Neurosist vs MAI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Neurosist
This personal memory companion helps you organize and recall important details with simple, private tools. It offers daily review, tagging, favorites, and customizable reminders. Additional features include a brain-exercising game and meditation timer.
- Daily memory review
- Tagging and favorites
- Customizable reminders
- Matching game
- Meditation timer
- Export to CSV/PDF
- Siri integration
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Never forget what matters. Neurosist is your personal memory companion. Simple, minimal, and private. Swipe through memories daily to keep them fresh. Organize by tag, mark favorites, or review everything at once. Set one-time or reoccurring reminder notifications. Whether it's your AC filter size, your kid's favorite anime character, study material, or personal notes, Neurosist helps you hold onto the details that make life smoother. This app is great for anyone, but a must-have if you're a little forgetful. The app also comes with a matching game and meditation timer to help exercise and calm your brain! No AI. No tracking. No ads. Just you and your memory, upgraded. - Press and hold for 2 seconds to open settings - Swipe up to go to another memory - Swipe down (if setting is on) to go back - Swipe right to view tags - When viewing all tags, swipe left on a tag to omit it from the main memories feed - Swipe left to view all memories and search - Tap a heart within the main feed to favorite - Tap an image or video to view in full - Tap truncated text to read all - While viewing a list of memories swipe right to favorite or left to delete - Double-tap memories to edit - Shake to delete (while viewing a memory in the main feed) - Swipe through memories in order, or turn on shuffle in the settings - Find a memory by date in the calendar view via settings - Export to CSV or PDF - Integrated with Siri ("Hey Siri, add a memory to Neurosist.") - Press and hold app icon to add a memory quickly - Tap the dice to play the matching game or use the meditation timer - While in the matching game tap the flame icon for hard mode The audio in this app is being used with permission from the artists. Support these artists by tapping the magnifying glass icon next to the audio player. Or, search for Infinite Third and Breathing in and out on your favorite music streaming platform.
MAI
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Your second brain, captured by voice. MAI turns a spoken thought into organized notes, tasks, and summaries—so nothing you think slips away. Open the app, talk, and MAI transcribes, titles, summarizes, and files it for you. No typing, no formatting, no friction. HOW IT WORKS 1. Speak. Tap once and say whatever's on your mind—an idea, a to-do, a reflection, a full meeting. 2. MAI organizes. AI transcribes your voice, writes a clean summary, pulls out action items, and sorts it into the right project. 3. Recall anything. Search everything you've ever captured in plain language and pick up where you left off. BUILT FOR THE WAY YOU THINK • Voice-first — capture at the speed of speech, hands-free. • ADHD & dyslexia friendly — get the thought out before it's gone; let AI handle the structure and spelling. • Busy, multi-project minds — keep every idea, note, and meeting separated by project. • Builders & web coders — save context from your AI coding sessions and pull it back when you need it. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Record voice notes and get instant transcripts + summaries • Send a notetaker to your Google Meet, Zoom, or Teams calls for the full transcript, summary, and action items • Turn any note into tasks and track them across projects • Draft LinkedIn posts, emails, and translations from a note in one tap • Search your entire second brain in natural language • Collaborate—share projects and entries with your team • Capture anywhere—iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac WORKS WITH CLAUDE & ANY MCP AI MAI connects to Claude and other MCP-compatible AI clients. Save references straight from your AI chats, then let your AI read and write your notes, meetings, and tasks—your second brain becomes the memory layer for everything you build. WHY MAI Most notes apps make you do the work—type it, title it, tag it, file it. MAI does that for you, so the only job left is to think out loud. Start free. MAI Premium unlocks unlimited AI capture, meeting notetakers, and advanced recall. Questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you at somaflow.app. Subscription & Pricing: Free to try, with option for Pro for full AI and second-brain features: Unlimited AI summaries and task extraction Full history search across entries, tasks, and saved links Advanced sharing and recall Pricing: Monthly: $9.99 Annual: $49.99 Prices may vary by region. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period in your App Store account settings. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://kai.somaflow.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MAI at Free against Neurosist's $1.99. Neurosist's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On update cadence, ads, device support 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
MAI is free to download; Neurosist costs $1.99 up front. MAI sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Neurosist asks for nothing beyond the download.
Neurosist ships an update every 10 days, MAI weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Neurosist | MAI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | William Wilcosky | Health 4 Wealth LTD |
In-app purchases
Neurosist
No in-app purchases
MAI
- monthly pro7 Days trial$12.991 Month
- Annual Pro$29.991 Year
- annual pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year









