Comparison

Start.me vs LifeBrain

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

Head to head
About

Start.me

Organize your online life by saving and accessing bookmarks, news feeds, notes, and to-do lists. Customize your homepage with widgets and share it with others. This tool helps you save time and create a personalized hub for everything you need online.

Highlights
  • Bookmark saving and access
  • Customizable homepage widgets
  • RSS news feeds
  • Note-taking
  • To-do lists
  • Broken link checker
Features
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With start.me you can quickly save and access bookmarks to everything you love online. And with many other widgets or features to choose from, you can make your homepage a hub you’ll want to share with your friends, colleagues, or students. start.me goes beyond bookmarking, with features like: - News (RSS) feeds - Notes - To-do lists - Google Analytics & Charts - Broken link checker - Beautiful backgrounds and colors to choose from. start.me is easily the most versatile, complete, and reliable bookmark manager on the market. Creating a free account takes less than a minute. Saving time online has never been easier.

About

LifeBrain

Capture thoughts, moments, and ideas in a private, organized space. Add reminders to ensure nothing is forgotten, keeping your mind clear and focused. This utility app offers a simple way to remember what matters without pressure or clutter.

Highlights
  • Create memories for thoughts and ideas
  • Add reminders to memories
  • Keep context together
  • Capture things instantly
  • Add images to memories (Premium)
  • Private image gallery (Premium)
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LifeBrain helps you remember what matters, without feeling overwhelmed. Your brain isn’t meant to hold everything. Thoughts, moments, reminders, ideas; they pile up fast. LifeBrain gives them a calm, private place to live so your mind can rest. What you can do with LifeBrain: • Create memories for thoughts, moments, and ideas • Add reminders to memories, so nothing gets lost • Keep context together instead of scattered notes • Capture things instantly, without structure or pressure Designed for mental clarity LifeBrain isn’t a task manager or productivity dashboard. There are no streaks, no noise, and no guilt. Just a simple place to remember. Upgrade to LifeBrain Premium (optional) to: • Add images to your memories • Keep a private image gallery of meaningful moments LifeBrain is free to use, with optional premium features. Privacy comes first: • No ads • No selling your data • Your memories are yours • Designed with privacy and respect in mind Use LifeBrain for: • Remembering meaningful moments • Capturing thoughts when they come at the wrong time • Attaching reminders to context, not just dates • Light journaling without pressure • Reducing mental overload LifeBrain helps you remember, so you don’t have to. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Start.me3 screens
LifeBrain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: LifeBrain at 5.0 against Start.me's 3.9. Start.me's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, ads and device support 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. LifeBrain sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Start.me asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LifeBrain holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Start.me has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Start.me ships an update fortnightly, LifeBrain every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Start.me versus LifeBrain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStart.meLifeBrain
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (15 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB62 MB
Age rating17+12+
Developerstart.meDiego Giraldo

In-app purchases

None

Start.me

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

LifeBrain

Subscriptions3
  • LifeBrain Premium Weekly$2.997 Days
  • LifeBrain Premium Monthly14 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • LifeBrain Premium Annual14 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Start.me free?
Start.me is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LifeBrain free?
LifeBrain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Start.me or LifeBrain?
LifeBrain is rated higher. Start.me averages 3.9 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while LifeBrain averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Start.me or LifeBrain have ads?
Neither Start.me nor LifeBrain shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Start.me or LifeBrain?
Start.me ships an update fortnightly, and LifeBrain every 2 months. Most recently, Start.me was updated on November 2, 2026 and LifeBrain on October 30, 2026.

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