Comparison

Brainwave vs Clever Contacts

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

Clever Contacts

This AI-powered assistant simplifies contact management by understanding natural language requests. It can answer questions about your contacts, update details, and even visualize relationships, all while keeping your data private on your device.

Highlights
  • Natural language understanding for queries and updates
  • Instant contact updates and creation
  • Relationship visualization
  • Gmail integration for relationship analysis
  • Contacts map visualization
  • Real-time sync with iPhone contacts
  • One-tap undo for changes
Features
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Clever Contacts – Finally, a Contacts App that Actually Gets You! Meet Clever, your AI-powered contacts assistant that makes managing your address book ridiculously FAST and EASY. Forget the hassle of sifting through endless lists or manually updating details. Clever understands plain English, answers your questions about your contacts, and updates everything for you — automatically. Ask her simple questions, from Larry's wife's name to what Pam does for a living to how old Jimmy is, and she’ll answer instantly. Need to add new details or connections? Just tell Clever. She’ll seamlessly update your existing iPhone contacts, even creating new ones when you need them. Say goodbye to endless scrolling and tapping – Clever Contacts keeps your people organized and right where you need them. WHY CLEVER CONTACTS IS A GAME-CHANGER – Speak naturally: Clever understands plain English requests and questions. Need to remember someone’s spouse's name, job title, favorite hangout, or birthday? Done. - Instant Updates: Tell Clever something, and she’ll update your contacts instantly, creating new ones as needed. - Visualize Relationships at a Glance: See connections between your contacts in an easy-to-read web of relationships. - Automatically populate contact relationships from Gmail: Clever can analyze your Gmail to identify and organize relationships based on email threads — without reading your messages. - Contacts Map: Visualize where your contacts are on a map — great for trips or reunions! - Works Directly with iPhone Contacts: No importing, no exporting. Clever Contacts syncs instantly with your contacts, adding updates in real-time. - Safe Merging: Duplicate contacts? Clever renames extras with “(DELETE ME)” so you’re in control. - Get Smart Recommendations: Clever uses logic to fill in the gaps in your connections. - Relationship Tracking: Track who’s who — spouses, kids, coworkers. Tap related names to jump between cards. - Private Notes for Your Eyes Only – Keep track of personal details that matter most to you. These notes stay private, don’t sync to the built-in Contacts app, and are never shared. - One-Tap Undo: Not happy with a change? Undo or tweak it with a single tap. - Complete Privacy: Clever runs entirely on your iPhone using custom-trained CoreML neural networks. Your contact data stays on your device—only you can access it. ASK CLEVER ANYTHING “What’s Elaine’s husband’s name?” “Does Chris have kids?” “Where does Bill work?” "What does Lucy's dad do for a living?" “How old is Cindy?” "When is my sister's anniversary?" "What does Lucy's dad do for a living?" "What's Matt Inman's website?" TELL CLEVER ANYTHING YOU WANT TO REMEMBER “Michael has kids named Jack and Jill.” “Jenascia goes by Jay.” “Toby is the communications director at the White House.” "Donald and Daffy are cousins." "Hiro like trains." "Jerry loves to eat cereal." Get ready to upgrade your contacts experience with Clever Contacts! Clever’s ready to remember the details and connections you care about most – and make your contacts, well, clever. This app and subscription are licensed under the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA), available at: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Brainwave4 screens
Clever Contacts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Clever Contacts at 100% against Brainwave's 20%. Clever Contacts also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 2.0). Brainwave's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Clever Contacts holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clever Contacts has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Brainwave's written reviews are positive against 100% of Clever Contacts's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brainwave ships an update every 3 months, Clever Contacts weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Brainwave versus Clever Contacts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrainwaveClever Contacts
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB245 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZymbiotic TechnologiesSoftwareByEugene

Customer experience

Brainwave

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral30.0%
Negative50.0%

Clever Contacts

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Brainwave

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Clever Contacts

Subscriptions1
  • Clever Contacts1 Month trial$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime subscription$9.99

Questions

Is Brainwave free?
Brainwave costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clever Contacts free?
Clever Contacts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Brainwave or Clever Contacts?
Clever Contacts is rated higher. Brainwave averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Clever Contacts averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Brainwave or Clever Contacts have ads?
Neither Brainwave nor Clever Contacts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brainwave or Clever Contacts?
Brainwave ships an update every 3 months, and Clever Contacts weekly. Most recently, Brainwave was updated on October 17, 2026 and Clever Contacts on October 27, 2026.

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