Comparison

Brain Dump Tracker vs Link Bucket

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 full. This gets things out of it. Brain Dump is built on one idea: capturing a thought should cost nothing. No folders to choose, no category to pick, no form to fill in. Open the app, type the thing, done. Structure comes later — or never, if you don't need it. CAPTURE IN ONE TAP The capture bar sits at the top of the screen, always ready. Type a thought and it's saved. Add #tags as you write and they become filters automatically. SORT IT LATER, IN SECONDS Thoughts you capture quickly land in Triage. One tap files each one as an idea, task, note, question or inspiration. A week's backlog clears in under a minute. FIND ANYTHING Full-text search across everything you've written, including answers and tags. Filter by status, sort by date or priority, pin what matters to the top. SWIPE TO CLEAR Swipe right to complete, left to delete — with undo, so a mistake costs you nothing. Long-press for edit, duplicate, share and pin. YOURS, AND ONLY YOURS Everything stays on your device. No account, no sign-in, no cloud sync of your private thoughts. Export the whole lot to JSON or CSV any time, and restore it just as easily. — BRAIN DUMP PRO — Free covers capture completely. Pro is for what the app can work out from what you've written: ECHOES The thought you've had five times without noticing. Brain Dump spots thoughts you've written more than once, even in different words, and shows you how long you've been circling. OPEN LOOPS Questions you asked yourself and never answered. Urgent things quietly going stale. Surfaced before they rot. YOUR PATTERNS When your head is clearest, what you keep returning to, how long things take you to finish — and whether marking something urgent actually makes you do it faster. WEEKLY REVIEW Your week in fifteen seconds: what you captured, what you closed, what's still open, and one thing worth a look. ON THIS DAY Old thoughts come back when they're useful again, instead of when you go digging. Plus photo attachments, per-thought reminders, and custom categories. — WHAT STAYS FREE, FOREVER — • Unlimited capture • All six categories and priorities • Your full history, always searchable • Tags, pinning and daily reminders • Export everything, any time We don't lock you out of your own writing. Pro buys you what the app does for you, never access to what you wrote. Pro is available monthly or yearly with a free trial. Cancel any time.

About

Link Bucket

Features
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Save links from any app, find them in seconds, and keep them in sync on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Private folders, no ads, no tracking. Link Bucket is one place for everything you want to come back to: articles, videos, recipes, tools, products and research. Tap Share in Safari or any other app, and the link is saved with its title, icon and preview image. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE • Save from the Share menu in Safari, YouTube, Reddit, Messages and any other app • Paste a link straight from the clipboard • On iPad, drag a link from Safari right into Link Bucket • Add a note so you remember why you saved it ORGANIZE YOUR WAY • Sort links into folders • Mark the links that matter as bookmarks • Drag and drop links between folders • Move many links at once with a searchable folder picker FIND IT AGAIN • Search titles, notes and web addresses at once • Rich previews show what each link is at a glance • Open links in the built-in browser without leaving the app PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Lock private folders with Face ID or your passcode • Links in private folders stay out of search and other lists • No account, no ads, no tracking. Your links sync through your own iCloud, and we collect no data. ALSO ON YOUR MAC • iCloud sync keeps your iPhone, iPad and Mac up to date • One app for iPhone, iPad and Mac • Share any link as a QR code SAFE AND RECOVERABLE • Deleted links stay in Recently Deleted for 30 days • Export backups and restore them at any time, including from iCloud Drive Great for read-later lists, research, shopping ideas, recipes, design inspiration and work resources.

Screenshots

Brain Dump Tracker4 screens
Link Bucket4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Link Bucket at none against Brain Dump Tracker's 3. Brain Dump Tracker's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). 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. Brain Dump Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Link Bucket asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brain Dump Tracker ships an update every 2 months, Link Bucket every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Brain Dump Tracker versus Link Bucket: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrain Dump TrackerLink Bucket
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB7 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperEgy AdhitamaGentlemen's s.r.o.

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

Link Bucket

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Brain Dump Tracker free?
Brain Dump Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Link Bucket free?
Link Bucket is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Brain Dump Tracker or Link Bucket have ads?
Neither Brain Dump Tracker nor Link Bucket shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brain Dump Tracker or Link Bucket?
Brain Dump Tracker ships an update every 2 months, and Link Bucket every 4 months. Most recently, Brain Dump Tracker was updated on October 4, 2026 and Link Bucket on October 15, 2026.

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