Dailyosity vs BrainRetain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dailyosity
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Dailyosity delivers a fresh daily knowledge digest straight to your phone every morning — nine curated pieces from trusted open sources like Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikimedia Commons, and NASA, each with audio narration so you can learn while you commute, cook, or relax. Every day brings something new: a Word of the Day, a Foreign Word of the Day, a Quote of the Day, a Featured Article, historical events from On This Day, stunning pictures from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, a video or audio clip from Media of the Day, and NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day. Each piece takes under a minute to read or listen to. WHAT YOU GET FOR FREE All 9 content types delivered fresh every day Audio narration for every piece of content Auto-narrate mode — listen hands-free like a podcast Daily quiz with 9 questions and full explanations 81 badges across Bronze, Silver, and Gold tiers Knowledge Map tracking XP across categories Mastery levels from Novice to Expert Leaderboards — compete daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly Streak tracking and daily challenges Dark mode and full accessibility support GO PREMIUM — START WITH A 7-DAY FREE TRIAL Save Favorites — bookmark and revisit content you love Full archive access — browse up to 365 days of past digests Recall Mode — spaced repetition to retain what you learn Weekly Wrap — Monday progress reports with activity trends Stats and activity heatmap Custom leaderboard username — stand out on the rankings Monthly gift card prizes — top performers win real rewards $6.99/month or $49.99/year after your free trial Cancel anytime HOW IT WORKS Open the app each morning to find your daily digest. Scroll through beautifully designed cards, tap Listen to hear narration, then take the daily quiz to reinforce what you learned. Answer fast to earn bonus XP and climb the leaderboards. Track your progress on the Knowledge Map as you level up from Novice to Expert across categories, earn 81 badges as you build your daily learning streak, and compete for monthly gift card prizes. All content is sourced from Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikimedia Commons, and NASA under Creative Commons and public domain licensing. Terms of Service: https://dailyosity.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://dailyosity.com/privacy-policy
BrainRetain
This app helps you retain information from videos, podcasts, and articles using spaced repetition. Share content, and it will extract key ideas, quizzing you over time to ensure long-term memory. It supports various platforms and aims to make online learning stick.
- Spaced repetition learning
- Content sharing from various apps
- Extracts key ideas from content
- Personalized recall algorithm
- Supports videos, podcasts, articles
- Long-term memory retention
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You'll spend years of your waking life on this content anyway, so you might as well retain the ideas you take in! Most of them vanish within days. BrainRetain fixes that with spaced repetition, the memory method med students use to hold thousands of facts for years. Whenever you see something you want to remember for the long term, share it with BrainRetain, and our algorithm forces your nervous system into remembering it. What you learn online finally stays. It uses the same method about 68.3% of US med students use to remember thousands of facts: spaced repetition. IT ACTUALLY WORKS: • 317 published experiments confirm spaced repetition beats cramming information for long-term recall (Cepeda et al., Psychological Bulletin 2006). • About 68% of US medical students use spaced repetition (Halperin et al., J Med Educ Curric Dev 2024). • Week-later recall jumps from 36% to 80% when you swap re-reading for being quizzed (Karpicke & Roediger, Science 2008). HOW YOU USE IT: • You see content that you want to remember for the long run. • Share a video, podcast, article, screenshot, or your own notes from any of the supported apps. • BrainRetain pulls out the key ideas in minutes. • Rate how difficult each idea was to remember. • Our algorithm shows you the ideas in a pattern that forces them to become long-term memory. WORKS WITH: • YouTube, TikTok, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Medium, Substack, news sites, and any text you can paste. PRIVACY: • https://brainretain.app/privacy BrainRetain Pro is an auto-renewable subscription. Your subscription auto-renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. You can manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Dailyosity at 3 against BrainRetain's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Dailyosity sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and BrainRetain sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Dailyosity | BrainRetain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wesley LeMahieu | Bering Digital Group LLC |
In-app purchases
Dailyosity
- Dailyosity Premium Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Dailyosity Premium Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
BrainRetain
- BrainRetain Pro$4.997 Days
- BrainRetain Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- BrainRetain Pro - Annual$79.991 Year







