Comparison

GoodLister vs Brainee

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

Head to head
About

GoodLister

Simplify your life with this all-in-one listing app. Manage shopping lists, wishlists, and track spending in real time. Features include customisable lists, instant notifications, and smart analytics to help you stay organized and on budget.

Highlights
  • Customisable lists
  • Real-time notifications
  • Spending analytics
  • Scheduled listing
  • Group sharing
  • Smart links
Features
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Keep track of all your listing needs on the go, wherever you are, in real time. Save time, save money and start living a stress-free life with GoodLister! Tired of coming home and realising that you forgot something at the supermarket? Well, we’re here to change that! GoodLister is the all-in-one listing app designed to simplify your life. Whether you’re juggling daily errands, putting together wishlists for a special occasion, or trying to keep an eye on your spending, we’ve got your back. Stay on top of everything in real time, so you’ll never forget the items you need. GoodLister is designed for everyday people – busy parents, students, professionals – who want to manage their lives effortlessly. We understand the challenges of a busy life and want to help you navigate them with ease. With customisable lists, instant notifications, smart analytics to help you stick to your budget and so much more, GoodLister is here to make your life a whole lot easier. What features to expect from GoodLister: Analytics Tracking – monitor your spending efficiently so that you can stick to your budget, understand how you’re spending your money, and maintain your health plan. Scheduled Listing – schedule your items to be listed and we’ll list them for you so that you don’t forget them. Urgent Items – mark items as urgent so your Connections know how important they are. Smart Links – add hyperlinks to your items that take your Connections directly to that item’s website. Categories – categorise your items within your list to make shopping quick and efficient. Realtime Notifications – get notified when someone adds something to a shared list so that nothing gets left behind. Group Listing – add family members, roommates and colleagues to your lists so that nobody ever misses an item. Personalised style – customise your lists the way you want. …and so much more!

About

Brainee

This app acts as a central hub for all your information, combining notes, tasks, and events. Organize your life with projects, areas, and custom tags, all accessible offline with a clean, intuitive interface. It's designed to help you capture everything and focus on what matters.

Highlights
  • Capture notes, tasks, events, files, and links
  • Organize with projects, areas, and custom tags
  • Plan with deadlines, priorities, and checklists
  • Fully offline functionality
  • Fast local search
  • Distraction-free interface
Features
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Brainee is a second brain that works offline, with no account. Brain dump tasks, notes, events, files and links into one life organizer, sorted into Areas and Projects. No sign-up, no ads, no tracking. Open the app and start capturing. You get the structure of a big workspace app without having to build a system first. Plan a trip or keep a private journal with ready-made project types. BRAIN DUMP NOW, SORT IT LATER — Toss anything into the Inbox and move it to a project when you're ready — Share links, photos and PDFs from any app straight to a project, folder or the Inbox — Long-press the app icon to take a photo, add a task, write a note or create an event — Saved links get a preview card with title and image ORGANIZE YOUR LIFE IN AREAS & PROJECTS — Areas for the big parts of life: Work, Personal, Health, Travel, Finance, Home — Projects inside each Area, with status, due date and a progress ring — Each project keeps its Tasks, Notes, Events, Files and Links together — Nested folders and tags keep every list tidy — Linked items connect a task to its note, file or event — Re-file in seconds with drag and drop, multi-select and Move to Project TASKS, NOTES & FILES IN ONE PLACE — Tasks with priorities, due dates, subtasks and multiple reminders — Recurring tasks that repeat by due date or by completion date — Rich notes with headings, lists, checklists, quotes and photos — Images and PDFs with thumbnails, a photo gallery and a PDF reader PLAN YOUR DAYS — Calendar with Day, 3-Day, Week and Month views, for all projects or just one — Upcoming: your tasks and events in one list, with search and filters by Project, Area, type and priority — Overdue and No date groups keep late and undated items in view — Home Screen widget shows what's next. Check off tasks without opening the app. — 12-hour or 24-hour time, in the app and the widget PLAN A TRIP — Trip projects come ready with an Itinerary by day, To Do, Packing list, Documents, Places, Links, Photos and Notes — Packing list with one-tap suggestions: documents & money, electronics, toiletries, clothing and more — Turn a shared map link into a Place — Pick a cover photo and watch the countdown to departure KEEP A PRIVATE JOURNAL — Journal projects hold dated entries, written with the same text styles as notes — Backdate an entry to any past day and time — Add a mood (Bright, Good, Steady, Tense or Low) and photos from your camera or library — Keep a day streak, and switch the chart between a 6-month heatmap, a month calendar and 2 weeks of mood bars — Scroll your entries as a timeline, with photos on each card, or search them all — Entries stay on your device, like the rest of your Brainee data — Switch a project between General, Trip and Journal at any time. Nothing is moved or deleted; each type just shows a different view. PRIVATE BY DESIGN — Works offline: your data lives on your device — No account, no ads, no tracking — A few extras, like link previews, trip cover photo search and purchases, need an internet connection — Dark and light mode, haptic feedback, iPhone and iPad — Available in English and Spanish FREE & PREMIUM Brainee is free to start: up to 3 Areas and 5 Projects, with limits on items per project. Premium unlocks unlimited Areas, Projects, tasks, notes, events, folders, links and Inbox items, plus files up to 100 MB and image compression. Subscribe monthly or yearly, or pay once with Lifetime. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. Your brain is for having ideas, not holding them. Let Brainee hold them for you. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://trybrainee.app/privacy

Screenshots

GoodLister4 screens
Brainee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Brainee at none against GoodLister's shown. Brainee also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). GoodLister's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0.0 vs 16.4). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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. GoodLister sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Brainee sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for GoodLister against 5.0 for Brainee. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GoodLister ships an update every 10 days, Brainee every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
GoodLister versus Brainee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoodListerBrainee
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMario CollarosSerhii Hryn

Customer experience

GoodLister

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Brainee

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

GoodLister

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Access2 Months trial$3.991 Month
  • Pro Access$39.991 Year
3 purchases

Brainee

Subscriptions2
  • Brainee Premium Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Brainee Premium Yearly3 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is GoodLister free?
GoodLister is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brainee free?
Brainee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GoodLister or Brainee?
GoodLister and Brainee are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do GoodLister or Brainee have ads?
GoodLister shows ads; Brainee does not.
Which is updated more often, GoodLister or Brainee?
GoodLister ships an update every 10 days, and Brainee every 4 days. Most recently, GoodLister was updated on October 14, 2026 and Brainee on October 28, 2026.

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