Comparison

Brown Note vs Melt Focus

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

Head to head
About

Brown Note

Features
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Brown Note is a free, anonymous peer support app for people with IBS, Crohn's, colitis and other gut conditions. No names, ever. Just people who get it. Stuck in the bathroom and feeling alone? Write a note about what's going on. People who've been there write back. WHAT'S IN IT - Notes: read what people are going through, write back, or tap Been there so they know they're not the only one. - Today: your week at a glance and a short list of things worth doing. Skip a day and nothing happens. No streaks. - A private gut log: how it's going down there, in one tap. Only you ever see it, on your phone or on the web. - How's it going?: add a quick update to your note so the people who wrote back know how it turned out. - Stickers: earn nuggets for logging, writing back and helping. Spend them on silly stickers to give away. Stick them on notes or send one with a thank-you. - Safety: report, hide or block anything. Blocking is silent, and reports are reviewed. HOW IT WORKS 1. Write a note. Anyone on Brown Note can read it and write back, and nobody ever sees who wrote it. 2. Write back to someone else. A sentence is plenty. 3. When a reply helps, tap This helped. It sends them nuggets, and they never learn who you are. Free. Nuggets are never real money. Brown Note is peer support, not medical advice. If you're in crisis, call or text 988 in the US, or your local emergency number.

About

Melt Focus

This app helps individuals with ADHD overcome procrastination and focus on tasks. It offers a unique visual timer and blocks distracting apps, rewarding the act of starting a task, even if it's for a short duration. Progress is tracked through streaks, providing visual proof of consistency.

Highlights
  • App blocking for focus
  • Visual timer with melting bunny
  • One task displayed at a time
  • Streak tracking for consistency
  • Lock screen and Dynamic Island integration
  • No punishment for stopping early
Features
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You don't need more motivation. You need a way to start without it. Melt Focus is the ADHD focus app that works on even the lowest-energy days. ADHD brains get overwhelmed trying to remember everything, then to choose what to do next, and then actually do it. We take all three off your plate. HERE'S HOW IT WORKS With Melt Focus, earn screen time by focusing or doing your work. Apps that distract or steal focus are blocked by default. Focus for as little as 10 minutes. Get rewarded with sunshine to intentionally spend on screen time. Scroll guilt free until the timer runs out. Protect your focus against mindless doomscrolling and get more done. You dump all your tasks into the app. Every single one. Brain dump complete. Working memory gets a break. We show you one frozen task at a time. Just one. No scrolling through a list, no decision fatigue, no paralysis. A cute bunny is trapped in ice, and she's your visual timer. Start a melt focus session, and she starts melting free. That's it. You watch the ice melt. You see time moving. You have proof you're making progress. Even if it doesn't feel like it yet. Plus we protect your dopamine by letting you choose what apps you want to block while focusing. WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT No punishment for stopping early. Most focus apps guilt you into finishing. We don't. If you quit after 3 minutes, your streak still counts. Because for ADHD brains, starting IS the whole battle. We reward the moment you decided to begin. One task at a time. Brains were never meant to hold 47 things at once. So we hold them for you. We pick the next thing. You just do it. A bunny melts instead of a timer ticking. Watching numbers count down is boring. Watching a cute frozen bunny slowly come to life? That hits different. Your brain actually wants to keep going. No willpower required. Block social apps and earn the scroll: instagram, tiktok, and the rest can't pull you out of focus anymore. Built for your worst days, not your best. Other apps work great when you're already motivated. Melt Focus works for the days when getting started feels impossible. That's when you need it most. That's when it works best. **Your session follows you everywhere.** Once you start a melt, the bunny lives on your lock screen and in the Dynamic Island — progress bar, countdown, all of it. No need to reopen the app to remember you're mid-session. Your phone becomes the accountability, not the distraction. _all of the above features require an active subscription_ WHO THIS IS FOR → Students who wait until 2am to start the essay and hate themselves for it → Professionals who stare at their to-do list for 30 minutes then do none of it → Anyone with ADHD who's tired of productivity apps that assume you can "just start" YOUR DAILY STREAK TRACKER Every day you start (even for one minute), it counts. Your Melt History shows daily, weekly, and yearly streaks so you can see the pattern: you're more consistent than you think. Proof that momentum is building, one melt at a time. WHAT PEOPLE SAY AFTER USING IT "I finally stopped dreading my task list." "It's the first app that doesn't make me feel worse about myself." "The bunny is the only reason I started studying today and honestly? It worked." START THE TIMER. FREE THE BUNNY. Your tasks remember themselves. Your streak builds itself. And the only decision you have to make is: do I want to watch some ice melt today? p.s. the answer is always yes lol. _note: melt focus requires an active subscription; no features are available without one_ Download Melt Focus. Start your first melt. Terms of Use: https://legal.meltfocus.com/terms-of-service.html Privacy Policy: https://legal.meltfocus.com/privacy-policy.html

Screenshots

Brown Note4 screens
Melt Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Brown Note at none against Melt Focus's 8. Brown Note also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). Melt Focus's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price 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. Melt Focus sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Brown Note asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brown Note ships an update every 5 weeks, Melt Focus fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Brown Note versus Melt Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrown NoteMelt Focus
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Subscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB55 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAndrew GiffenLimitless Labs LLC

In-app purchases

None

Brown Note

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Melt Focus

Subscriptions8
  • Melt Focus All Access$2.997 Days
  • Melt Focus All Access$5.991 Month
  • Melt Focus All Access$6.997 Days
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  • Melt Focus All Access$9.997 Days
  • Melt Focus All Access3 Months trial$24.993 Months
  • Melt Focus All Access$29.991 Year
  • Melt Focus All Access3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Melt Focus All Access7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Brown Note free?
Brown Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Melt Focus free?
Melt Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Brown Note or Melt Focus have ads?
Neither Brown Note nor Melt Focus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brown Note or Melt Focus?
Brown Note ships an update every 5 weeks, and Melt Focus fortnightly. Most recently, Brown Note was updated on November 5, 2026 and Melt Focus on October 31, 2026.

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