Comparison

MoreBrainSpace vs Tethers

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

Head to head
About

MoreBrainSpace

This app offers a non-linear memory system designed for individuals who think in multiple directions simultaneously. It allows users to capture and connect ideas, tasks, notes, and people without a rigid filing system, facilitating better thinking, learning, and creation.

Highlights
  • Non-linear memory system
  • Connects tasks, notes, people, projects
  • Capture ideas instantly
  • No filing system required
  • Facilitates learning and creation
Features
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Memory is the foundation of everything you do — thinking, learning, creating, executing. A poor memory holds you back across all of it. A good memory elevates all of it. MoreBrainSpace gives you a perfect memory. Most tools are designed for linear thinkers — one thought, one thread at a time. MoreBrainSpace is built for people who have three ideas at once, whose notes belong in three places at once, whose best thinking happens in every direction at once. Anything can connect to anything — a task, a note, a person, a project. No filing system. Just write and make connections the way you think. The problem was never your way of thinking. It was capturing thoughts — and getting them where they belong. That's what you can do with MoreBrainSpace.

About

Tethers

Features
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Tethers is a calm, private relationship tracker for the people who matter most. Made for iPhone and iPad, Tethers adapts continuously across full screen, split screen, and rotation while keeping your private atlas focused and readable. Life moves fast. Months pass before you realize you haven't called your college roommate, caught up with your mentor, or checked in on a friend going through something hard. Tethers helps you stay ahead of that drift, not with pressure, but with a gentle nudge at the right moment. Organize by closeness Put people into tiers — Inner Circle, Close, Regular, or whatever makes sense to you. Each tier has its own check-in rhythm. When it's been too long, you'll know. Gentle nudges, not guilt No streaks. No scores. No shame. Just a quiet daily reminder when someone could use a “hey, thinking of you.” You set the pace, one nudge a day or five, whenever feels right. Log the ways you actually connect A quick call. A long catch-up in person. A birthday text. Tethers tracks how you connect — calls, texts, in-person visits, or anything else — so the picture of your relationships stays accurate over time. Birthdays, remembered Add birthdays and Tethers will quietly surface them before the day arrives, so you're never sending a late message again. Message ideas, on your terms Tethers writes and checks message ideas on your device. On supported iOS 27 devices, optional Private Deep Read can send only one selected relationship’s redacted notes and check-in context to Apple Private Cloud Compute when you explicitly request it. Tethers contact fields, photos, birthdays, tags, other relationships, your writing profile, final drafting, and message sending stay on your device. Your existing drafts remain available if you decline, cancel, lose the connection, or reach Apple’s daily allowance. Relationship insights See how your year looked: total check-ins, who you reached out to most, connection patterns by type, and which relationships might need a little more attention. Honest, useful, never judgmental. Your data, and only yours Tethers stores relationship data on your device, with optional private iCloud sync through your Apple account. No Tethers account. No third-party analytics, advertising, or tracking. Private Deep Read is optional and request-only. Apple says PCC request data is used only to fulfill the request and is not stored after the response. Tethers isn't about optimizing your social life. It's about not losing the people you care about to the noise of everyday life.

Screenshots

MoreBrainSpace4 screens
Tethers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: MoreBrainSpace at 4 against Tethers's 2. MoreBrainSpace also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MoreBrainSpace ships an update every 10 days, Tethers weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
MoreBrainSpace versus Tethers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoreBrainSpaceTethers
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB14 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperTIMOTHY SEAN OPHELANJORGE AGUIRRE

In-app purchases

None

MoreBrainSpace

No in-app purchases

None

Tethers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MoreBrainSpace free?
MoreBrainSpace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tethers free?
Tethers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MoreBrainSpace or Tethers have ads?
Neither MoreBrainSpace nor Tethers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MoreBrainSpace or Tethers?
MoreBrainSpace ships an update every 10 days, and Tethers weekly. Most recently, MoreBrainSpace was updated on October 31, 2026 and Tethers on October 25, 2026.

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