Numbered vs BrainBuddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Numbered
Streamline ward administration and enhance member ministering with this app. It helps leaders plan meetings, track assignments, and coordinate ward council activities. Members receive timely updates on the Sunday program and ward calendar.
- Plan sacrament meetings
- Track to-dos and assignments
- Coordinate ward council
- Private leader notes
- Calling tracker
- Member contact list
- Ward calendar
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More ministering. Less administering. Numbered is the app for running a ward — built for bishoprics, used by the whole ward. If you serve in a bishopric, you know the load: the Sunday-morning scramble with last minute changes, the to-dos scattered across texts, trying to remember context from your last interview, etc. Numbered pulls everything into one place, so you spend less time on the administrative work and more on the people. LESS WORK, CALMER SUNDAYS • Plan sacrament meeting together — theme, speakers, prayers, hymns — and watch it come together before Sunday instead of during it • Find your next speaker in seconds, sorted by who spoke last with a custom list for those you're considering • Track the to-dos and assignments that come out of ward council, so nothing falls through BETTER COORDINATION ACROSS THE WARD COUNCIL The bishopric and ward council finally share one view — who's assigned to what, who's been asked, what's still open. When the administrative work takes less time, there's more room for the real work: ministering to the members you're called to serve. QUIET TOOLS FOR LEADERS Private notes that stay yours and don't pass to the next person called. A calling tracker for the messy middle before a name is sustained. Interview scheduling against the bishopric's open slots. A map of where members live for planning visits, ministering assignments, or carpooling. FOR THE WHOLE WARD Members get the useful half — no leader tools, no clutter: • This Sunday's program the moment it's published, with a gentle reminder ten minutes before • One ward calendar — activities, youth nights, service projects, schedule changes — that pushes to their phone • A little about everyone: friendly faces and a sentence or two, plus the ward basics a new move-in always has to ask around for WORKS WITH LCR — NEVER A COPY OF IT Numbered imports only contact information, the same way the Member Tools app already lets you share it. No callings, ordinance dates, temple-recommend status, or ministering data — ever. When a calling is sustained, Numbered nudges you to record it in LCR. The official record stays the official record. Numbered is your own contact list and your own notes — never a mirror of the membership record. No Church password, no connection to any Church system. It is an independent app, not affiliated with or endorsed by any church. Spend Sunday with your ward — not your spreadsheets.
BrainBuddy
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BrainBuddy is a quiet tracker for your mind. It logs how you spent your day so you can notice patterns later, without checking in, beeping, or chasing a streak. WHAT YOU CAN TRACK - Focus, deep work, reading, or anything cognitive that you want more of - Distractions or habits you want less of - Rhythms like sleep, walks, or meditation that come and go at their own pace
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Numbered at 15.1 against BrainBuddy's 18.6. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Numbered | BrainBuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Weekly, LLC | Piotr Tyrakowski |
In-app purchases
Numbered
No in-app purchases
BrainBuddy
No in-app purchases









