Comparison

Total Brain vs eM Life

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

Head to head
About

Total Brain

This app helps you understand and train your brain's 12 core capacities to enhance mental health and wellness. It offers a clinically validated assessment to identify strengths, weaknesses, and potential health risks, followed by personalized mental fitness programs. Track your progress and improve cognitive function through daily exercises, breathing, and meditation.

Highlights
  • Measure 12 brain capacities
  • Screen for mental health risks
  • Custom mental fitness programs
  • Digital brain exercises
  • Breathing and meditation exercises
  • Track progress and effectiveness
Features
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Total Brain helps you understand and train all your brain capacities to improve your mental health and wellness. Founded on the principle that our mental health can be measured, improved and managed like our physical health, Total Brain measures the 12 brain capacities that define your mental health and screens for the risk of common mental conditions. Then, based on that assessment, Total Brain provides you with specific mental fitness programs designed to strengthen your brain capacities and improve your mental health. Scientific, Simple and Convenient to Use: Measure Monthly - Take our easy to use, 20 minute, confidential, clinically validated assessment. Understand Totally - Get results showing 12 brain capacities that identify strengths/weaknesses and potential health risks. Train Specifically – Start a custom mental fitness program with digital brain exercises, breathing and meditation for just 15 minutes a day, then reassess and track progress. Benefits: Self-Awareness – Learn about your strengths, weaknesses and risk of mental conditions Effectiveness Monitoring – Monitor the impact of mental fitness programs and treatment Confidentially Screen – Screen for risk of common mental conditions and receive immediate, in-app referrals to third party health services Improved Performance [1] – Measurable improvement across each of the 12 brain capacities, yielding an improvement in overall mental health

About

eM Life

This app offers live online classes and practical skills to enhance resilience, wellness, and productivity. It connects users with expert teachers and a supportive community for a healthier, more purposeful life. Subscribers gain access to unlimited live classes, activity tracking, and exclusive content.

Highlights
  • Live online mindfulness classes
  • Expert teacher-led sessions
  • Activity tracking and goal setting
  • Exclusive on-demand content
  • Community features
  • Learning series
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Welcome to version 5.27 of eM Life on iOS! eMindful helps individuals and teams become more resilient through live online classes that support greater wellness. We’ve already shown tens of thousands of participants around the world practical skills that lead to a healthier, more productive, and purposeful life. When you practice with our growing community, you will connect with a team of expert teachers who can deliver proven, powerful results. Become a subscriber for additional content: • Unlimited live Mindful Daily classes • Activity tracking, goal setting and milestones • Exclusive videos Non Corporate Plans include: • Seed (Default -- Free -- no user action required) - access to select on-demand content - access to the learning series - social content, articles, and community features • Sprout ($9.99/month or $99/year) - Everything included in the free subscription - Unlimited live daily mindfulness sessions - Exclusive on-demand content • Grow ($399/year) - Everything in Seed & Sprout - Unlimited access to Premium Programs - Unlimited access to Enhanced On Demand Subscribe in-app via iTunes for the above auto-renewable member services. Read the following terms for details: • The 'Members' subscription can be purchased as either a monthly or yearly recurring subscription. • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period for either $9.99 (monthly subscription) or $99 / $399 (yearly subscriptions) • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Terms of service: https://www.emindful.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy policy: https://www.emindful.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Total Brain4 screens
eM Life4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Total Brain at none against eM Life's 3. Total Brain also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). eM Life's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. eM Life sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Total Brain asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

eM Life holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 912 and 326 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 41% of Total Brain's written reviews are positive against 37% of eM Life's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Total Brain ships an update fortnightly, eM Life every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and July 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Total Brain versus eM Life: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTotal BraineM Life
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (912 ratings)4.7 (326 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.8% of reviews — better37.0% of reviews
Number of ratings912 — better326
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB193 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSondermind lnc.eMindful, Inc.

Customer experience

Total Brain

All ratings912 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral3.1%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive40.8%
Neutral5.6%
Negative53.5%

eM Life

All ratings326 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.0%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive37.0%
Neutral18.5%
Negative44.4%

Bugs and requests

Total Brain

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login issues and 403 errors
  • Blank screens during assessment
  • Exercises not functioning properly

Requested features

3 requests
  • Landscape mode support
  • More variety in assessment images
  • Clearer instructions and feedback

eM Life

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Total Brain

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

eM Life

Subscriptions3
  • eM Life Sprout - Monthly$9.991 Month
  • eM Life Sprout - Annual$99.991 Year
  • eM Life Grow - Annual$399.991 Year

Questions

Is Total Brain free?
Total Brain is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is eM Life free?
eM Life is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Total Brain or eM Life?
eM Life is rated higher. Total Brain averages 4.5 out of 5 from 912 ratings, while eM Life averages 4.7 from 326 ratings.
Do Total Brain or eM Life have ads?
Neither Total Brain nor eM Life shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Total Brain or eM Life?
Total Brain ships an update fortnightly, and eM Life every 6 weeks. Most recently, Total Brain was updated on September 25, 2026 and eM Life on July 4, 2026.

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