Comparison

Brain Dump vs Seven

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

Head to head
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
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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

About

Seven

Organize all your saved content, from links and notes to music and screenshots, onto a single intelligent board. Save anything from any app and find it easily with descriptive search. Follow others to discover new content and keep your digital life private.

Highlights
  • Unified intelligent board for all saves
  • Save content from any app via share sheet
  • Automatic titling, tagging, and categorization
  • Descriptive and semantic search
  • Follow users and browse public rooms
  • Private by default, data stays on device
Features
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Seven is a home for everything you love: the links, screenshots, notes, songs, and finds scattered across your phone, gathered into one place. EVERYTHING ON ONE BOARD Your saves land on a single intelligent board. Photos beside music beside that article you meant to read. Everything visible, nothing buried in folders. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE See something you love, tap share, tap Seven. Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, Substack, Safari. If it can be shared, it can be kept. Two taps, and it's in your archive. IT SORTS ITSELF Every save is understood on arrival: titled, tagged, and placed. Rooms gather your obsessions: interiors, fit inspo, recipes, places you'll go someday. SEARCH YOUR SAVES Describe what you remember, the way you remember it. "That pasta recipe mom sent" works. Ask a question and Seven answers from your own saves, with receipts. FOLLOW MINDS YOU ADMIRE Follow friends and tastemakers, browse their public rooms and pins, and keep what moves you. No likes, no competition, no feed engineered to keep you scrolling. A profile that can't be performed, only accumulated. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Everything you keep lives on your device. No ads, no analytics, and your data is never sold. Nothing you save is visible to anyone unless you choose to share it. PLANS Seven is free for a hundred beautiful saves, one room, and the full share-sheet magic. Keeper unlocks unlimited saves and rooms. Curator adds intelligence: semantic search, visual search, and tags that write themselves. Keep a quiet corner of the internet that's yours. Terms of Use: https://savetoseven.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://savetoseven.com/privacy

Screenshots

Brain Dump4 screens
Seven4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Seven at 5.0 against Brain Dump's 4.3. Seven also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Brain Dump's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (64 vs 3). 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

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 and Seven sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Seven holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brain Dump has 64 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Brain Dump's written reviews are positive against 100% of Seven's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brain Dump ships an update weekly, Seven every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Brain Dump versus Seven: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrain DumpSeven
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (64 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings64 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB129 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrancesco LeoniTally Proof

Customer experience

Brain Dump

All ratings64 ratings
Positive82.8%
Neutral4.7%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral7.1%
Negative21.4%

Seven

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
4 purchases

Seven

Subscriptions4
  • Keeper$4.991 Month
  • Curator$9.991 Month
  • Keeper$35.991 Year
Show 1 more
  • Curator$83.991 Year

Questions

Is Brain Dump free?
Brain Dump is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Seven free?
Seven is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Brain Dump or Seven?
Seven is rated higher. Brain Dump averages 4.3 out of 5 from 64 ratings, while Seven averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Brain Dump or Seven have ads?
Neither Brain Dump nor Seven shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brain Dump or Seven?
Brain Dump ships an update weekly, and Seven every 6 weeks. Most recently, Brain Dump was updated on October 14, 2026 and Seven on October 21, 2026.

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