Comparison

Magpie vs BrainFeed

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

Head to head
About

Magpie

Capture fleeting thoughts and ideas from any source, including voice notes and shared links. Your captured content is automatically organized and accessible within your writing tools, like Claude, when you need it most. Own your notes as plain text files, ensuring they are always yours.

Highlights
  • Capture voice notes
  • Save text thoughts
  • Share and transcribe links
  • Integrates with writing tools
  • Organizes ideas automatically
  • Plain text file ownership
Features
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Stop losing your best ideas. That spark while scrolling TikTok. The shower thought. The perfect phrasing from a Claude conversation. Something from a podcast you meant to remember. By the time you sit down to write, it's gone. Magpie gives your ideas a place to land. CAPTURE FROM ANYWHERE - Voice notes on the go - Quick text thoughts - Share links (TikToks, YouTube, podcasts, articles) and Magpie transcribes them READY IN CLAUDE WHEN YOU WRITE Your notes aren't trapped in this app. When you open Claude on your computer, your ideas are already there. Working in Cowork? Already loaded. You just talk to Claude like normal and it knows what you've been thinking about. BUILT FOR WRITERS WHO THINK EVERYWHERE Writing a Substack or blog on the side? Ideas hit all day in all the wrong places. Magpie captures them and organizes everything automatically. Zero setup. When you finally sit down to write, everything's waiting. YOUR NOTES, YOUR CONTROL Everything stored as plain text files you own. Not locked in any app. Yours forever. HOW IT WORKS Capture → Store → Write. Save an idea today. Three months from now, ask Claude "what have I been thinking about productivity?" or "show me what I saved last week" and it knows. PERFECT FOR - Writers who think faster than they can type - Anyone whose best ideas happen mid-Claude - Substackers, bloggers, creators who need their ideas to show up when they write Free to start. 25 notes a month. Upgrade for unlimited notes and video transcription. Visit mymagpie.app for tutorials. Terms of Use: https://www.mymagpie.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.mymagpie.app/privacy

About

BrainFeed

This app helps you reclaim wasted time spent on mindless scrolling by transforming content into concise, digestible cards. It enhances information retention by making learning accessible during spare moments, ensuring your time is dedicated to what truly matters.

Highlights
  • Personalized content curation
  • Transforms content into concise cards
  • Enhances information retention
  • Utilizes spare time effectively
  • Goal-oriented content consumption
Features
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We constantly strive to boost our productivity, but hours of our spare time are often wasted on mindless scrolling every day. BrainFeed addresses this issue by allowing you to repurpose your spare time by curating a personalized feed. Set a goal or send it an article, video, or anything that piques your interest, and it transforms into concise cards that are easy to consume but can delve into as much depth as you desire. Unlike mindless scrolling, which leads to forgetfulness, BrainFeed actively enhances retention of the information you learn. By making it accessible during those precious spare minutes that would otherwise be wasted, BrainFeed ensures that your time is dedicated to what truly matters.

Screenshots

Magpie4 screens
BrainFeed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BrainFeed at none against Magpie's 1. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Magpie sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per month. BrainFeed asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Magpie against 5.0 for BrainFeed. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Magpie versus BrainFeed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMagpieBrainFeed
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRebecca SpitzerArnav Lohiya

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Magpie

Subscriptions1
  • Magpie Unlimited$7.991 Month
None

BrainFeed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Magpie free?
Magpie is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BrainFeed free?
BrainFeed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Magpie or BrainFeed?
Magpie and BrainFeed are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Magpie or BrainFeed have ads?
Neither Magpie nor BrainFeed shows ads.

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