Comparison

Cerebro vs Stashwise

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

Head to head
About

Cerebro

This AI-powered thought journal helps you capture ideas and resurfaces forgotten thoughts with context. It automatically extracts to-dos and uses semantic search to find entries based on meaning, not just keywords. Designed for those who struggle with organization, it removes friction by letting AI handle the sorting.

Highlights
  • AI-powered thought processing
  • Automatic to-do extraction
  • Semantic search for ideas
  • Resurfaces forgotten thoughts
  • Frictionless writing experience
  • No folders or manual organization
Features
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Your thoughts deserve better than a folder. Cerebro is an AI-powered thought journal that remembers so you don't have to. Open the app, write what's on your mind, and close it. That's it. Cerebro handles the rest: organizing your thoughts, extracting action items, and bringing forgotten ideas back at the right moment. How it works: - Open the app to a blank editor. Write freely in markdown. - AI silently processes every entry. No chatbot, no conversation. - Todos are extracted automatically from your natural writing. - A living memory document evolves with your thinking over time. - Push notifications resurface forgotten thoughts with context like "You mentioned wanting to learn Rust a week ago. Any progress?" Semantic search that actually works. Type "that creative project idea" and find an entry about building a camera app, even if those exact words never appeared. Cerebro understands meaning, not just keywords. Built for the forgetful. If you've tried journaling apps and abandoned them because organizing felt like a chore, Cerebro is different. There are no folders, no tags, no categories. You write. The AI organizes. Thoughts come back when they matter. Perfect for ADHD minds. Cerebro was built by someone who forgets things. The entire design removes friction: no onboarding, no setup, no maintenance. Just a blinking cursor ready for your next thought. What Cerebro is not: - Not a notes app. You don't organize anything. - Not a chatbot. The AI works silently behind the scenes. - Not a productivity system. It's a thought persistence layer. Start your free trial today. Your best ideas are worth remembering. Terms of Use: https://cerebro.henrypl.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://cerebro.henrypl.com/privacy

About

Stashwise

This app helps you organize and leverage your saved content, like articles and videos, by automatically extracting key information. It then allows your AI tools to access and utilize this structured knowledge base, creating a personalized and searchable wiki.

Highlights
  • AI-powered knowledge extraction
  • Connect AI tools to personal data
  • Searchable personal wiki
  • Create structured learning guides
  • Analyze video content
  • Export to Markdown/Obsidian
Features
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Stashwise is the second brain your AI can actually use. You already collect the good stuff: articles, videos, posts, ideas, tutorials, research, tools. But it piles up, disappears into folders, and goes missing the moment you need it. Worse, none of it is available to the AI tools you work in every day. Stashwise fixes both. Save a link, video, or note, and it pulls out the useful parts for you: summaries, key takeaways, topics, connections, and learning paths. Everything you keep becomes a structured, searchable personal wiki. Then it goes further than a notes app ever could. Connect your AI tools, and they can read and search everything you have saved, right inside your own workflow. You choose what goes in, so your assistant is grounded in sources you actually trust instead of whatever the open web returns. You are building the knowledge, and putting your AI to work on it. Collect what matters. Your AI uses it anywhere you want. - What you can do: - Give your AI your knowledge Connect Stashwise to your AI tools so they can draw on your saved library while you work, grounded in what you collected, not random web results. - Search your own collection Ask questions and get answers from the things you saved, not the open web. - Chat with your saves Understand articles, compare ideas, pull out details, and make sense of a messy collection. - Create Learn Guides Turn saved material into structured learning paths built from resources you already found interesting. - Analyze videos Save supported videos and clips so they become searchable, summarized, and easy to revisit. - Build a personal wiki automatically Stashwise extracts topics, summaries, and relationships without making you tag everything by hand. - Catch relevant trends See emerging topics that connect back to your saved knowledge, so new ideas are easier to place. - Own your knowledge Your wiki is never locked in. Export to Markdown or Obsidian, keep a local backup, or bring your saved context into your own workflows. Your notes, your wiki, and your AI should all be able to use the knowledge you already collected. - Who it is for Stashwise is for builders, students, researchers, creators, and curious people who save more than they can process. If your bookmarks, notes, and watch lists are a pile you meant to come back to, Stashwise turns that pile into knowledge you and your AI can actually use. Collect the knowledge. Put your AI to work on it. Grow a brain you own. Terms of Use (EULA): https://stashwise.co/terms Privacy Policy: https://stashwise.co/privacy

Screenshots

Cerebro4 screens
Stashwise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Stashwise at every 3 days against Cerebro's every 3 weeks. Stashwise also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). 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. Cerebro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Stashwise sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cerebro ships an update every 3 weeks, Stashwise every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Cerebro versus Stashwise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCerebroStashwise
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB106 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHenry PL, LLCScott Lai

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Cerebro

Subscriptions2
  • Cerebro Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Cerebro Pro3 Days trial$79.991 Year
4 purchases

Stashwise

Subscriptions4
  • Stashwise Plus Monthly$19.991 Month
  • stashwise_pro_monthly$24.991 Month
  • stashwise_plus_yearly$199.991 Year
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  • stashwise_pro_yearly$249.991 Year

Questions

Is Cerebro free?
Cerebro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stashwise free?
Stashwise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cerebro or Stashwise?
Cerebro and Stashwise are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Cerebro or Stashwise have ads?
Neither Cerebro nor Stashwise shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cerebro or Stashwise?
Cerebro ships an update every 3 weeks, and Stashwise every 3 days. Most recently, Cerebro was updated on October 25, 2026 and Stashwise on October 21, 2026.

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