofeedback technology
  • Stress management techniques
  • Performance tracking metrics
Features
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Now it's easier than ever to train your brain for better focus and a calmer mind. Your brain is like a muscle...with training, you can make it stronger and better able to handle the stress and pressure in your life. Sleep, relationships, productivity, and even your performance at work, school, and in sports are all affected by your mental state. But you CAN learn how to get control of your mindset and manage feelings of stress, no matter how crazy life gets. FocusCalm trains your brain to enter a powerful state of mind that is focused, engaged, aware, and mindful, without the stress that makes you feel poorly. --BACKED BY SCIENCE-- In a recent study by the FocusCalm team, users who completed 25 exercises in the app had a 21% improvement in their feelings of well-being as reported on the respected WHO Wellness Index. For many years, studies have shown that neurofeedback training like the exercises in FocusCalm can literally change the way your brain works. Through the power of neurofeedback, you can learn how to control your mental state. FocusCalm's games, activities, and exercises are developed by neuroscientists, sports psychologists, and physicians to help teach you how to manage your mindset, while our lightweight, wearable EEG (electroencephalogram) headband accurately shows you how well you're doing in real-time (sold separately). --MORE THAN MEDITATION-- Meditation apps help you relax and unwind. FocusCalm does more. It starts with your FocusCalm score...a real-time display of your brain activity on a scale from 0 - 100. A low score means your brain is active or stressed. A high FocusCalm score means your brain is calm and tranquil. Through our meditations and expert-developed content, FocusCalm helps you LEARN how to put your mind in a FocusCalm state. Then, with our games and activities, you PRACTICE getting into that state more quickly, consistently and deeply. Over time, as you improve your skills, you can then CHALLENGE yourself to keep your FocusCalm high as you perform mental tasks that simulate stressful or difficult situations in life. --RESULTS IN JUST A FEW MINUTES PER DAY-- FocusCalm is a wearable that you wear only when you're using the app. Our programs are quick 15 minute sets of exercises designed to help you reach a goal: • Getting energized for the day • A quick break during stressful times • Gently winding down after a stressful day • Preparing for sleep • Gearing up for athletic competition or a big meeting --TRACK YOUR IMPROVEMENT-- Like any skill, FocusCalm is all about practice. FocusCalm provides detailed results after each exercise so you can see a variety of metrics about your performance: • Depth - Measures your peak FocusCalm score to indicate how calm your brain became during an exercise or meditation. • Consistency - Shows the percentage of time during the exercise that you were able to keep your FocusCalm score above 65. • Speed - Indicates how quickly you were able to reach a score above 65 in the exercise. • FocusCalm Minutes - The length of time you spent in a FocusCalm state. Like a goal of 10,000 steps, 7 minutes in FocusCalm has been shown to have positive benefits in your life. FocusCalm tracks all of these metrics on your profile so you can see your progress over time. --THE FOCUSCALM HEADBAND-- • Available at www.focuscalm.com • Bluetooth connection is quick, reliable and simple • Lightweight and comfortable so you can use it anytime • Accurately monitors up to 1200 EEG data points per second • Up to 8 hours of use on a single charge FOCUSCALM | BRAIN TRAINING FOR BETTER FOCUS AND A CALMER MIND FocusCalm saves your meditation data to the Apple Health app. FocusCalm Subscription plans for full access to the App: - FocusCalm Annual Subscription: $69.99 (12 month) - FocusCalm Monthly Subscription: $9.99 (1 month) Terms of service: https://focuscalm.com/terms/ Privacy policy: https://focuscalm.com/focus-calm-privacy-policy

Screenshots

Opti Brain4 screens
FocusCalm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: FocusCalm at monthly against Opti Brain's every 3 months. FocusCalm also leads on ratings volume (53 vs 13). Opti Brain's advantage is review sentiment (37% vs 24%). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Opti Brain sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and FocusCalm sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FocusCalm holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 53 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 37% of Opti Brain's written reviews are positive against 24% of FocusCalm's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Opti Brain ships an update every 3 months, FocusCalm monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Opti Brain versus FocusCalm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpti BrainFocusCalm
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (13 ratings)3.9 (53 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.7% of reviews — better23.5% of reviews
Number of ratings1353 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.412.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size159 MB190 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOptiherenceBrainCo Inc

Customer experience

Opti Brain

All ratings13 ratings
Positive61.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative30.8%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive36.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative56.7%

FocusCalm

All ratings53 ratings
Positive69.8%
Neutral7.5%
Negative22.6%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive23.5%
Neutral11.8%
Negative64.7%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Opti Brain

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Opti Subscription$9.991 Month
  • Yearly Opti Subscription$99.991 Year
2 purchases

FocusCalm

Subscriptions2
  • FocusCalm Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
  • FocusCalm Annual Subscription$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Opti Brain free?
Opti Brain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FocusCalm free?
FocusCalm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Opti Brain or FocusCalm?
FocusCalm is rated higher. Opti Brain averages 3.7 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while FocusCalm averages 3.9 from 53 ratings.
Do Opti Brain or FocusCalm have ads?
Neither Opti Brain nor FocusCalm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Opti Brain or FocusCalm?
Opti Brain ships an update every 3 months, and FocusCalm monthly. Most recently, Opti Brain was updated on October 5, 2026 and FocusCalm on October 15, 2026.

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