Comparison

Unwind vs BrainPet

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

Head to head
About

Unwind

Track your dog's walks, incidents, and enrichment activities to identify behavioral patterns. Gain insights into what's contributing to your dog's stress or anxiety, allowing you to intervene before issues escalate. Features household sharing and Apple Watch integration.

Highlights
  • Track walks with GPS routes and types
  • Log encounters and dog reactions
  • Record incidents with triggers and severity
  • Monitor enrichment and care activities
  • View weekly summaries and behavioral patterns
  • Household sharing and multi-dog support
  • Apple Watch companion app
Features
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Built for reactive and anxious dogs, and the people working to help them. Your dog communicates through behavior, but patterns across days and weeks are hard to spot on your own. A bad walk, a skipped rest day, a stressful encounter: the signs connect, but not in ways you can see in the moment. Unwind tracks walks, incidents, enrichment, and care in one place, then shows you what's actually building so you can act before problems escalate. What you can track: • Walks with live GPS routes, distance, and a walk type: sniff, typical, or adventure • Encounters during walks: dogs, people, vehicles, and how your dog reacted • Incidents like reactivity, guarding, or fights, with triggers and severity • Enrichment activities: play, training, and calm time • Care events like grooming, meds, and vet visits • Notes, photos, and context What you'll see: • A status card for each dog that says how they're doing today, and stays quiet when things are fine • Weekly summaries connecting walks, behavior, activities, and care • Balance, a weekly view of active days, calm days, and the days an incident broke the pattern • Patterns that only become visible over weeks • Alerts adjusted to each dog's traits, goals, and recent activity What you get: • Household sharing: invite family with a link, and everyone logs to the same dogs • Apple Watch companion: log encounters and control walks from your wrist • Multi-dog support with per-dog trait configuration • Your data follows your account, with offline logging that syncs when you're back • Export everything as CSV to share with your vet, trainer, or behaviorist • No ads Whether you're managing leash reactivity, a recent rescue still settling in, or a multi-dog household, Unwind helps you see what's working.

About

BrainPet

Features
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Your dog is a genius who's bored. BrainPet gives them the cognitive training they deserve — 100+ science-based games, playable in your living room, with everyday objects. A short mental game can tire a dog out as much as a long walk. And you can see it in their mood. WHY BRAINPET? Less mischief, more calm. Mental stimulation is as tiring as physical effort — as a complement to walks or on rainy days. It works. Every game is based on peer-reviewed studies in canine ethology. We cite our sources. We also say what we don't know. Made for you. No equipment to buy. No obedience training. We don't teach you to train your dog — we help you understand them. It's personalised. 1 to 3 games tailored to your dog every day, with unlimited access to the full catalogue. 100+ COGNITIVE GAMES — 6 DOMAINS Scent · Memory · Problem Solving · Social Cognition · Focus · Cognitive Flexibility Each domain is measured, scored and compared to your dog's breed average. A complete cognitive profile, refined with every session. TRACK THEIR PROGRESS Compare scores to their breed. Follow their development over time. Get targeted advice based on their strengths. SCOUT, YOUR CANINE COACH After each session, Scout — our AI — analyses your dog's performance, compares results to their breed and adapts the next day's programme. Ask anything: Scout knows their profile, scores and recent sessions. DISCOVER THEIR PERSONALITY The BrainPet Explorer reveals who your dog really is: optimist or pessimist, left-pawed or right-pawed, jealous or philosophical. Short tests inspired by canine behaviour research — with results that surprise even experienced owners. PREMIUM Unlimited access to all 100+ games Detailed cognitive profile (6-domain radar) Scout, personalised AI coach Unlimited Explorer — all personality tests Unlimited behaviour SOS

Screenshots

Unwind4 screens
BrainPet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Unwind at none against BrainPet's 2. BrainPet's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.1). On price, ads 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. BrainPet sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Unwind asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Unwind ships an update every 2 months, BrainPet daily. The most recent releases landed on July 10, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Unwind versus BrainPet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnwindBrainPet
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.115.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIdentity Mad LLCMorgane Fibicher

In-app purchases

None

Unwind

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

BrainPet

Subscriptions2
  • BrainPet Premium Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • BrainPet Premium Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Unwind free?
Unwind is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BrainPet free?
BrainPet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Unwind or BrainPet have ads?
Neither Unwind nor BrainPet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Unwind or BrainPet?
Unwind ships an update every 2 months, and BrainPet daily. Most recently, Unwind was updated on July 10, 2026 and BrainPet on September 10, 2026.

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