Comparison

ChatInbox vs BrainDumpi

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

Head to head
About

ChatInbox

This app reimagines your email by organizing it around people, not dates. View all conversations with a contact in a chat-style format, making it easy to find past messages and attachments. It supports multiple email accounts and devices, offering a streamlined inbox experience.

Highlights
  • Contact-centered inbox
  • All accounts in one inbox
  • Smart contact grouping
  • Attachments by person
  • Calendar view
  • Email reminders
Features
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ChatInbox organizes your inbox by people. Each person you email gets one conversation that holds everything you've exchanged: every subject, every reply, every attachment. When a new email arrives, its person moves to the top, with your whole history right there. Newsletters, receipts and alerts file themselves into Feeds, so mail from people is never buried. ORGANIZED BY PEOPLE Your list shows people, not a pile of messages. Tap a person to see every email between you, across every subject, in one place. Read it as cards by thread or as a chat with your replies on the right. Put a company or a team together in one row. Many people use ChatInbox as a simple CRM: every client's emails, files and follow-ups in one place. PEOPLE FIRST, FEEDS SEPARATE Newsletters, receipts and notifications go to Feeds automatically. Clear a sender in one go: Mark All as Read, Archive All, or Unsubscribe & Delete All. TODAY'S INBOX, DONE FAST Triage sorts today's mail into a plan: what needs a reply, what can be archived, codes you no longer need. Apply it at once, with Undo. AI THAT STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE With Apple Intelligence, ChatInbox shows what people are waiting on you for, lists the questions in an email and drafts your answer, catches you up on what's new from people, and answers questions about your mail with the email it came from. Translate an email in place, on your device. FIND ANYTHING Search reads the words inside your emails and even inside PDFs and other attachments. Or open a person, and everything with them is already there. YOUR ACCOUNTS, YOUR DEVICES Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, Yahoo and any IMAP account. Type your address and ChatInbox finds the settings. Works on iPhone, iPad and Mac, and one purchase covers all three. CALENDAR, TO-DOS AND TAGS See your week beside your mail, turn an email into an event or a to-do, and tag conversations to track them on a board. PRIVACY FIRST Your email never passes through our servers: ChatInbox connects directly to your mail provider. No data mining, no tracking. Turn on image blocking and tracking pixels load only for senders you approve. FREE AND PREMIUM ChatInbox is free with one email account. Premium adds unlimited accounts with Profiles, advanced filters, your full mail history and custom notifications. Try it free for 7 days with the yearly plan, or buy Lifetime once. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

BrainDumpi

Features
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Your brain is designed to think, not to remember. Brain Dumpi is the app that captures every idea, instantly transcribes it, and turns it into an organized task list, all from your home screen. Record. Organize. Done. No friction. Just clarity Features: • Instant voice-to-text transcription powered by AI • Smart analysis that extracts tasks and action items • Clean, simple interface designed for speed • Sign in with Apple for quick, private access • Your data stays yours no ads, no tracking

Screenshots

ChatInbox4 screens
BrainDumpi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BrainDumpi at none against ChatInbox's 3. BrainDumpi also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). ChatInbox's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. ChatInbox sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. BrainDumpi asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChatInbox ships an update every 5 days, BrainDumpi every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ChatInbox versus BrainDumpi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChatInboxBrainDumpi
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (32 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings32 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInnovatism LLCRON HORESH

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ChatInbox

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$59.99
None

BrainDumpi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChatInbox free?
ChatInbox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BrainDumpi free?
BrainDumpi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ChatInbox or BrainDumpi have ads?
Neither ChatInbox nor BrainDumpi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChatInbox or BrainDumpi?
ChatInbox ships an update every 5 days, and BrainDumpi every 2 days. Most recently, ChatInbox was updated on October 30, 2026 and BrainDumpi on October 25, 2026.

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