Befoor vs Thought Relay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Befoor
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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.
Thought Relay
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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 โข Capture, edit, search, pin, share, and delete notes โข Organize with Inbox, Next, Ideas, Words, and Life channels โข See live word count โข 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
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Verdict
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.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Befoor ships an update every 6 days, Thought Relay monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Befoor | Thought Relay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days โ better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro โ better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jiro Feingold | Myworkingmemory LLC |
In-app purchases
Befoor
No in-app purchases
Thought Relay
No in-app purchases
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