Comparison

Intentionally vs Brief

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

Head to head
About

Intentionally

This app helps you align your daily actions with your core values and long-term aspirations. It guides you through clarifying what matters, planning with focus, and reflecting on your progress to live a more purposeful life.

Highlights
  • Clarify values and intentions
  • Plan daily actions with focus
  • Build habits connected to future self
  • Reflect on progress and adjust
  • Track long-term growth
  • Guided reflection exercises
Features
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Ready to make a change, but not sure where to start? When life gets busy, it’s easy to drift. Your days fill up. Your attention gets pulled in every direction. Your goals, habits, and routines feel disconnected from your deeper priorities. Intentionally brings them back together, helping you focus on fewer things with more purpose. Use Intentionally to: • Find purpose and clarity • Plan your day around what matters • Build habits connected to your future self • Stay focused without creating another endless task list • Reflect on what actually works • Grow across different areas of your life How does it work? 1) Clarify what matters Intentionally helps you slow down and ask: What do you want? Why do you want it? Who are you trying to become? Through guided reflection exercises, you’ll uncover meaningful answers to these questions and shape them into intentions rooted in your values. 2) Plan and act with focus Turn your intentions into clear daily actions through a simple Plan, Act, Reflect cycle. Start each day with a clear plan by prioritizing what truly matters. Turn your intentions into daily actions, build routines that support your future self, and stay focused without turning life into another task list. When the day is done, reflect on your progress, identify patterns in your behavior, adjust your direction, and build awareness over time. 3) Reflect, adjust, and evolve Track your progress over the long term. Use weekly and monthly reflections to understand the direction your life is moving in. Then, use those insights to update your priorities, set meaningful goals, and continue growing toward the person you want to become. Who is Intentionally for? Intentionally is for anyone ready to stop drifting through busy days and start living with more direction. This app is designed for anyone who wants to: • Feel less scattered and more grounded • Know where their time and energy are best spent • Build habits and routines that support who they want to become • Create structure across work, health, relationships, and personal growth • Navigate a new chapter with more clarity and direction • Connect goals, habits, routines, and journaling to what matters most Intentionally helps you bring these parts of your life into one clear rhythm, so your daily choices feel connected to the person you want to become. Start living with more intention today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://intentionally.app/privacy

About

Brief

Features
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Brief turns long text into a clear TL;DR and key points — instantly and privately, right on your iPhone. Paste an article, email, report or notes and Brief's on-device AI gives you the gist in seconds. No account, no cloud, no limits. Because everything happens on your device, your text is never uploaded, shared or tracked. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Paste any long text and get a one-line TL;DR plus key points - Summarize articles, emails, reports, meeting notes and study material - Read faster and capture what matters - Unlimited, fully offline WHY BRIEF - 100% on-device AI — works fully offline, anywhere - Private by design — your text never leaves your phone - Unlimited — no per-summary fees - No account, no cloud, no tracking MEMBERSHIP Brief is a paid app. Start with a 3-day free trial, then $4.99/week — or unlock Brief forever with a one-time Lifetime purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew until canceled; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple account settings. Terms: https://bestpaid.app/legal/terms Privacy: https://bestpaid.app/legal/privacy

Screenshots

Intentionally4 screens
Brief2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Intentionally at 15.0 against Brief's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Intentionally sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per month and Brief sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Intentionally versus Brief: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIntentionallyBrief
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequency—Every 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid FormanVasilii Polovnikov

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Intentionally

Subscriptions1
  • Intentionally Premium$7.991 Month
1 purchases

Brief

Subscriptions1
  • Premium3 Days trial$4.997 Days

Questions

Is Intentionally free?
Intentionally is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brief free?
Brief is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Intentionally or Brief have ads?
Neither Intentionally nor Brief shows ads.

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