Comparison

GoodThingsDaily vs BrainDrain

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

Head to head
About

GoodThingsDaily

Features
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Description With a simple and intuitive interface, our app empowers you to log and reflect on the moments that bring joy, gratitude, and peace to your day. Key Features: 1. Gratitude Journal: Start your day on a positive note by jotting down the things you're grateful for. Our intuitive journaling feature allows you to capture and revisit these moments, fostering a sense of appreciation. 2. Daily Reflections: Unwind in the evening with a quick reflection on your day. 3 Good Things prompts you with thoughtful questions to guide your introspection and celebrate the positive aspects of your life. 3. Progress Tracking: Witness your journey toward a more grateful and content self. Our app tracks your entries over time, providing insights into your evolving mental well-being. 4. Mindful Breathing Exercises: Take a moment to center yourself with our guided breathing exercises. These simple practices can help reduce stress, improve focus, and enhance your overall mental clarity.

About

BrainDrain

This app offers a quick, structured journaling experience designed to help individuals with ADHD and anxiety clear their minds in just one minute. It transforms mental clutter into peace through quick journaling, mindfulness, and task management, promoting focus and calm.

Highlights
  • 1-minute journaling sessions
  • Thought dumping and sorting
  • Task creation and reminders
  • Mindfulness exercises
  • ADHD-friendly structure
  • Anxiety relief tools
  • iCloud syncing
Features
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Too many thoughts at once? Give them sixty seconds. BrainDrain is a 60-second brain dump for busy, anxious, or ADHD-wired minds. Type or speak what's on your mind, then sort it by what you can control. Make a plan when it helps, or let a thought go. No blank page, no pressure to turn every thought into a task. Your thoughts stay on your device or in your own iCloud. HOW IT WORKS • Drain: start the timer and pour it all out for 60 seconds. Type it or speak it. No prompts, no blank page staring back. Just a deadline. Let it all out. • Sort: swipe each thought where it belongs. Within my control, need someone's help, outside my control, or just a happy thought. • Act: turn a thought into a reminder or a calendar event, send it to someone who can help, or let it go for good. BUILT FOR BUSY, ANXIOUS, or ADHD-WIRED MINDS • One minute is the feature. Short enough to actually do, bounded enough to feel safe. • Every thought gets a decision. BrainDrain doesn't file your worries away. Each one lands somewhere: an action, a person, or a deliberate letting go. • Sorting by control is the calm. What you can act on becomes action. What you can't, you release. BRAINDRAIN PLUS Sixty seconds a day is always included. Plus is for the days that need more: unlimited drains, sixty more seconds when a thought needs the runway, your patterns read back to you by on-device intelligence, recurrence that spots what keeps coming back, progress by month and year, and your streak on your Watch and widgets. Everything stays on your device or in your own iCloud. Plus is an auto-renewing subscription billed to your Apple Account. It renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. YOUR THOUGHTS STAY YOURS Everything, including the intelligence behind Insights, runs on your device. AI journals send your thoughts to a server to be understood. BrainDrain never does. Private iCloud sync, no account, no ads. Give it sixty seconds. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://braindrain.app/privacy Support: https://braindrain.app/support

Screenshots

GoodThingsDaily4 screens
BrainDrain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GoodThingsDaily at none against BrainDrain's 3. GoodThingsDaily also leads on iOS requirement (15.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. BrainDrain sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. GoodThingsDaily asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
GoodThingsDaily versus BrainDrain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoodThingsDailyBrainDrain
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB74 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperLife Genie LLCRDub Studios, LLC

In-app purchases

None

GoodThingsDaily

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

BrainDrain

Subscriptions2
  • BrainDrain Plus Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • BrainDrain Plus Annual7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is GoodThingsDaily free?
GoodThingsDaily is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BrainDrain free?
BrainDrain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GoodThingsDaily or BrainDrain have ads?
Neither GoodThingsDaily nor BrainDrain shows ads.

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