Comparison

Befoor vs Thought Relay

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

Head to head
About

Befoor

Features
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Befoor reads the calendars you choose and rings a real alarm before each meeting, so you're never caught off guard. - Real alarms: Befoor uses the same system alarms as the Clock app, so they ring even when your iPhone is on silent or in a Focus, and even if Befoor isn't open. - Three alerts per meeting: 15, 7 and 1 minute before by default. Change any of them. - Snooze or stop right from the alarm. Stop skips that meeting's remaining alerts. - A countdown to your next meeting in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen. - Choose from a set of pleasant alarm sounds. - Ignore meetings by keyword (like "lunch"), skip weekends, and pick which calendars to watch. - Keeps up with your calendar automatically. - Use it on iPhone, iPad and Mac, with one device set as the main device. On Mac, Befoor uses notifications instead of alarms. Optionally, Befoor can also track your 1:1 meetings: notes, follow-ups, long-term notes and reminders for each person, synced through iCloud. Requires iOS 26.

About

Thought Relay

Features
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Catch the thought before it disappears. Thought Relay is a fast, focused notebook for ideas that arrive in the middle of everything else. FREE CORE, UNCHANGED โ€ข Capture, edit, search, pin, share, and delete notes โ€ข Organize with Inbox, Next, Ideas, Words, and Life channels โ€ข See live word count โ€ข Work without an account OPTIONAL iPHONE FEATURES A separate one-time purchase adds voice capture, the original audio kept with the note, on-device transcription when the device supports it, per-note locking with Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode, and live character count. If on-device transcription is unavailable, Thought Relay still saves the recording and note. OPTIONAL APPLE WATCH FEATURES A separate one-time purchase adds spoken capture from your wrist, Quick Checklists that stay in step with the paired iPhone, recent-note glance, and a Speak a thought complication. Buy the Watch features from Thought Relay on the paired iPhone, then open the Watch app. A Watch recording stays queued until the iPhone confirms the note was saved. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Thought Relay has no account, ads, analytics, or tracking. Notes, recordings, transcripts, checklists, and the local purchase-funnel event log are not uploaded to Myworkingmemory. Watch content travels only between the paired Apple devices using WatchConnectivity. Locked note contents never go to Watch. Thought Relay is a general-purpose notes app. It is not a medical product and does not diagnose, treat, or manage ADHD or any other condition. Terms | https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/thought-relay-terms.html Privacy | https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/thought-relay-privacy.html

Screenshots

Befoor4 screens
Thought Relay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Befoor at every 6 days against Thought Relay's monthly. Thought Relay's advantage is device support (5 vs 3) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Befoor ships an update every 6 days, Thought Relay monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Befoor versus Thought Relay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBefoorThought Relay
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days โ€” betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro โ€” better
Requires iOS26.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size15 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJiro FeingoldMyworkingmemory LLC

In-app purchases

None

Befoor

No in-app purchases

None

Thought Relay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Befoor free?
Befoor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thought Relay free?
Thought Relay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Befoor or Thought Relay have ads?
Neither Befoor nor Thought Relay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Befoor or Thought Relay?
Befoor ships an update every 6 days, and Thought Relay monthly. Most recently, Befoor was updated on October 12, 2026 and Thought Relay on October 7, 2026.

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