Comparison

Brain Dump Tracker vs Inbox

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

Head to head
About

Brain Dump Tracker

Quickly capture thoughts without any setup. Organize them later with simple sorting and powerful search. Your private thoughts stay on your device, with optional Pro features for deeper insights.

Highlights
  • One-tap thought capture
  • Automatic tag filtering
  • Quick triage and sorting
  • Full-text search
  • Swipe to complete/delete
  • Private, on-device storage
  • Export to JSON/CSV
Features
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Your head is loud. Brain Dump gives it a blank page. Open the app and the cursor is already waiting. Write the thing that's bugging you, press Return, and it's out of your head and saved. No category to pick, no priority to set, no folder to find. Sort it later, or never. HOW IT WORKS Drop it in Write a thought and press Return. It lands in a loose pile at the top, ready for the next one. A burst of ten thoughts takes ten seconds. Sort what's loose When you have a minute, tap Sort. Thoughts come up one at a time, as a stack of slips. One tap files each as an Idea, Task, Note, Inspiration, Question or Random. Flag the urgent ones. Mark what's already done. Undo anything. Finish things Tasks get a checkbox. Swipe to complete or delete, with Undo. Finished thoughts fold away into a quiet "done" line, so the page shows what's still on your mind. Find anything Search as you type. Filter by category, priority or #tag in one tap. Your full history is always there and always searchable. BUILT TO FEEL CALM - Your thoughts are set in a serif typeface, like writing on paper. The app's own controls stay out of the way. - Warm paper in light mode, a soft charcoal desk in dark mode. - A home screen widget puts your latest thoughts a glance away, and one tap puts the cursor on the page. - No streak guilt. The daily reminder is optional and written to be kind. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your thoughts live only on your device. No account, no sync, no one reading over your shoulder. Export everything to JSON or CSV whenever you like, and restore from a backup. FREE, AND GENEROUS Free forever: unlimited capture, all six categories and priorities, tags, pinning, daily reminder, full searchable history and export. BRAIN DUMP PRO Pro is the work the app does for you. - Open loops: questions you never answered and urgent things going stale, surfaced before they rot. - Your patterns: when your head is clearest, what you keep returning to, what you actually finish. - Echoes: the thought you keep having in different words. - On this day: old thoughts come back when they're useful again. - Your week: a short, honest read on what you captured and closed. - Photos on a thought, reminders on individual thoughts, and your own categories. Pro is available monthly, yearly or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed in your Apple ID settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Brain Dump is for the people whose minds run ahead of them: ADHD brains, busy brains, creative brains, anyone who's ever had a great idea and lost it by the time they found a pen. Write it down. Let it go.

About

Inbox

Features
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Your personal inbox for everything worth saving. Inbox is a universal save-for-later app that brings together articles, videos, links, notes, photos, files, tasks, and events — all in one clean, organized space. SAVE ANYTHING Capture content from any app using the Share Extension, save links with one tap from Safari or Chrome, or create notes and tasks right inside the app. Inbox automatically extracts article text, fetches video metadata, and pulls link previews — so everything looks great without extra effort. READ WITHOUT DISTRACTIONS Enjoy a beautiful Reader Mode with customizable themes, fonts, and column widths. Highlight important passages and revisit them anytime in your Highlights feed. STAY ORGANIZED Create Collections to group related content. Add color Tags for quick filtering. Archive what you've finished. Search across everything instantly with full-text search. WORKS OFFLINE Save items even without internet — they sync automatically when you're back online. Read saved articles anywhere, anytime. MAKE IT YOURS • Light, Dark, and System themes • 9 accent colors • List, Grid, and Magazine layouts • English and Russian language support KEY FEATURES • 9 content types: Articles, Videos, Links, Notes, Files, Photos, Stickers, Tasks, Events • Share Extension for saving from any app • Safari and Chrome browser extensions • Reader Mode with 5 themes and 3 fonts • Text highlights and annotations • Full-text search • Collections and color tags • Bulk actions • Import from Pocket and Raindrop.io • Keyboard shortcuts for iPad and Mac • Reading statistics

Screenshots

Brain Dump Tracker4 screens
Inbox3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Inbox at none against Brain Dump Tracker's 3. On price, ads, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Brain Dump Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Inbox asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Brain Dump Tracker versus Inbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrain Dump TrackerInbox
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEgy AdhitamaPavel Voloshin

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Brain Dump Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$49.99
None

Inbox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Brain Dump Tracker free?
Brain Dump Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Inbox free?
Inbox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Brain Dump Tracker or Inbox have ads?
Neither Brain Dump Tracker nor Inbox shows ads.

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