Befoor vs Thought Relay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Befoor
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This app will read the calendars you specify and alert you before the meeting happens. Customizable pleasant sounds and haptics inform you of the meeting coming up, reminding you several times (and with a more insistent alert at the time of the meeting). Fully customizable timings, sounds, haptics. Allow you to see keywords to ignore certain meetings (like "lunch"). You can also skip notifications on the weekends. The app will periodically recheck your calendar to keep up to date. Note app needs to be not force quit to play an audio alert. You can have the app running on your phone and mac (one set to main the other secondary) Optionally the app also allows you to track 1:1 meetings, take notes, follow ups, etc.
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 β’ Capture, edit, search, pin, share, and delete notes β’ Organize with Inbox, Next, Ideas, Words, and Life channels β’ See live word count β’ 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). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
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 September 22, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Befoor | Thought Relay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days β better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro β better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details β 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





