Comparison

Re vs Brainee

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

Head to head
About

Re

This app allows users to quickly set reminders and to-dos using natural language. It offers a clean interface, private offline storage, and smart notifications to help you stay organized with minimal effort.

Highlights
  • Quick reminders via natural language
  • Clean and stylish user interface
  • Private and offline data storage
  • Customizable input phrases
  • Visual organization with colorful tags
  • Smart notifications
  • Home screen widgets
  • Sync with Apple Reminders
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Re:mindr is designed for speed and simplicity. Unlike feature-heavy planners, it focuses on allowing users to set reminders with minimal friction: capture tasks, todos, and alerts in seconds. Create quick reminders using natural typing and stay productive without managing complex schedules or planners. Re:mindr is built for people who want to organize tasks with minimal effort and maximum clarity. Features • Quick reminders – add tasks and todos instantly using natural language.
 • Clean, stylish design – a calm and modern UI that keeps your focus where it belongs.
 • Private & offline – no account required, all data stays on your device.
 • Custom phrases – personalize your input for faster, more natural typing.
 • Colorful tags – organize reminders visually without complicated structures.
 • Smart notifications – get notified exactly when you need.
 • Widgets – access your reminders directly from your Home Screen.
 • Action Button support – create reminders even faster.
 • Sync with Apple Reminders – great companion to your existing workflow. Whether it’s a quick task, an important alert, or a reminder scheduled for later, Re:mindr helps you stay focused and organized without friction. Why Re:mindr? Other apps overwhelm you with projects, categories, scrolling through calendars and time pickers. Re:mindr does one thing perfectly: reminding you when you need it. Designed with care for iPhone. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Brainee

This app acts as a central hub for all your information, combining notes, tasks, and events. Organize your life with projects, areas, and custom tags, all accessible offline with a clean, intuitive interface. It's designed to help you capture everything and focus on what matters.

Highlights
  • Capture notes, tasks, events, files, and links
  • Organize with projects, areas, and custom tags
  • Plan with deadlines, priorities, and checklists
  • Fully offline functionality
  • Fast local search
  • Distraction-free interface
Features
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Brainee is a second brain that works offline, with no account. Brain dump tasks, notes, events, files and links into one life organizer, sorted into Areas and Projects. No sign-up, no ads, no tracking. Open the app and start capturing. You get the structure of a big workspace app without having to build a system first. Plan a trip or keep a private journal with ready-made project types. BRAIN DUMP NOW, SORT IT LATER — Toss anything into the Inbox and move it to a project when you're ready — Share links, photos and PDFs from any app straight to a project, folder or the Inbox — Long-press the app icon to take a photo, add a task, write a note or create an event — Saved links get a preview card with title and image ORGANIZE YOUR LIFE IN AREAS & PROJECTS — Areas for the big parts of life: Work, Personal, Health, Travel, Finance, Home — Projects inside each Area, with status, due date and a progress ring — Each project keeps its Tasks, Notes, Events, Files and Links together — Nested folders and tags keep every list tidy — Linked items connect a task to its note, file or event — Re-file in seconds with drag and drop, multi-select and Move to Project TASKS, NOTES & FILES IN ONE PLACE — Tasks with priorities, due dates, subtasks and multiple reminders — Recurring tasks that repeat by due date or by completion date — Rich notes with headings, lists, checklists, quotes and photos — Images and PDFs with thumbnails, a photo gallery and a PDF reader PLAN YOUR DAYS — Calendar with Day, 3-Day, Week and Month views, for all projects or just one — Upcoming: your tasks and events in one list, with search and filters by Project, Area, type and priority — Overdue and No date groups keep late and undated items in view — Home Screen widget shows what's next. Check off tasks without opening the app. — 12-hour or 24-hour time, in the app and the widget PLAN A TRIP — Trip projects come ready with an Itinerary by day, To Do, Packing list, Documents, Places, Links, Photos and Notes — Packing list with one-tap suggestions: documents & money, electronics, toiletries, clothing and more — Turn a shared map link into a Place — Pick a cover photo and watch the countdown to departure KEEP A PRIVATE JOURNAL — Journal projects hold dated entries, written with the same text styles as notes — Backdate an entry to any past day and time — Add a mood (Bright, Good, Steady, Tense or Low) and photos from your camera or library — Keep a day streak, and switch the chart between a 6-month heatmap, a month calendar and 2 weeks of mood bars — Scroll your entries as a timeline, with photos on each card, or search them all — Entries stay on your device, like the rest of your Brainee data — Switch a project between General, Trip and Journal at any time. Nothing is moved or deleted; each type just shows a different view. PRIVATE BY DESIGN — Works offline: your data lives on your device — No account, no ads, no tracking — A few extras, like link previews, trip cover photo search and purchases, need an internet connection — Dark and light mode, haptic feedback, iPhone and iPad — Available in English and Spanish FREE & PREMIUM Brainee is free to start: up to 3 Areas and 5 Projects, with limits on items per project. Premium unlocks unlimited Areas, Projects, tasks, notes, events, folders, links and Inbox items, plus files up to 100 MB and image compression. Subscribe monthly or yearly, or pay once with Lifetime. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. Your brain is for having ideas, not holding them. Let Brainee hold them for you. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://trybrainee.app/privacy

Screenshots

Re4 screens
Brainee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Brainee at 16.4 against Re's 26.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Re sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Brainee sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 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 Re against 5.0 for Brainee. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Re ships an update weekly, Brainee every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Re versus Brainee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReBrainee
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMartin SiptakSerhii Hryn

Customer experience

Re

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Brainee

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Re

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Annual subscription3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$12.99
2 purchases

Brainee

Subscriptions2
  • Brainee Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Brainee Premium Yearly$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Re free?
Re is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brainee free?
Brainee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Re or Brainee?
Re and Brainee are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Re or Brainee have ads?
Neither Re nor Brainee shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Re or Brainee?
Re ships an update weekly, and Brainee every 6 days. Most recently, Re was updated on September 26, 2026 and Brainee on October 7, 2026.

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