a memo to self vs Second Brain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
a memo to self
Display essential rules, reminders, and life principles directly on your home screen. Keep your most important thoughts visible and accessible at a glance.
- Home screen widgets
- Display rules and reminders
- Keep important thoughts visible
- Customizable text widgets
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keep your most important rules, reminders, and life principles front and center – right on your home screen.
Second Brain
This app provides pre-built, step-by-step task lists for common life admin activities, designed to reduce setup friction. It offers guided routines, gentle check-ins, and hands-free operation to support users with ADHD.
- Pre-built task library
- Step-by-step task guidance
- Customizable daily routines
- Gentle daily check-ins
- Hands-free voice mode
- Smart automatic task regeneration
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The first ADHD app that comes ready to use - no setup, no configuration, no building from scratch. Every productivity app expects you to design the system yourself. By the time you're done setting up, you've already lost momentum. Second Brain flips that. Open the app and you'll find a library of 20+ real-life tasks - paying bills, refilling prescriptions, scheduling appointments, doing laundry, filing taxes - each broken into small, clear steps you can follow one at a time. DAILY ROUTINES Install a Morning Routine, Evening Wind-Down, or Sunday Reset and get guided through your day one card at a time. Customize them or build your own. CHECK-INS Gentle prompts throughout the day. Feeling off track? Tap into a recovery flow and reset without judgment. HANDS-FREE MODE Tasks are read aloud as you go - perfect for mornings when your phone is across the room. SMART DEFAULTS Recurring tasks regenerate automatically. Tasks surface when they're due - not before. Your most recent task stays at the top. Less clutter, less thinking. No account. No cloud. No subscription. Your data stays on your device. Built for the ADHD brain that wants a second brain - without having to build one.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Second Brain at every 3 weeks against a memo to self's every 2 months. On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for a memo to self against 5.0 for Second Brain. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
a memo to self ships an update every 2 months, Second Brain every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | a memo to self | Second Brain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yi Yan Tay | Jikku Chacko |
In-app purchases
a memo to self
No in-app purchases
Second Brain
No in-app purchases
