Comparison

Quiet Almanac vs Brindle

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

Head to head
About

Quiet Almanac

This app helps you record your daily habits, important dates, and one-time appointments in a peaceful, distraction-free environment. Track your progress, get timely reminders, and review past events in an organized archive.

Highlights
  • Daily habit tracking
  • Important date reminders
  • One-time appointment logging
  • Event archiving
  • Lock screen widget
  • Progress statistics
Features
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Quiet Almanac is a personal life recorder — for the rhythms you keep and the moments that matter. Track your daily habits, mark important dates, and log one-time appointments. Everything in one calm, distraction-free space. Daily habits — Check off the things you do every day, every week, every two weeks, or on the last day of every month. Quiet Almanac handles the irregular months automatically. See your progress in Stats. Important dates — Never forget a birthday or anniversary. Quiet Almanac reminds you every year, automatically. Appointments & one-time tasks — Add a reminder, complete it, and it moves to your Archive — with a record of whether it happened. Archive — Every one-time task lives here after it's done. Add notes, look back, remember. Lock screen widget — See today's tasks without unlocking your phone. No ads. No subscriptions. No noise.

About

Brindle

Features
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Too many things in your head? You don't have to organize them all now. Write or say them in Brindle, choose one task, and start with a small step. No account needed. FROM A THOUGHT TO SOMETHING DONE - Capture a messy list, a quick thought or a spoken reminder before it slips away. - Find your next task in Now, Soon and Later. Move something to tomorrow when today is full. - Start a short visual focus timer and keep the countdown on your Lock Screen with a Live Activity. - Set reminders, including daily, weekly or monthly repeats. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets keep your next task in view; Home Screen action buttons open Brindle to finish the action. - See what you finished in Progress, away from your task list. Return to saved tasks without setting up your day again. START FREE. ADD PRO WHEN IT HELPS. Capture, reminders and the focus timer are free. Keep up to 8 active tasks at a time; completing or deleting one opens a slot. There is no account to create. Brindle Pro adds tools for following through: get suggested task breakdowns, organize custom projects, use routines and Energy Mode, review your week, and see patterns in your completed work. Pro also includes color themes and unlimited active tasks. Choose a monthly subscription, a yearly subscription or a one-time Pro unlock. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled in your Apple Account settings. Eligible new subscribers can try the yearly plan free for 7 days; your available offer and the price after the trial are shown before you confirm. The one-time unlock has no subscription renewal. YOUR TASK CONTENT STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE Task text, notes and photos are stored locally. You can export your data or delete it in the app. Anonymous usage analytics and purchase services are described in the privacy policy. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Additional Terms: https://techy.eus/tinywins/terms Privacy Policy: https://techy.eus/tinywins/privacy Brindle is a productivity tool. It does not provide medical advice and is not a substitute for professional ADHD treatment.

Screenshots

Quiet Almanac4 screens
Brindle4 screens

Verdict

The call

Quiet Almanac and Brindle are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Quiet Almanac sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Brindle sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Quiet Almanac versus Brindle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuiet AlmanacBrindle
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerxuan liuAdrian Garcia

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Quiet Almanac

One-time1
  • Unlock Stats$0.99
2 purchases

Brindle

Subscriptions2
  • Tiny Wins Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Tiny Wins Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Quiet Almanac free?
Quiet Almanac is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brindle free?
Brindle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Quiet Almanac or Brindle have ads?
Neither Quiet Almanac nor Brindle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quiet Almanac or Brindle?
Quiet Almanac ships an update fortnightly, and Brindle fortnightly. Most recently, Quiet Almanac was updated on October 18, 2026 and Brindle on October 16, 2026.

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