Brainbits vs Blocktape
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brainbits
This app helps you capture, organize, and retrieve your ideas with AI-powered notes. It transforms scattered thoughts into structured knowledge, allowing you to ask questions about your notes and build a personal knowledge base. Ideal for brainstorming, journaling, research, and content creation.
- AI-powered note organization
- Build a second brain
- Ask questions about your notes
- Instant idea capture
- Offline note-taking
- Minimalist design
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Capture a thought before it disappears. Brainbits is the notes app for ideas you're building. It turns quick notes into organized Pages you can search, revisit, and ask questions about. Type or dictate a note in seconds. Keep each project separate. Let related notes grow into living documents instead of filing everything by hand. CAPTURE IDEAS IN SECONDS Write or dictate a thought and save it immediately. Brainbits is designed for fast, distraction-free capture when an idea is still fresh. PROJECTS FOR EVERY BUILD Keep the ideas, notes, and Pages for each app, business, or side project together. Switch between projects without mixing up your thinking. PAGES THAT GROW WITH YOUR IDEAS Related notes gather into living Pages that become more useful over time. Build context without manually filing every thought. ASK YOUR NOTES Search your own thinking and get answers to questions like "What did I decide about pricing?" OFFLINE NOTES Capture ideas even without an internet connection. Your notes stay available locally and sync in the background when you're back online. Built for solo founders, indie developers, writers, and creative professionals who are turning ideas into real work. Note now. Think later. Terms of Service: https://usebrainbits.com/terms Privacy: https://usebrainbits.com/privacy
Blocktape
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Less scrolling. More living. Blocktape blocks the apps that eat your day - and leaves the two things you actually want: your music and your calls. We built Blocktape because every other blocker misses the point. Apps that guilt-trip you into staying off your phone don't work - you just find a way around them. Apps that quietly limit you for ten minutes don't work either - the distraction is always one tap away. Blocktape works differently: you choose what to block once, and for as long as your session runs, those apps are simply gone. No willpower required, because there's nothing to resist. How it works Choose your distractions. Pick everything but your music apps - Spotify or Apple Music - and Blocktape keeps them off for the length of your session. Press play. One tap starts a session, styled like dropping a cassette into an old tape deck. Your chosen apps disappear. Do your thing. Walk. Run. Dance. Chat with friends. And listen to great music! Just be somewhere without your phone pulling at you. Track your steps while a session runs, if that's part of your thing. See what you made. Stats show you: how long you were offline, how many steps you took, how much time you're getting back. Why it feels different Blocktape isn't dressed up as a productivity tool. It's built like a time machine - cassette-deck look-and-feel, a UI that feels like the 80s, not like a settings screen. Blocking your phone should feel like a ritual you want to repeat, not a rule you're trying to keep. What's inside - Choose-your-own block list: pick exactly which apps go quiet during a session. We recommend blocking everything but your music app. - Music and calls always stay reachable - Spotify, Apple Music, and your phone, untouched. - One-tap sessions from the app or your Home Screen and Lock Screen widget. - Retro session screen with tape-reel animation and step tracking while you're offline. - Your Rewind: a simple stats dashboard - time saved, screen time trends, daily phone pick-ups - so you can actually see the difference. - A cassette-styled look and feel, start to finish. Who it's for Time travellers and good music lovers. Those who've tried a screen-time app before and found it too easy to ignore, or too naggy to enjoy. Anyone who wants to be free from endless notifications and distractions. Subscription details Blocktape offers options: - Weekly: $3.99 - Monthly: $7.99 - Yearly: $49.99 (a 3-day free trial, followed by an auto-renewing subscription) Payment is charged to your Apple ID account upon confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. See our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy for full details. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Blocktape at 3 against Brainbits's 1. 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
Both are free to download. Brainbits sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Blocktape sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Brainbits | Blocktape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aneesh Hegde | Darya Samardak |
In-app purchases
Brainbits
- Brainbits+ Monthly$3.991 Month
- Brainbits+ Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Brainbits+ Lifetime$74.99
Blocktape
- Your Weekly Subscription$2.997 Days
- Your Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
- Your Annual Subscription3 Days trial$49.991 Year









