Comparison

SecondBrain Pro vs Second Brain

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

Head to head
About

SecondBrain Pro

Features
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Your Personal AI-Augmented Memory SecondBrain helps you capture, organize, and recall your thoughts, ideas, and learnings using voice-first capture and AI-powered search. INSTANT VOICE CAPTURE • Tap to record, automatic transcription • Works on iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad • Background recording for long thoughts • Premium Neural TTS for voice playback AI-POWERED RECALL • Natural language search: "What did I learn about React last week?" • On-device AI chat with your memory context • Temporal queries: "yesterday", "last month", "last summer" • Smart tagging and categorization CHOOSE YOUR STORAGE FREE - Local Only • Store memories on your device • Voice capture with standard TTS • On-device AI chat (10 memory context) • Perfect for getting started STANDARD - CHF 7.99 (One-Time) • Everything in Free + • iCloud Sync across all your Apple devices • Premium Neural TTS voices • Expanded AI context (50 memories) • Export to JSON/Markdown • iPhone ↔ iPad ↔ Watch ↔ Mac sync PREMIUM - CHF 17.99 (One-Time) • Everything in Standard + • Custom CloudFlare Worker backend • AI Auto-Correction of voice input • AI Summarization of search results • Quality Boosting for better relevance • GDPR compliant, EU servers PRIVACY-FIRST • No account required (Free & Standard tiers) • On-device AI processing (iOS 26+ Apple Intelligence) • Optional bring-your-own-backend (Premium) • End-to-end encrypted sync (iCloud) • You own your data, always KEY FEATURES • Voice recognition in multiple languages • Real-time transcription overlay • Memory types: Note, Task, Learning, Decision, Discovery • Tag-based organization • Temporal search ("today", "last week", "last year") • Export your data anytime • Dark mode support • Apple Watch companion app PRICING • FREE: 100 local memories • STANDARD: CHF 7.99 (iCloud Sync, unlimited) • PREMIUM: CHF 17.99 (CloudFlare AI, unlimited)

About

Second Brain

This AI-powered journal captures your thoughts via voice or text, automatically organizing and connecting them. It helps you recall memories, discover patterns, and reflect on your growth.

Highlights
  • AI classification, tagging, and summarization
  • Semantic search by meaning
  • Three-layer memory system
  • People cards for relationship tracking
  • Weekly AI reflections
  • Voice input with transcription
  • Data export (JSON + Markdown)
Features
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Most notes get written once and never read again. Second Brain reads them for you. Write a line whenever something is on your mind, and once a week it tells you what your week was really about. You don't need to keep a diary or a streak. One line a day is enough. YOUR WEEK, READ BACK TO YOU The weekly insight covers what took up your attention, what changed since last week, and one concrete thing to try. Every insight shows the notes it came from, so you can check it against what you actually wrote. Your first weekly insight is free. Once a month you get a longer read on where the month went. After your first five notes there's also a first impression of you, and it fills in as you keep writing. CAPTURE Type, or press and hold to speak. Share text, links or images from other apps, or pick screenshots and the text in them is read on your phone. Each note gets a title and tags automatically, so there's nothing to file. ASK YOUR PAST Explore searches by meaning, not only keywords. Ask "What did I decide about the move?" or "What did Anna say last time?" and get an answer built from your own notes. PEOPLE Keep a card for the people in your life: what they said, what you did together, what to bring up next time. Before you meet someone, a reminder shows your open to-dos and what you talked about last time. REMINDERS AND WIDGETS Write "dentist next Friday at 3pm" and it becomes a reminder and a checklist item. There are widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen, and the checklist can run as a Live Activity. PRIVACY Your notes are stored on your device. There's no account to create and no server of mine in between. To title, tag and reflect on your notes, their text is sent to a cloud AI service. If your iPhone supports Apple Intelligence, you can turn on On-Device AI and new notes are handled on the phone instead; Explore and reflections still use the cloud. Every AI result is labeled "On device" or "Cloud AI", so you can see which is which. iCloud sync is optional and uses your own iCloud account. You can export everything as JSON or Markdown at any time, for free. FREE AND PRO Free: 5 notes a day, daily reflections, your first weekly insight, and export. Pro: unlimited notes, weekly insights and monthly reads, 20 Explore questions a day, up to 30 screenshot imports a day, unlimited people, the memory graph and life themes, iCloud sync, and the Rainbow Aurora theme. Pro is a monthly or yearly subscription. The yearly plan comes with a 7-day free trial, the monthly plan with 3 days. Payment is charged to your Apple ID and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Second Brain is made by one person, Lemon. Terms of Use: https://smartkiitos.com/secondbrain/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://smartkiitos.com/secondbrain/privacy/

Screenshots

SecondBrain Pro4 screens
Second Brain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Second Brain at every 9 days against SecondBrain Pro's every 2 months. 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. SecondBrain Pro sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Second Brain sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SecondBrain Pro ships an update every 2 months, Second Brain every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 10, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SecondBrain Pro versus Second Brain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecondBrain ProSecond Brain
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHeinrich KruppLiwei Xie

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SecondBrain Pro

One-time2
  • Standard$7.99
  • SecondBrain PREMIUM$17.99
2 purchases

Second Brain

Subscriptions2
  • Second Brain Pro3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Second Brain Pro7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is SecondBrain Pro free?
SecondBrain Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Second Brain free?
Second Brain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SecondBrain Pro or Second Brain have ads?
Neither SecondBrain Pro nor Second Brain shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SecondBrain Pro or Second Brain?
SecondBrain Pro ships an update every 2 months, and Second Brain every 9 days. Most recently, SecondBrain Pro was updated on October 10, 2026 and Second Brain on October 10, 2026.

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