Comparison

SecondBrain vs Narraloud

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

Head to head
About

SecondBrain

Capture thoughts effortlessly with AI-powered voice notes. This app transcribes, titles, and organizes your spoken ideas into a dynamic knowledge graph. Access your information through summaries, chat, and powerful search.

Highlights
  • AI transcription and titling
  • Automatic organization into a folder tree
  • Voice to schedule event creation
  • Daily morning briefing summaries
  • Chat interface for querying notes
  • 3D brain graph visualization
  • Full-text search
  • Cross-app sharing
Features
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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

About

Narraloud

Listen to any text content, including articles, documents, and books, with natural-sounding voices that run offline and ensure your privacy. Enjoy features like word-by-word highlighting, adjustable playback speed, and a sleep timer for a seamless listening experience.

Highlights
  • On-device natural voice narration
  • Offline listening
  • Privacy-focused, no data upload
  • Supports articles, PDFs, EPUBs, Word docs
  • Word-by-word highlighting
  • Adjustable playback speed
  • Sleep timer
Features
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The article you saved, the contract from work, the book you’re halfway through. Narraloud reads them aloud for free, in natural voices made right on your device. No credits, no word limits, no account, no internet needed. LISTEN TO ANYTHING YOU READ Ebooks. PDFs. Links. Even a picture of the page sitting in front of you. • Paste a link and hear the article or web page read aloud • Share straight from Safari and your other apps • Open PDFs, ebooks, Word documents, and dozens more file types • Scan printed pages with your camera • Paste text from anywhere • Open files from the Files app and your cloud drives NATURAL VOICES. RIGHT ON YOUR DEVICE. Every voice comes from an advanced neural speech model running on your device, so it sounds natural and works offline, on a plane, in a tunnel, anywhere. Dozens of voices in six languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, and Portuguese. With Narraloud Plus, every narrator also has a richer Plus Voice, prepared on your device and ready to play offline. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your reading is personal. Narraloud keeps everything on your device, so your documents are never uploaded to a server just to be spoken aloud. What you read stays yours. NO CREDITS. JUST LISTEN. No minute packs, no word limits, and no meter running while you listen. Press play on a twenty-hour book and hear all of it. FOLLOW ALONG AS YOU LISTEN • Word-by-word highlighting follows the narration • Change the speed anytime • Jump forward or back • Bookmark passages to come back to • Choose a voice that fits what you’re reading • Control playback from the Lock Screen and Control Center • Set a sleep timer and drift off to a chapter MADE FOR MORE WAYS OF READING For some people, listening is convenient. For others, it’s how reading becomes possible. Narraloud has full VoiceOver support, Dynamic Type for the text size you need, and easy-to-read fonts. It’s made for readers with dyslexia or low vision, people who take in information better by ear, and anyone who’d simply rather listen. NARRALOUD PLUS Narraloud reads aloud for free, forever. Plus adds the power tools: • Plus Voices, an even richer version of every narrator • Listening in the background and with the screen locked, while you walk, cook, or commute • Export any document as an audiobook • Complex documents cleaned up for listening • Full voice catalog in VoiceOver • A pronunciation dictionary for names and jargon Plus Voices run on recent iPhones and iPads. Subscription plans include a 7-day free trial. You can also buy Lifetime Plus and own it for good, with every feature we ship next at no extra cost. Press play on your reading list. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://narraloud.com/privacy

Screenshots

SecondBrain4 screens
Narraloud4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SecondBrain at 100% against Narraloud's 40%. SecondBrain also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). Narraloud's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SecondBrain sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and Narraloud sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SecondBrain holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of SecondBrain's written reviews are positive against 40% of Narraloud's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SecondBrain ships an update every 3 days, Narraloud every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SecondBrain versus Narraloud: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecondBrainNarraloud
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better3.8 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings915 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB142 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFederico CesariniArgmax

Customer experience

SecondBrain

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Narraloud

All ratings15 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative26.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

SecondBrain

Subscriptions3
  • SecondBrain Pro$8.991 Month
  • SecondBrain Pro Yearly3 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • SecondBrain Pro Yearly3 Days trial$44.991 Year
4 purchases

Narraloud

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Plus$2.997 Days
  • Monthly Plus7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Yearly Plus7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Plus$79.99

Questions

Is SecondBrain free?
SecondBrain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Narraloud free?
Narraloud is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SecondBrain or Narraloud?
SecondBrain is rated higher. SecondBrain averages 5.0 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Narraloud averages 3.8 from 15 ratings.
Do SecondBrain or Narraloud have ads?
SecondBrain shows ads; Narraloud does not.
Which is updated more often, SecondBrain or Narraloud?
SecondBrain ships an update every 3 days, and Narraloud every 2 weeks. Most recently, SecondBrain was updated on November 7, 2026 and Narraloud on November 10, 2026.

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