Brainwave vs Category Tabs for Google Keep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brainwave
Capture and organize your thoughts with this note-taking application. Create calendar events, reminders, and export notes in various formats. Protect sensitive information with password protection and manage your data with backup and restore options.
- Organize notes with tags
- Password protect sensitive notes
- Create calendar events and reminders
- Export notes to PDF or text
- Supports various links (web, phone, maps)
- Backup and restore notes
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Transfer your ideas from brain wave to Brainwave. • Organize on the fly by tagging notes with any number of tags • Flag important notes; password protect sensitive notes • Create calendar events and reminders based on your notes • Change the size and font of the text • Export notes directly from Brainwave to a variety of destinations, in formats including: ◦ Email as PDF ◦ Send to Dropbox or almost any app as PDF ◦ Email as text • Create restore points, backing up all notes to a single file • Supports links (web, phone numbers, map addresses - that can even be opened in Google Maps, calendar dates) • Numerous configuration options • Length of a note is limited only by device memory • Supports all device orientations Sometimes an idea can circle around and around in your mind - like a whirlpool swirling, or a tidal wave growing, it confuses, it overwhelms, and it isn't until you write it down that it becomes clear. Write it down. Get it out. Record it before it’s washed away. Free your mind to work on other thoughts. Store your brain waves in Brainwave.
Category Tabs for Google Keep
Organize your Google Keep notes by color with custom tabs. Quickly filter and view notes by category, or see all your content in list or grid view. Seamlessly integrates with your existing Keep experience.
- Sort notes by color
- Filter notes by category
- View all notes option
- List and grid view support
- Seamless integration
- Supports all Google Keep colors
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Tired of wasting time looking look through and re-sorting all of your notes on Google Keep? With Category Tabs for Google Keep™, you can now sort your new and existing notes by color. When you want to view the notes you have sorted by color, simply click on the note color you wish to view. If you would like to view your you entire collection of notes/checklists, there is an “All” option next to the color options (this option is set by default). Category Tabs for Google Keep™ seamlessly integrates into the page and the options to look at your notes/checklists in list view or gird view is still available. The ability to post a quick note/list/picture is still available as well and is still placed in the same spot as it usually is. This application supports all the colors offered by Google Keep. You can access the settings by opening the menu in google keep, and hit “Customize Categories”
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Brainwave at 2.0 against Category Tabs for Google Keep's 1.0. Brainwave also leads on review sentiment (20% vs 0%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Category Tabs for Google Keep's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Brainwave costs $0.99 and Category Tabs for Google Keep $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Brainwave holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Brainwave's written reviews are positive against 0% of Category Tabs for Google Keep's.
Brainwave ships an update every 3 months, Category Tabs for Google Keep every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brainwave | Category Tabs for Google Keep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zymbiotic Technologies | Carlos Jeurissen |
Customer experience
Brainwave
Category Tabs for Google Keep
In-app purchases
Brainwave
No in-app purchases
Category Tabs for Google Keep
No in-app purchases
Questions
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