Comparison

Brainee vs xLife

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

Head to head
About

Brainee

This app acts as a central hub for all your information, combining notes, tasks, and events. Organize your life with projects, areas, and custom tags, all accessible offline with a clean, intuitive interface. It's designed to help you capture everything and focus on what matters.

Highlights
  • Capture notes, tasks, events, files, and links
  • Organize with projects, areas, and custom tags
  • Plan with deadlines, priorities, and checklists
  • Fully offline functionality
  • Fast local search
  • Distraction-free interface
Features
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Brainee is a second brain that works offline, with no account. Brain dump tasks, notes, events, files and links into one life organizer, sorted into Areas and Projects. No sign-up, no ads, no tracking. Open the app and start capturing. You get the structure of a big workspace app without having to build a system first. Plan a trip or keep a private journal with ready-made project types. BRAIN DUMP NOW, SORT IT LATER — Toss anything into the Inbox and move it to a project when you're ready — Share links, photos and PDFs from any app straight to a project, folder or the Inbox — Long-press the app icon to take a photo, add a task, write a note or create an event — Saved links get a preview card with title and image ORGANIZE YOUR LIFE IN AREAS & PROJECTS — Areas for the big parts of life: Work, Personal, Health, Travel, Finance, Home — Projects inside each Area, with status, due date and a progress ring — Each project keeps its Tasks, Notes, Events, Files and Links together — Nested folders and tags keep every list tidy — Linked items connect a task to its note, file or event — Re-file in seconds with drag and drop, multi-select and Move to Project TASKS, NOTES & FILES IN ONE PLACE — Tasks with priorities, due dates, subtasks and multiple reminders — Recurring tasks that repeat by due date or by completion date — Rich notes with headings, lists, checklists, quotes and photos — Images and PDFs with thumbnails, a photo gallery and a PDF reader PLAN YOUR DAYS — Calendar with Day, 3-Day, Week and Month views, for all projects or just one — Upcoming: your tasks and events in one list, with search and filters by Project, Area, type and priority — Overdue and No date groups keep late and undated items in view — Home Screen widget shows what's next. Check off tasks without opening the app. — 12-hour or 24-hour time, in the app and the widget PLAN A TRIP — Trip projects come ready with an Itinerary by day, To Do, Packing list, Documents, Places, Links, Photos and Notes — Packing list with one-tap suggestions: documents & money, electronics, toiletries, clothing and more — Turn a shared map link into a Place — Pick a cover photo and watch the countdown to departure KEEP A PRIVATE JOURNAL — Journal projects hold dated entries, written with the same text styles as notes — Backdate an entry to any past day and time — Add a mood (Bright, Good, Steady, Tense or Low) and photos from your camera or library — Keep a day streak, and switch the chart between a 6-month heatmap, a month calendar and 2 weeks of mood bars — Scroll your entries as a timeline, with photos on each card, or search them all — Entries stay on your device, like the rest of your Brainee data — Switch a project between General, Trip and Journal at any time. Nothing is moved or deleted; each type just shows a different view. PRIVATE BY DESIGN — Works offline: your data lives on your device — No account, no ads, no tracking — A few extras, like link previews, trip cover photo search and purchases, need an internet connection — Dark and light mode, haptic feedback, iPhone and iPad — Available in English and Spanish FREE & PREMIUM Brainee is free to start: up to 3 Areas and 5 Projects, with limits on items per project. Premium unlocks unlimited Areas, Projects, tasks, notes, events, folders, links and Inbox items, plus files up to 100 MB and image compression. Subscribe monthly or yearly, or pay once with Lifetime. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. Your brain is for having ideas, not holding them. Let Brainee hold them for you. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://trybrainee.app/privacy

About

xLife

Features
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xLife brings a daily piece of wisdom to your iPhone Home Screen, with no tapping, scrolling, or distractions. Just one thoughtful piece of advice, ready for you every morning. Choose from 8 curated collections covering life, philosophy, stoicism, mindfulness, productivity, ADHD, and more. You can also create your own custom lists with quotes, reminders, affirmations, or anything else that matters to you. Each widget cycles through its selected list daily in a shuffled order, with no repeats until every item has been shown. Personalize every detail with 10 hand-picked themes, 40 fonts, solid or gradient backgrounds, and custom color options. Create multiple widgets, each with its own list, theme, and visual style. What’s included: * 8 built-in advice collections, including Life, Stoic Daily, Mindfulness, Productivity, ADHD, Did Rumi Say So, and more * Create and edit your own custom lists * Import lists from Google Sheets or plain text * 10 preset themes and 40 font choices * Small and medium widget sizes * Swipe to skip to the next piece of advice * No account, no subscription, no ads * Everything stays on your device

Screenshots

Brainee4 screens
xLife4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: xLife at none against Brainee's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Brainee sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. xLife asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Brainee versus xLife: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBraineexLife
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSerhii HrynK2 Labs

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Brainee

Subscriptions2
  • Brainee Premium Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Brainee Premium Yearly3 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$49.99
None

xLife

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Brainee free?
Brainee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is xLife free?
xLife is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Brainee or xLife have ads?
Neither Brainee nor xLife shows ads.

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