Avicenna Research vs Brimming ADHD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Avicenna Research
Contribute to scientific discovery by participating in research studies directly from your smartphone. Share your anonymized data, answer surveys, and provide location or exercise habits if you choose. You maintain full control over your data and can withdraw at any time.
- Participate in health and psychology research
- Share anonymized data with scientists
- Answer short survey questions
- Optionally provide location and exercise data
- Full control over your data
- Ability to drop out or delete data anytime
- Integrates with the Health app
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Avicenna turns your smartphone into a mobile research lab and enables you to help scientists towards realizing their life-changing discoveries, in health, psychology, kinesiology, and others. Using Avicenna, you can participate in research studies you care about. The study's consent form clearly explains which research organization is requesting your data, how your data is anonymized, who will study your data and for what purpose, and what incentives you can expect for your participation. During your participation, you occasionally will be asked short survey questions. Depending on the study, you also might be asked to provide your location information or exercise habits. None of these are mandatory and you can drop out at any time. Avicenna always reminds you of the data you are providing. Avicenna gives you full control over your data. You always can review the data you have provided through your account on the Avicenna website. You also can drop out of the study at any time you prefer, or delete part or all of the data you have provided, no strings attached. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. ** This app integrates with the Health app **
Brimming ADHD
This app offers AI-powered guidance and expert-informed strategies to help individuals with ADHD and executive dysfunction overcome task paralysis and procrastination. It breaks down goals into manageable steps and provides compassionate support without pressure or shame.
- Personalized AI guidance
- Breaks goals into tiny actions
- Helps decide what to do next
- Combines AI with accountability
- Designed for ADHD and neurodivergent brains
- Compassionate support, no shame
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Do Something Even When Your Brain Says No Brimming is a digital wellness app built specifically for people with ADHD executive dysfunction and neurodivergent brains, but it will work for anyone If you struggle with starting tasks following through feeling overwhelmed or stuck in cycles of avoidance, Brimming is designed for you. This is not another habit tracker or productivity app that assumes neurotypical behavior. Brimming helps you move from intention to action. Why Brimming Is Different Most tools focus on tracking what you already did. Brimming focuses on helping you do the next thing. Using personalized AI guidance expert informed strategies and real human accountability Brimming helps reduce overwhelm and break paralysis in the moment it happens. Built for ADHD and Executive Dysfunction - Brimming supports challenges commonly associated with ADHD including - Difficulty starting tasks - Overwhelm and shutdown - Time blindness - Avoidance and procrastination - Burnout and decision fatigue Everything in Brimming is designed to reduce cognitive load and meet you where you are. How Brimming Works - Personalized AI guidance based on your goals mood time and location - Breaks big goals into tiny doable actions - Helps you decide what to do when you feel stuck - Supports planning without pressure or shame - Combines AI support with expert guided and community accountability You can follow guided experiences or simply open the app and ask for help deciding what to do right now. Designed With Compassion Not Pressure Brimming is built around behavior change science including CBT ACT motivational interviewing and habit formation models adapted for neurodivergent users. - No streak shame - No punishment for inconsistency - No unrealistic expectations Just support guidance and momentum. Who Brimming Is For - Adults with ADHD diagnosed or self identified - Neurodivergent individuals struggling with executive function - People burned out by traditional productivity tools - Anyone who wants help turning intention into action Your Life Is Waiting You do not need more motivation. You need the right support at the right moment. Brimming helps you break inertia and do something.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Brimming ADHD at 100% against Avicenna Research's 55%. Brimming ADHD also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.6) and ratings volume (24 vs 5). Avicenna Research's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Brimming ADHD sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Avicenna Research asks for nothing beyond the download.
Brimming ADHD holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 24 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Avicenna Research's written reviews are positive against 100% of Brimming ADHD's.
Avicenna Research ships an update every 10 days, Brimming ADHD every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Avicenna Research | Brimming ADHD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (5 ratings) | 4.9 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 217 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Avicenna Research Inc. | Brim Living Inc |
Customer experience
Avicenna Research
Brimming ADHD
In-app purchases
Avicenna Research
No in-app purchases
Brimming ADHD
- Premium Monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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