FirstMover vs BrainMail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FirstMover
Receive immediate notifications for new NYC apartment rentals that match your specific search criteria. Avoid constantly checking listings and find your ideal home faster. Set your preferences and get alerted the instant a new rental becomes available.
- Instant rental alerts
- Customizable search filters
- New listing notifications
- StreetEasy integration
- Dream home finder
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Get instant alerts for new NYC apartment listings on StreetEasy, tailored to your search. Set your filters — we’ll notify you the moment a new rental matches. Find your dream home without refreshing StreetEasy all day. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
BrainMail
Capture your thoughts, affirmations, and inspirational quotes. This app sends them back to you via text message at random future times, serving as a personal reminder of your insights and moments of clarity.
- Save affirmations and quotes
- Receive messages at random future times
- Personalized reminders
- Capture moments of clarity
- Support for future self
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BrainMail is a tool to reinforce your best thoughts. I always liked the idea of journaling, but it was too hard and temporary. All that work just to forget it the next day. So I made this. Jot down thoughts that move or inspire you, and they'll get texted back to you at random times to nudge you back into that headspace. It's an easier way to commemorate good moments and show our future selves some love. Terms of Use: https://re-mind-app.github.io/remind-site/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BrainMail at 5.0 against FirstMover's 4.7. BrainMail also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 89%). FirstMover's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. FirstMover sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month and BrainMail sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BrainMail holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of FirstMover's written reviews are positive against 100% of BrainMail's.
FirstMover ships an update fortnightly, BrainMail every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FirstMover | BrainMail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Clayton Marshall | William Coburn |
Customer experience
FirstMover
BrainMail
In-app purchases
FirstMover
- FirstMover NYC Monthly3 Days trial$19.991 Month
- FirstMover NYC Lifetime$29.99
BrainMail
- Re[Mind] Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
- Re[Mind] Annual Subscription$9.991 Year
