Comparison

Planote vs BrightMind

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

Head to head
About

Planote

This app offers a unified productivity space to manage your schedule, tasks, and ideas. It features a visual timeline for organizing your day, smart task management with habit tracking, and a digital canvas for notes and ideation. Enjoy a distraction-free experience with elegant design and fluid animations.

Highlights
  • Visual timeline for daily organization
  • Smart task management with habit tracking
  • Digital canvas for notes and ideation
  • Distraction-free interface
  • Haptic and visual feedback for task completion
  • Cross-device synchronization
Features
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Design Your Day. Focus Your Mind. Stop juggling multiple apps. Start living with intention. Planote is a unified productivity space that brings harmony to your schedule, tasks, and ideas. It's more than a checklist — it's a refined workspace where elegance meets efficiency. No ads. No distractions. Just focus. Plan – Visual Timeline Turn chaos into clarity with an intelligent timeline. Drag, drop, and organize your day. See everything at a glance. Align your calendar with your goals — effortlessly. Do – Smart Task Management Master your to-dos with priority-based sorting, habit tracking, and custom reminders. Every completed task delivers satisfying haptic and visual feedback. You'll actually enjoy getting things done. Create – Notes & Ideation A digital canvas that feels like paper. Sketch, annotate, or journal with Apple Pencil. Combine text, subtasks, and images in one seamless flow. Capture inspiration before it slips away. Why Planote Stands Out No ads, no pop-ups — completely distraction-free Premium aesthetics with fluid animations Reliable sync across all your devices Tactile haptic feedback for every interaction Perfect for Professionals, students, creatives, and minimalists who want a clutter-free path to peak daily performance. Experience productivity, beautifully refined. Download Planote today. If you have any suggestions or questions while using Planote, please contact us at planotefeedback@outlook.com and we will respond within a short time. Privacy Policy https://sites.google.com/view/planote-privacy-policy Terms of Use https://sites.google.com/view/planote-terms-of-use

About

BrightMind

This AI-powered assistant helps you manage your day by transforming spoken thoughts into structured tasks. It integrates with popular productivity apps and offers guided sessions to overcome procrastination and plan effectively.

Highlights
  • AI Voice Companion for task management
  • Integrates with Todoist and TickTick
  • Intelligent task structuring from spoken thoughts
  • Proactive scheduling and accountability calls
  • Guided flows for productivity and reflection
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Stay on top of things, without holding it in your head. BrightMind is an assistant built for ADHD brains. It keeps your tasks, plans your day with you, reminds you, and calls you when it's time to begin. IT CHECKS IN ON YOU • A morning call that asks for your one thing today, at the time you choose • "Call me in ten minutes" and it does, to get you started or to see that you finished • Reminders that arrive as a notification or as a call, so nothing is missed • Urgent reminders ring like an alarm and keep ringing until you stop or snooze them • Ask once and it keeps happening: a daily check-in, a Friday review, a Sunday planning call YOUR DAY ON ONE SCREEN • Home shows today as a timeline: tasks, events and your morning and evening routines • Overdue pile? Tap it and clear it in one conversation, no guilt • Bedtime after midnight stays on today, because your day ends when you go to sleep YOUR TASKS LIVE HERE • Lists, subtasks, repeats and reminders, with every list in one Tasks tab • Already use TickTick, Todoist or Google Tasks? Connect it and BrightMind works on that list instead, with two-way sync • Google Calendar: finds open slots and plans around real meetings CAPTURE BEFORE IT VANISHES • "Buy milk tomorrow, and move the dentist to Friday": said once, filed with dates and lists • "Hey Siri, capture in BrightMind" from the Lock Screen, AirPods or CarPlay, and "Hey Siri, Brain Dump" on Apple Watch • Share a link, screenshot or photo from any app and BrightMind holds onto it • Control Center controls and Action Button support STUCK? ONE TINY STEP • "I need to clean my room but I can't start": a first step you can actually begin • One question at a time, no walls of text • Built for the moment when you know what to do and still can't start IT REMEMBERS YOU • No profile to fill in. Whatever you tell it or agree on, in a chat, a call or a brain dump, stays remembered • Every conversation starts from where you actually are, no recap needed IN YOUR LANGUAGE • The app and the assistant both work in your language • A natural voice that doesn't sound like AI, pick your voice and speed • Calm, distraction-free design WHAT USERS SAY "The proactive check-ins help keep me on track without being annoying." "It feels more like a digital assistant than just another chatbot." "That's what I was trying to make my Notion, my TickTick, my Siri, my Todoist do. None of them could." PRIVACY You stay in control of your data. Privacy Policy: https://brightmind.club/privacy Terms of Use: https://brightmind.club/terms Use your own tasks app, or let BrightMind keep the list for you. Either way, it keeps you on track.

Screenshots

Planote4 screens
BrightMind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BrightMind at every 4 days against Planote's fortnightly. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Planote sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and BrightMind sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Planote against 5.0 for BrightMind. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Planote ships an update fortnightly, BrightMind every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Planote versus BrightMind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanoteBrightMind
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (23 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better8
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB83 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFocus On Timetable Schedule GroupStanislav Shelemekh

Customer experience

Planote

All ratings23 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BrightMind

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Planote

Subscriptions4
  • Planote Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Monthly subscription$1.991 Month
  • Planote Yearly$6.991 Year
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  • annual subscription$6.991 Year
One-time2
  • Limited-time event$8.99
  • Planote Pro$12.99
2 purchases

BrightMind

Subscriptions2
  • BrightMind Plus7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • BrightMind Plus7 Days trial$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Planote free?
Planote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BrightMind free?
BrightMind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Planote or BrightMind?
Planote and BrightMind are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 23 and 8 ratings respectively.
Do Planote or BrightMind have ads?
Neither Planote nor BrightMind shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Planote or BrightMind?
Planote ships an update fortnightly, and BrightMind every 4 days. Most recently, Planote was updated on November 5, 2026 and BrightMind on October 30, 2026.

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