Comparison

Brainwave vs Master Notes

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Master Notes

Features
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A safety place for your secret contents like secret notes and images, passwords. This app hold your contents encoded in the phone memory offline. You can: - lock the whole application, and you can only unlock it with biometric authentication. If your application go to background or you quit, on the next open will request the authentication. - lock your notes individually with biometric authentication or unique password. - use the app like a simple notes app or gallery app, you do not have to lock it if you don't want. - choose light or dark mode and there are a several different colour palettes for your app color. Terms of Use && Privacy: http://mahldev.com/masterapps/terms.html

Screenshots

Brainwave4 screens
Master Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Master Notes at Free against Brainwave's $0.99. Master Notes also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). Brainwave's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On 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

Master Notes is free to download; Brainwave costs $0.99 up front. Master Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Brainwave asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brainwave ships an update every 3 months, Master Notes every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Brainwave versus Master Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrainwaveMaster Notes
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZymbiotic TechnologiesJozsef Mahl

In-app purchases

None

Brainwave

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Master Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription7 Days trial$1.491 Month
  • Annual subscription1 Month trial$10.491 Year

Questions

Is Brainwave free?
Brainwave costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Master Notes free?
Master Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Brainwave or Master Notes have ads?
Neither Brainwave nor Master Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brainwave or Master Notes?
Brainwave ships an update every 3 months, and Master Notes every 5 days. Most recently, Brainwave was updated on October 17, 2026 and Master Notes on October 20, 2026.

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