BrainWaves vs Softly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
BrainWaves
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Capture your mood, schedule therapies, and save your events all in one place. Start your journey to stay organized and keep track of what matters to you.
Softly
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Women's health. Finally clear. Your cycle, pain, life after the birth, your safety: the questions come before the doctor's visit, and the answers online are often confusing or alarming. Softly is a safe place to understand your body, with information you can trust and data that stays yours. YOUR CYCLE, FOR REAL ⢠Predictions for your period, ovulation and fertile window ⢠Log flow, pain, symptoms, mood, energy and medicines in a few taps, even across several days ⢠Pixie asks how you are every day and reminds you of the things that matter, like your pill or your breast self-exam ⢠Paused cycle, no periods, pregnancy week by week, and after the birth NO MORE "I CAN'T REMEMBER" AT THE DOCTOR'S ⢠A PDF report with your cycle, pain, symptoms, mood and medicines to bring to your appointment ⢠Softly Intelligence reads your data on your phone, gives you a personal summary and tells you when it's worth seeing a doctor or if there are warning signs. It is never a diagnosis EVERY ARTICLE SHOWS ITS SOURCES ⢠148 articles in 50 languages on the cycle, hormones, contraception, pregnancy, after the birth, conditions like endometriosis and PCOS, prevention and safety ⢠Only health and public institutions as sources, listed at the end of each article: no blogs, no sponsors ⢠Ask Pixie: ask a question in your own words and she takes you to the right article ⢠Pink October and other international days for women's health, on the Home NEED HELP? ONE TAP. ⢠Domestic violence helplines in 76 countries and your country's emergency number ⢠Quick exit: one tap, or a shake, and Softly disappears ⢠Your safe space, protected by Face ID or a Softly-only PIN, with a safety plan and an incident diary FOR THE PEOPLE CLOSE TO YOU ⢠Partner mode: share only what you choose, with gentle heads-ups YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No account, no ads, no tracking, no server collecting health data. The analysis happens on your iPhone. If you want, you can sync to your private iCloud, and what you share with your partner travels encrypted. Softly is not a medical device and does not replace advice from a healthcare professional.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Softly at weekly against BrainWaves's every 2 weeks. BrainWaves's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BrainWaves ships an update every 2 weeks, Softly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BrainWaves | Softly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 ā better | 18.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Advice Pharma Group S.R.L. | VINCENZO GALLINA |
In-app purchases
BrainWaves
No in-app purchases
Softly
No in-app purchases









