Comparison

Brainrot vs Charlie Mike

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

Head to head
About

Brainrot

This app helps you regain control of your digital life by blocking distracting apps and websites. Utilize a focus timer and smart schedules to improve productivity, sleep, and reduce screen time. A visual indicator provides a playful nudge to encourage mindful usage.

Highlights
  • App and website blocking
  • Focus timer
  • Smart scheduling
  • Mindful breaks
  • Usage insights
Features
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Reclaim your day with Brainrot, a playful screen time control, app blocker, and focus coach. Pick the apps and sites to block, set schedules, and watch your cute brain avatar decay as you doom scroll. The visual nudge helps you put the phone down. Save about 2 hours per day, feel less distracted, sleep better, and get more done. What you get: - Instant blocking for apps and websites - Focus timer for deep work and Pomodoro - Smart schedules for bedtime, mornings, and meetings - Mindful breaks so you reset without the guilt - Clear insights to spot Brainrot apps fast ### PRIVATE & SECURE Brainrot uses Apple’s Screen Time API; all monitoring and blocking run *entirely* on your device. Your browsing data never leaves your phone. *All features described above require a subscription.* Terms of Service: https://thebrainrotapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://thebrainrotapp.com/privacy

About

Charlie Mike

Organize your day with tasks, notes, and appointments in one place. Start with a personalized morning briefing including weather and news. An AI coach helps turn plans into action with Premium.

Highlights
  • Daily morning briefing
  • Task management with due dates
  • Customizable reminders and timers
  • Note-taking with attachments
  • AI coaching (Premium)
  • Offline functionality
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Own your day. Stay on target. Continue Mission. Charlie Mike is your daily command center for staying informed, organized, and on track. Bring your tasks, notes, appointments, and morning briefing together in one place. With Premium, Charlie, your AI coach, helps you turn plans into action. "Charlie Mike" means "Continue Mission." Whatever today brings, keep yours moving. YOUR MORNING BRIEFING, YOUR WAY Start with local weather, market quotes, news headlines, and a daily quote. Explore the new Weather page, moon phases and illumination, and Aviation Weather with METARs and TAFs. Pin a local aviation forecast to your dashboard and catch up on the new Entertainment news category. TASKS THAT KEEP YOU MOVING Add a due date and your task automatically lands in the right group: Today, Tomorrow, This Week, and more. Colors show urgency as deadlines approach. Mark must-do tasks Critical, track important dates with customizable countdown tiles, or leave a task under TBD until you're ready. REMINDERS, TIMERS & ALARMS Give a task a specific time and receive an iPhone notification before it's due. Use built-in timers and alarms to stay focused, with improved alerts and reliable timer pause and resume. CAPTURE IT BEFORE YOU FORGET IT Keep notes close at hand and, with Premium, attach photos or PDFs to tasks and notes. Share content from Apple Notes and other apps directly into Charlie Mike. Shared items stay available until you save or discard them, and deleting a note now asks for confirmation. YOUR SCHEDULE IN ONE PLACE With Premium, import device calendar events alongside your tasks. See appointment times in your task list and dashboard, jump back to today, and enjoy more reliable syncing for recurring events and moved appointments. Calendar access stays read-only: Charlie Mike never changes your calendar. MEET CHARLIE, YOUR AI COACH (PREMIUM) Chat with Charlie to create, complete, reschedule, or edit tasks and set reminders. Charlie also writes your daily report and summarizes your day. Say "in two days," "the day after tomorrow," or "one year from now." Ask for business-day deadlines, end-of-month tasks, or repeating tasks like "every Monday." Charlie now handles more natural date requests, keeps task titles cleaner, and asks for clarification when dates or times are unclear. KEEP WORKING, EVEN OFFLINE Tasks, notes, settings, and timers save on your device while offline and sync when connectivity returns. Improved attachment retries, clearer error messages, and safer account switching help protect your work. If a save fails, your edits remain available. MAKE IT YOURS Choose and arrange dashboard tiles, reorder tabs, and build a streak as you finish what's due. On Mac, enjoy larger editing windows, easier time entry, and camera capture with a built-in or connected camera. SIMPLE PRICING. NO SUBSCRIPTIONS. - Basic: $2.99 one-time for tasks, notes, calendar, and your full daily report. - Premium: $4.99 one-time for everything in Basic, plus Charlie the AI coach, calendar import, and attachments. Buy it once. Own it forever. Charlie Mike Studios LLC - Austin, TX Questions? support@charliemikestudios.com Charlie is an AI assistant and its responses may be inaccurate; it is not financial, legal, or medical advice. Market data and news headlines are for general information only and may be delayed. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Brainrot4 screens
Charlie Mike4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Charlie Mike at 100% against Brainrot's 18%. Charlie Mike also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Brainrot's advantage is ratings volume (23K vs 2) and update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Brainrot sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Charlie Mike sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Charlie Mike holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brainrot has 23K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of Brainrot's written reviews are positive against 100% of Charlie Mike's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brainrot ships an update every 6 days, Charlie Mike fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Brainrot versus Charlie Mike: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrainrotCharlie Mike
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (23K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews17.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmolworks IncCharlie Mike Studios LLC

Customer experience

Brainrot

All ratings22,721 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral2.8%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews2,062 reviews
Positive17.7%
Neutral6.5%
Negative75.8%

Charlie Mike

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Brainrot

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Stuck on payment screen with no way out
  • Requires re-entering info every time

Requested features

2 requests
  • Free version with limited features
  • Free trial period

Charlie Mike

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Brainrot

Subscriptions15
  • Unlimited (1 Month)$3.991 Month
  • Unlimited (1 Week)$3.997 Days
  • Unlimited (1 Week)$4.997 Days
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  • monthly$8.991 Month
  • Unlimited (1 Year)$9.991 Year
  • Unlimited (1 Year)3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Unlimited (1 Year)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Unlimited (1 Year)$19.991 Year
  • Brainrot (Full Access)$24.991 Year
  • Unlimited (1 Year)3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Unlimited (1 Year)$29.991 Year
  • Brainrot (Full Access)$29.991 Year
  • Unlimited (1 Year)3 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • Brainrot Annual3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Unlimited$49.991 Year
3 purchases

Charlie Mike

One-time3
  • Upgrade to Premium$2.00
  • Charlie Mike Basic$2.99
  • Charlie Mike Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Brainrot free?
Brainrot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Charlie Mike free?
Charlie Mike is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Brainrot or Charlie Mike?
Charlie Mike is rated higher. Brainrot averages 4.5 out of 5 from 23K ratings, while Charlie Mike averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Brainrot or Charlie Mike have ads?
Neither Brainrot nor Charlie Mike shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brainrot or Charlie Mike?
Brainrot ships an update every 6 days, and Charlie Mike fortnightly. Most recently, Brainrot was updated on October 31, 2026 and Charlie Mike on October 24, 2026.

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