Comparison

Braain vs Arcora

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

Head to head
About

Braain

Features
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Braain is the shared brain for your family — an AI-powered space that remembers everything, coordinates everyone, and quietly handles the mental load no one has time for. Tell it once. It remembers forever. A soccer practice. A doctor's appointment. The babysitter's number. The Wi-Fi password. The kids' medication routine. Braain captures it, files it, and surfaces it to the right person at the right moment. WHAT BRAAIN DOES • A shared family calendar with two-way Google Calendar sync • Tasks and reminders, routed to the right person • A searchable home for notes, instructions, and household info • An AI agent that learns how your family runs — and offers to help without being asked • Proactive check-ins ("every Sunday, plan the week ahead") • Voice-first capture — just talk, Braain figures out what to do BUILT FOR HOW FAMILIES ACTUALLY WORK No more "who's picking up the kids?" group chats. No more sticky notes that disappear. No more apps that take three taps to add one thing. Braain is built around a single idea: tell the AI once, and it handles the rest. PRICING Start free. Upgrade when you need more. • Free — your whole family, basic features • Lite — add personal scheduling • Plus — full agent capabilities • Family — everything, for the whole household Built by a small team who got tired of being the family's scheduler-in-chief. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://braain.app/privacy

About

Arcora

Features
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See work and personal plans take shape as colored arcs on an analog clock. Arcora is a visual day planner that helps you understand how your day is planned at a glance. ■ Time blocking on the clock Add meetings, commutes, chores, exercise, study, and breaks directly to the clock. • Each arc shows the planned start, end, and duration, making open time and overlapping plans easier to spot. • You can also review your day in a timeline or browse weekly and monthly calendars. • Choose from more than 100 preset tasks with icons. • Create your own tasks and categories. • Copy a full day of plans to another date. ■ Turn unscheduled ToDos into time Keep tasks without a time in the inbox. • Add notes, priorities, and time estimates, then move each ToDo into your schedule when you are ready to act. • Group tasks inside a plan and use them like a checklist, marking each item complete as you go. • Save repeated sets of tasks as routines and create recurring plans for meetings, morning preparation, exercise, reading, and other habits you want to build. • Optional reminders can notify you before a scheduled plan begins. ■ Review planned time Premium weekly and monthly reports total the time assigned to plans by task and category. They also show how much of that planned time belongs to completed plans. • Use day-end review to decide what is complete and what carries over (Premium). ■ 1–60 minute focus timer For focused work or study, set a single countdown from 1 to 60 minutes. • It keeps the remaining time visible and notifies you when the countdown ends. ■ Widgets and Apple Watch Home Screen widgets show the clock, upcoming plans, and unscheduled tasks, with completion controls for supported items. • StandBy is supported. • A running focus timer appears as a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. • On Apple Watch, view today’s schedule arcs and plan details, use the focus timer, and add a complication. ■ Calendar and iCloud On iPhone and iPad, overlay events from the device calendar and, with Premium, export selected Arcora plans to a calendar you choose. • If you enable iCloud sync, plans, inbox tasks, cards, routines, settings, and other Arcora data sync between devices using the same Apple ID; updates may take time. • Plan data stays on the device and, when sync is enabled, in your iCloud. • Calendar export writes selected plans to the chosen calendar. ■ Make the view yours Choose the clock and display that work for you. • 11 color themes and 6 clock designs. • VoiceOver support. • 12-hour and 24-hour time. • Japanese, Buddhist, and Minguo calendars. ■ For visual planning Arcora may also suit people with ADHD who prefer to see plans and time allocation visually. It is a general-purpose app for organizing work and everyday life. • See plans as arcs on a clock. • Give unscheduled ToDos a time. • Repeat everyday routines. ■ Privacy No account registration is required, and there are no ads. • For purchase management and related analytics, Arcora sends an anonymous app identifier, basic device and OS information, and purchase information to RevenueCat. ■ Choose from three Premium plans Premium includes: • Unlimited custom tasks and routines, all themes and clock designs, colored tags, image notes, planned-time reports, day-end review, and calendar export. Arcora is free to use. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time purchase for Premium. Legal By using Arcora, you agree to Apple’s Standard End User License Agreement (EULA) and the Arcora Terms of Use. Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Arcora Terms of Use: https://uh-creations.com/products/arcora/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://uh-creations.com/products/arcora/privacy.html

Screenshots

Braain4 screens
Arcora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Braain at 15.1 against Arcora's 17.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Braain sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Arcora sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 4 level
Braain versus Arcora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBraainArcora
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperALEXANDER THOMAS BROWNBILLuh-creations

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Braain

Subscriptions3
  • Braain Lite Plan$9.991 Month
  • Braain+ Plan$19.991 Month
  • Braain Family Plan$29.991 Month
3 purchases

Arcora

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$89.99

Questions

Is Braain free?
Braain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Arcora free?
Arcora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Braain or Arcora have ads?
Neither Braain nor Arcora shows ads.

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