Comparison

AI vs Brainstorm!

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

Head to head
About

AI

This app leverages AI to transform simple memos into detailed, actionable ideas. It helps users expand creativity and explore new perspectives, ideal for those who need help concretizing or refining initial concepts.

Highlights
  • Quick memo function
  • AI-generated idea provision
  • Detailed idea expansion
  • Multiple idea perspectives
  • Idea saving and management
Features
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AI-dea is a cutting-edge app that uses the popular Chat AI to support your idea generation. By utilizing AI, it provides instant and detailed ideas from simple one-line memos, expanding your creativity and providing new perspectives. It's especially recommended for those who can think of simple ideas but struggle to concretize them or want to improve them from multiple perspectives. AI-dea's main features include: Quick and easy memo function: You can quickly jot down your ideas as soon as you open the app. AI-generated idea provision: Powerful AI algorithms, utilizing Chat AI, provide concrete and detailed ideas from your memo in an instant. This AI-generated idea provision is the latest method to support your idea generation. Provide various ideas to the AI, such as video topics, shop events, and new product ideas. Idea saving: Not only your memos, but also the AI-generated ideas are saved in the app. Provide many ideas to the AI, gain inspiration, and further improve your ideas.

About

Brainstorm!

Features
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AI & SCAMPER method facilitator for brainstorming sessions. Write your brainstorming topic and answer the AI-generated questions.

Screenshots

AI4 screens
Brainstorm!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Brainstorm! at none against AI's shown. Brainstorm! also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AI ships an update every 5 months, Brainstorm! every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
AI versus Brainstorm!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAIBrainstorm!
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB95 MB
Age rating12+4+
Developeryu nakamuramaxim oulitzky

In-app purchases

None

AI

No in-app purchases

None

Brainstorm!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AI free?
AI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brainstorm! free?
Brainstorm! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AI or Brainstorm! have ads?
AI shows ads; Brainstorm! does not.
Which is updated more often, AI or Brainstorm!?
AI ships an update every 5 months, and Brainstorm! every 3 days. Most recently, AI was updated on September 1, 2026 and Brainstorm! on September 20, 2026.

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