Comparison

Brain Dump Tracker vs MindWander · Brain Dump

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

MindWander · Brain Dump

Features
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Walking thoughts pile up unread. MindWander catches them mid-walk and shapes them into a to-do, a journal entry, or an essay you can actually ship today. For ADHD adults who think by talking — writers, founders, builders, knowledge workers who walk-and-talk because that's how the thought wants to happen. The bundle nothing else ships: → One-tap capture from your Lock Screen, the Action Button, or your Apple Watch. No "open the app first." Catch the thought before it leaves. → On-device shaping by Apple Intelligence. Your audio never leaves the phone. Transcripts sync via your own private iCloud — never a server we own. → Pick your shape per walk: to-do (verb-led, 1–7 items), essay (title + paragraphs + a pull quote), journal (loose mirroring of your voice). Tweak the instructions — your shape, your words. → ADHD-paced playback. Tappable transcript chunks. A one-line "past-me intent" at the top so you know what the walk was about without re-reading the whole thing. → Sunday recap (optional). What you've been thinking about — your top threads, your own voice. What you avoid: • No subscription. $34.99 once. Lifetime really means lifetime. • No cloud account. No login. No tracking SDK. • No "AI-powered" buzz. The model runs on your iPhone 15 Pro or newer. Older iPhones still capture and read transcripts; on-device shaping needs the newer chip. • Family Sharing on — share with your household at no extra cost. For the AudioPen / Letterly user tired of the subscription: $99/yr → $34.99 once. Same custom prompts. Same multi-shape output. Plus the iOS-native capture surfaces — Lock Screen widget, Action Button binding, Apple Watch standalone. For the Voice Memos user staring at 50 unread recordings: The recording was the easy part. The hard part is the structured thing you'd actually use. That's what we do. — — — Made by Hyojinmo. Solo build, no VC, no growth team. Every email at support@vibeland.app goes to a real person.

Screenshots

Brain Dump Tracker4 screens
MindWander · Brain Dump4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Brain Dump Tracker at every 2 weeks against MindWander · Brain Dump's monthly. Brain Dump Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and MindWander · Brain Dump sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brain Dump Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, MindWander · Brain Dump monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Brain Dump Tracker versus MindWander · Brain Dump: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrain Dump TrackerMindWander · Brain Dump
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEgy AdhitamaSoyeon Noh

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
2 purchases

MindWander · Brain Dump

One-time2
  • MindWander Lifetime$34.99
  • MindWander Founders$49.99

Questions

Is Brain Dump Tracker free?
Brain Dump Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MindWander · Brain Dump free?
MindWander · Brain Dump is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Brain Dump Tracker or MindWander · Brain Dump have ads?
Neither Brain Dump Tracker nor MindWander · Brain Dump shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brain Dump Tracker or MindWander · Brain Dump?
Brain Dump Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, and MindWander · Brain Dump monthly. Most recently, Brain Dump Tracker was updated on October 30, 2026 and MindWander · Brain Dump on November 5, 2026.

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