Comparison

Brain Dump vs NellyList

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

Head to head
About

Brain Dump

Capture ideas quickly, brainstorm with AI assistance, and transform your thoughts into actionable tasks with integrated reminders. This tool helps organize scattered thinking into a structured workflow.

Highlights
  • Quick idea capture
  • AI-assisted brainstorming
  • Task conversion
  • Reminders
  • Subscription-based organization
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Turn scattered thoughts into action. BrainDump lets you capture ideas in seconds, brainstorm with AI, and convert everything into trackable tasks with reminders. BrainDump is a subscription app. An active subscription is required to use the app. BrainDump Pro Auto‑renews monthly/weekly; price shown in‑app and may vary by region. Manage/cancel in iOS Settings any time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://braindumpapp.org/privacy.html

About

NellyList

This app helps you capture, organize, and manage your thoughts, tasks, plans, and goals into usable lists. It allows for custom list creation or AI-generated lists, with features like reminders, recurring tasks, and sharing capabilities.

Highlights
  • AI-generated lists
  • Custom list creation
  • Siri integration for adding items
  • Reminders and recurring tasks
  • List sharing
  • Note-taking and planning
Features
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THE LIST YOU FINISH TOGETHER We should see all 63 national parks. Watch every Best Picture winner. Read 100 books this year. You've said it — and right now the count lives in a Note on one phone, a spreadsheet nobody opens, or someone's head. NellyList is the life-list app for the two of you: pick the pursuit, put both your names on it, and watch the count grow. NOW ON IPAD Every list, with room to breathe: your lists in a sidebar, the details right beside them. Make a list live and it stays in step across iPhone and iPad — check something off on one, see it on the other. PICK A PURSUIT AND FINISH IT All 63 national parks. 100 books this year. Every Best Picture winner. Countries visited, state parks, the breweries, the 40 restaurants you keep meaning to try. Import a ready-made list from the free List Library in one tap, or build your own. The activity feed shows who updated the list, so the count stays straight without anyone rebuilding a spreadsheet — and the leaderboard makes finishing the fun part. WHY NOT JUST A NOTE OR A PLAIN CHECKLIST A plain checklist forgets that two of you are doing this. NellyList keeps one count you can both see, on iPhone or iPad, shows who updated the list, and makes the finish worth celebrating — so nobody has to ask "wait, did we already do that one?" RANK IT AND SETTLE IT Ranked and comparison lists for the arguments worth having: the pizza places, the Bond films, the beaches. And when nobody can decide what's for dinner, spin the wheel. RUN THE WEEK TOO Live Lists are real-time to-do lists that stay in sync across your iPhones and iPads. Errands, the trip packing, the weekend, the school stuff, the chores nobody remembers. Someone adds an item from the aisle and it's on everyone else's screen straight away — no one has to agree to a "system" first. CREATE WITH NELLY Describe what you need in plain English — "packing list for three days in Lisbon with a toddler" — and Nelly builds the whole list in seconds. SPLIT A LIST INTO GROUPS One "Summer Vacation" packing list, a group for each person. Or a trip list split day by day. Each group is its own card: collapse it out of the way, tap its name to rename it, long-press to drag it into order, and spin the wheel on just that group. Checked-off items stay in their group, so everyone can see what's theirs — and when you share the list, the groups come with it. ALSO INSIDE * A free List Library of ready-made pursuits and checklists you can import in one tap * Labels to keep your own lists sorted on the My Lists screen * Reminders and recurring items for the things that come round again * Add items with Siri * Ordinary private lists too — not every list needs to be Live * Local-first: your lists live on your device and keep working with no signal WHO IT'S FOR Couples and pairs already mid-pursuit: the two of you with a parks map you're slowly filling in, a watchlist you're working through, a bucket list you've never actually written down. Families welcome too — the weekend, the trip, the packing, split by person. MADE FOR HOUSEHOLDS, NOT OFFICES No streaks. No guilt. No productivity scoring, no sprint boards, no work project management. NellyList is for personal life — the things you actually want to finish, with the people you want to finish them with. For everything you've ever said "we should do that" about: make the list, do it together, finish it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.nellylist.com/privacy

Screenshots

Brain Dump4 screens
NellyList4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: NellyList at 5.0 against Brain Dump's 3.7. NellyList also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days). Brain Dump's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and device support 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. Brain Dump sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and NellyList sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NellyList holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brain Dump ships an update every 8 days, NellyList every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Brain Dump versus NellyList: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrain DumpNellyList
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings35 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBilal AbdinoorArron Joseph

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Brain Dump

Subscriptions2
  • BrainDump Pro (Weekly)3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • BrainDump Pro (Monthly)$7.991 Month
2 purchases

NellyList

Subscriptions2
  • NellyList Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • NellyList Pro Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Brain Dump free?
Brain Dump is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NellyList free?
NellyList is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Brain Dump or NellyList?
NellyList is rated higher. Brain Dump averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while NellyList averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Brain Dump or NellyList have ads?
NellyList shows ads; Brain Dump does not.
Which is updated more often, Brain Dump or NellyList?
Brain Dump ships an update every 8 days, and NellyList every 3 days. Most recently, Brain Dump was updated on October 25, 2026 and NellyList on October 24, 2026.

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