Brain Dump Express vs Seed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Brain Dump Express
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Braindump turns your voice into action instantly. Speak your thoughts and watch them transform into clear, organised action points in real time. Whether you're in a meeting, on a walk, or capturing a sudden idea, Braindump makes sure nothing important slips away. LIVE TRANSCRIPTION Braindump listens as you speak and transcribes every word in real time. No delays, no waiting โ your words appear on screen the moment you say them. AI-POWERED ACTION POINTS Once you stop speaking, our AI instantly analyses your transcription and converts it into clean, structured action points. Turn a 5-minute voice note into a focused to-do list in seconds. SHARE VIA EMAIL & SMS Send your action points directly to anyone in your contacts list. Add multiple email addresses and phone numbers, select who to send to, and hit share โ all without leaving the app. TO-DO LIST Not ready to send yet? Save your transcription to your personal to-do list and come back to it whenever you're ready. Your ideas stay safe until you need them. HISTORY Every transcription you share is automatically saved to your history. Review past notes, resend them, or use them as reference โ your braindumps are always there when you need them. DARK & LIGHT MODE Braindump looks great in both dark and light mode. It adapts automatically to your system preference or switch manually to suit your environment. PERFECT FOR: โข Professionals capturing meeting notes on the go โข Students turning lecture notes into study action points โข Entrepreneurs logging ideas before they disappear โข Anyone who thinks faster than they can type Stop letting great ideas go to waste. Braindump them.
Seed
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Say it before it slips away. An idea on a walk, a sentence for your next draft, something you want to think through: say it on iPhone or Apple Watch, then carry on. Seed brings your spoken notes together in Timeline, organized by day and time. Read today, return to yesterday, or scroll back through a week of ideas without opening every recording. Come back when you have room to think. Search for a thought, highlight a passage, strike it through, or turn selected paragraphs into checklists or bulleted lists without deleting the recording. With Apple Intelligence available and turned on, a compatible iPhone makes a cleaner reading version, organizes spoken lists into bullets or checklists, and gives new recordings a short title. Your original transcript and audio stay available from each timestamp and in Recordings. Play at 1ร, 1.25ร, 1.5ร or 2ร while the text follows along. New installs keep a seven-day Timeline by default; change Auto-delete to keep notes longer or forever. Deleted notes remain recoverable for 30 days. Start with Siri, Shortcuts or a supported Action button too. Watch sends recordings to iPhone in the background. Add names and how they sound to Vocabulary so reading versions use your preferred spelling. Choose Apple Speech or download Parakeet once to transcribe on your iPhone. Downloads pause when you leave Seed and resume when you return. Choose whether to remove filler words from reading versions. Seed is free, with no account or subscription. Audio transcription stays on your iPhone, and we collect no data. Reading versions run on your device by default. Eligible iOS 27 devices can use Apple Private Cloud Compute for the reading version and title; Apple applies its own usage limits. An optional webhook sends original transcripts to your own tools.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Seed at none against Brain Dump Express's shown. Seed also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days). Brain Dump Express's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.2). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Brain Dump Express ships an update every 9 days, Seed every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brain Dump Express | Seed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 4 days โ better |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 โ better | 26.2 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kate Langford | Donado Labs |
In-app purchases
Brain Dump Express
No in-app purchases
Seed
No in-app purchases









