Comparison

BrainDrain vs Ironset

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

Head to head
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

About

Ironset

Features
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Train with structure. Track with precision. Keep your data under your control. Ironset is a private, offline-first strength and cardio tracker for iPhone and Apple Watch. Build training plans, log every set, understand your progress, and stay accountable—without ads, third-party analytics, or trackers. TRAIN YOUR WAY • Log strength and cardio workouts. Track warm-ups, working sets, drop sets, supersets, RPE, RIR, notes, rest timers, and personal records. • Build reusable workout plans, choose a recommended starting routine, or import workouts from CSV. • Run workouts from iPhone, follow your session on Apple Watch, and use Live Activities, Dynamic Island, Lock Screen controls, and Control Center actions. • Schedule compatible plans in Apple’s Workout app. SEE WHAT IS WORKING • Explore workout history, muscle balance, weekly and monthly reports, streaks, readiness, and recovery guidance. • Track body measurements and protected progress photos with side-by-side comparisons. • Connect Apple Health for workouts, steps, active energy, sleep, resting heart rate, and HRV—only with the permissions you choose. • Use privacy-aware Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. BUILD BETTER TRAINING • Create custom exercises and plans for any goal or available equipment. • Ironset Pro can turn pasted workout text or a workout image into a plan. • Ask the adaptive Coach questions about recent training, generate a validated workout, then review and save it. • Adjust a workout around time, equipment, soreness, and recovery. ACCOUNTABILITY WITHOUT THE NOISE • Use Live Crew with Sign in with Apple to connect by username, share goals and progress, copy shared programs, train with a partner, and run fair competitions. • Send preset cheers during live sessions and optionally share what you are listening to. • Join global and country leaderboards only when you opt in. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Guest mode stays fully on-device. Detailed workout history, Health data, measurements, progress photos, notes, and listening history are not uploaded to Crew. Connected features are optional and explain what they share before they send data. Ironset contains no ads or third-party analytics. IRONSET PRO Upgrade for: • Adaptive Coach and AI workout creation • Unlimited custom workout plans (Free includes up to three) • Advanced analytics, records, and progress insights • Advanced Crew coaching and analytics • Premium app icons, accent colors, and widget customization • An option to keep the display awake during workouts Core logging, Apple Health, recovery tools, import/export, ranks, basic Crew, body measurements, private progress photos, basic reports, and basic widgets remain free. Ironset Pro is available as auto-renewable weekly, monthly, and yearly subscriptions. Eligible new subscribers may receive an introductory trial. Payment and renewal are managed by Apple; subscriptions can be managed or canceled in App Store settings. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docs.berendt.ai/

Screenshots

BrainDrain4 screens
Ironset4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BrainDrain at every 4 days against Ironset's every 9 days. Ironset's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and Ironset sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BrainDrain ships an update every 4 days, Ironset every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BrainDrain versus Ironset: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrainDrainIronset
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB33 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRDub Studios, LLCMatthew Berendt

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
3 purchases

Ironset

Subscriptions3
  • Lift.ai Pro Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Lift.ai Pro Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Lift.ai Pro Yearly14 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is BrainDrain free?
BrainDrain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ironset free?
Ironset is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BrainDrain or Ironset have ads?
Neither BrainDrain nor Ironset shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BrainDrain or Ironset?
BrainDrain ships an update every 4 days, and Ironset every 9 days. Most recently, BrainDrain was updated on October 9, 2026 and Ironset on October 1, 2026.

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