SecondBrain vs StrideFlow AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SecondBrain
This app automatically transcribes, titles, and files your spoken thoughts, creating a self-organizing note system. It can convert voice notes into calendar events, provide daily summaries, and allow you to chat with your saved information.
- Automatic transcription and titling
- AI-powered self-organizing notes
- Voice to calendar event creation
- Daily morning briefing summaries
- Chat with your notes for answers
- 3D brain graph visualization
- Full-text search
- Cross-app sharing
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Most of what you hear, think and plan today is gone by tomorrow. Speak your mind. SecondBrain writes it down, gives it a title, and files it for you. No folders to manage. No typing. Just talk, and your thoughts organize themselves. The AI note app for people who think out loud. WHY SECONDBRAIN • Capture in seconds: speak, type, or share a thought and it is saved instantly • Zero organizing: AI transcribes, titles, and files every note into a self-building folder tree • Voice to schedule: say "dentist Tuesday 4pm" and it creates real events in Calendar and Reminders • Morning briefing: wake up to a daily summary of your day and what matters • Ask your brain: chat with your notes and get answers from everything you have saved • Brain graph: explore your ideas as a living 3D map of connected notes • Search everything: full-text search finds any note in an instant • Share from anywhere: send text, links, images, or audio from any app into SecondBrain • 20+ languages: speak in your language and get replies in your language BUILT FOR BUSY MINDS Founder juggling clients, student capturing lectures, or just someone with too many thoughts to hold? SecondBrain is the frictionless place to put them all. Brain-dump on the go and let the AI do the filing. WORKS WHERE YOU DO Your notes sync to the web at app.secondbrain.icu. Pro users can connect SecondBrain as memory for AI assistants through the MCP connector. SECONDBRAIN PRO Go unlimited: unlimited notes, unlimited AI capture and answers, plus the AI assistant connector. Start with a free trial, then subscribe yearly or monthly. Cancel anytime. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://secondbrain.icu/privacy
StrideFlow AI
This app helps you create realistic weekly plans by integrating your existing calendar and commitments. It allows you to set goals and find time to make progress without overplanning, adapting to life's changes.
- Build weekly plans around your real calendar
- Connect Apple Calendar for commitment awareness
- Prioritize chosen goals
- Rearrange week when life changes
- Review suggested changes before saving
- Create goal-supporting lists
- Protect privacy with calendar detail selection
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StrideFlow helps you turn goals into realistic weekly plans around the life you already have. Most planners start with empty time. StrideFlow starts with reality: your calendar, your commitments, your energy, and the goals you want to move forward. Set your goals, connect your Apple Calendar, and let StrideFlow help you find realistic time to make progress without overplanning. Whether you are training for a marathon, building a better routine, growing at work, learning a new skill, or trying to stay consistent, StrideFlow helps you build a plan that can survive a real week. StrideFlow is free to download. Full access requires a subscription after the 7-day free trial. With a StrideFlow subscription, you can: • Build weekly plans around your real calendar • Connect Apple Calendar to avoid busy blocks and fixed commitments • Choose the goals StrideFlow should prioritize • Ask StrideFlow to rearrange your week when life changes • Review every suggested change before saving • Create lists that support your goals • Protect your privacy by choosing what calendar details StrideFlow can see • Keep fixed events fixed and move flexible sessions when needed StrideFlow is built for people with ambition and obligations. People who want to make progress, but also have work, family, energy dips, errands, appointments, and weeks that do not go perfectly. Instead of giving you another perfect plan that falls apart, StrideFlow helps you build a realistic one. Plan around your real life. Make steady progress. Adjust when the week changes. Full access requires a subscription after the 7-day free trial. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://strideflow.ai/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SecondBrain at every 3 days against StrideFlow AI's weekly. SecondBrain also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. SecondBrain sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and StrideFlow AI sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SecondBrain against 5.0 for StrideFlow AI. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively.
SecondBrain ships an update every 3 days, StrideFlow AI weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SecondBrain | StrideFlow AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Federico Cesarini | Sory Diarra |
Customer experience
SecondBrain
StrideFlow AI
In-app purchases
SecondBrain
- SecondBrain Pro$8.991 Month
- SecondBrain Pro Yearly3 Days trial$34.991 Year
- SecondBrain Pro Yearly3 Days trial$44.991 Year
StrideFlow AI
- StrideFlow Monthly$3.991 Month
- StrideFlow Monthly$5.991 Month
- StrideFlow Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
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- StrideFlow Annual$39.991 Year
- StrideFlow Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year








