Comparison

Voiceliner vs Brain Dump

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

Head to head
About

Voiceliner

Quickly capture and organize thoughts using voice. This app transcribes your spoken notes, allows for hierarchical structuring, and lets you play back audio. It also automatically tags notes with your location.

Highlights
  • Voice-to-text transcription
  • Hierarchical note structuring
  • Audio playback
  • Automatic location tagging
  • Local data storage
  • Cloud backup options
Features
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The fastest way to capture and structure your thoughts: through voice. Hold record, say what you want, and release. Just like you'd expect from an outliner, create hierarchies and rearrange. Notes are auto-transcribed and searchable, but you can always play back the audio. Automatically attach location to notes. Remember walks you took, and which places sparked what ideas. This app is open source and available on GitHub. Everything is local to your device. You can back up to Google Drive and iCloud.

About

Brain Dump

This minimalist note-taking app lets you capture ideas instantly with a distraction-free interface. It offers AI-powered answers to your notes and can transform them into various formats like summaries, to-do lists, or emails.

Highlights
  • Instant writing on launch
  • AI-powered questions and answers from notes
  • Create summaries, lists, emails, and more from notes
  • Minimalist, distraction-free interface
  • Organize notes with folders
  • Merge notes easily
  • iCloud backup for cross-device access
Features
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A thought shows up while you're in the middle of something else. By the time you've opened a notes app and picked a folder, it's gone. Brain Dump opens straight to a blank note. Write it down, get back to what you were doing, and sort it out later. Made for ADHD brains and anyone who switches tasks all day. WRITE FIRST, SORT LATER • Opens on a new note, or right where you left off. You choose. • Freewriting space: empty your head across as many notes as you need, then save them all to a folder at once. • No title, no folder, no setup needed before you start typing. CAPTURE FROM WHEREVER YOU ARE • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for a new note, your last note, or Freewriting • Control Center and Action Button controls (iOS 18 and later) • Siri and Shortcuts: "New note", "Resume note" • Share sheet: save text and links from other apps • Menu bar access on Mac GET BACK ON TRACK • Jump back into your last note from a widget, a control, or Siri • Reminders on any note, so it comes back when you need it • Alarms that ring even with a Focus mode on (iOS 26 and later) • Location reminders when you arrive at or leave a place (iPhone and iPad, Premium) • Checklists with tappable checkboxes • Search, pinned notes, tags, and nested folders for when you're ready to organize TURN A MESSY DUMP INTO SOMETHING USEFUL • Create: turn notes into a to-do list, summary, email, meeting report, flashcards, and more • Ask: ask questions about what you've written • Rewrite and fix grammar in Freewriting • Merge several notes into one, in the order you choose The free plan includes 3 AI uses every month. CALM BY DESIGN • Three looks: Standard, Minimal, or Essential with no icons and no color • High-focus and dyslexia-friendly fonts, adjustable text size • Background sounds while you write • Light and dark mode YOUR NOTES, EVERYWHERE • iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac • Optional Brain Dump account: back up your notes and sync them across your devices • Brain Dump on the web at app.getbraindump.com • Share a note or folder by link: anyone can read and edit in their browser, no account needed • Import from Apple Notes and Evernote • Export to plain text, HTML, RTF, Markdown, or Word (Markdown and Word with Premium) WHAT PEOPLE SAY "Finally, a notes app that gets how my brain works." (App Store review) FREE TO START Writing, quick capture, Freewriting, and merging notes are free. Brain Dump Focus unlocks unlimited reminders and alarms, location reminders, more AI, unlimited tags, and more export formats. Or get Lifetime for everything except AI, with a one-time purchase. Brain Dump is a notes app. It isn't a medical device or a treatment. Questions or ideas? Write to braindump.help@gmail.com

Screenshots

Voiceliner4 screens
Brain Dump4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Voiceliner at 4.8 against Brain Dump's 4.3. Voiceliner also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7) and review sentiment (86% vs 71%). Brain Dump's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, 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. Brain Dump sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Voiceliner asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Voiceliner holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 40 and 65 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Voiceliner's written reviews are positive against 71% of Brain Dump's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Voiceliner ships an update monthly, Brain Dump every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Voiceliner versus Brain Dump: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVoicelinerBrain Dump
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (40 ratings) — better4.3 (65 ratings)
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings4065 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPocket Computing Laboratories, LLCFrancesco Leoni

Customer experience

Voiceliner

All ratings39 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

Brain Dump

All ratings65 ratings
Positive83.1%
Neutral4.6%
Negative12.3%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral7.1%
Negative21.4%

In-app purchases

None

Voiceliner

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Brain Dump

Subscriptions5
  • Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Pro: Monthly Clarity$3.991 Month
  • Monthly$10.991 Month
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  • Pro: Yearly Serenity$34.991 Year
  • Yearly$99.991 Year
One-time2
  • BrainDump Ask Drops$4.99
  • Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Voiceliner free?
Voiceliner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brain Dump free?
Brain Dump is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Voiceliner or Brain Dump?
Voiceliner is rated higher. Voiceliner averages 4.8 out of 5 from 40 ratings, while Brain Dump averages 4.3 from 65 ratings.
Do Voiceliner or Brain Dump have ads?
Neither Voiceliner nor Brain Dump shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Voiceliner or Brain Dump?
Voiceliner ships an update monthly, and Brain Dump every 9 days. Most recently, Voiceliner was updated on November 3, 2026 and Brain Dump on November 3, 2026.

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