Neuro vs Alongside
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Neuro
This app helps neurodivergent individuals build habits and focus with a shame-free approach. It offers flexible habit tracking, structured focus sessions with live body doubling, and a dopamine menu for quick resets. An AI coach provides gentle guidance and insights, with privacy-focused features and optional premium upgrades.
- Habits without shame
- Flexible habit tracking
- Structured focus sessions
- Live body doubling
- Dopamine menu resets
- ADHD-aware AI coach
- Accountability circles
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Flow with your brain, not against it. Neuro-Flow is a habit tracker, focus timer, and dopamine menu built specifically for ADHD and neurodivergent brains. No shame, no guilt trips — just routines that work the way your attention actually works. HABITS WITHOUT SHAME • Track daily habits with streaks and gentle reminders that invite you back instead of punishing a missed day • Flexible habits bend instead of break — life happens, your streak survives • Ready-made habit packs give you a running start instead of a blank page DEEP FOCUS SESSIONS • Structured focus sessions sized for ADHD attention spans, with warm-up and wind-down phases • Live body doubling: see who in your circle is working alongside you in real time — presence only, no audio or video • Lock-screen Live Activities keep your session visible without unlocking your phone THE DOPAMINE MENU • A curated menu of two-to-ten-minute resets — one tap breaks a stuck loop and gets you moving again • Learns which resets actually lift your focus, by time of day and context AN ADHD-AWARE AI COACH • A gentle morning briefing and daily insights tuned to your wake time and your real patterns • Runs entirely on-device by default; Premium members can opt into the smarter Neuro-Flow cloud coach • Encouragement, never guilt — and never medical advice ACCOUNTABILITY CIRCLES • Invite-only circles share habit streaks with people you trust — never your journal, notes, or health data • No feeds, no followers, no strangers STATS THAT SHOW PATTERNS • Streak history, completion trends, most-consistent-day insights, and focus-time charts reveal what actually works for you VOICE JOURNAL • Capture thoughts out loud the moment they arrive — transcription happens on your device by default PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • Everything runs on your device or in your own private iCloud • Every off-device feature is opt-in and stays off until you enable it • Health data (sleep, steps, resting heart rate) stays on your device — never uploaded, not even to iCloud • No ads, no tracking, no data brokers — ever ALSO INCLUDES Home-screen and lock-screen widgets, an Apple Watch app, a full iPad layout with sidebar navigation, and a read-only web dashboard for Premium members FREE AND PREMIUM The core experience — habits, focus sessions, the dopamine menu, and the on-device coach — is free, always. Neuro-Flow Premium unlocks the cloud coach, advanced statistics, and the web dashboard, as a monthly or annual subscription (with a free trial) or a one-time lifetime purchase. Neuro-Flow is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, or provide medical advice for ADHD or any other condition. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://neuro-flow.app/privacy.html
Alongside
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Alongside is a virtual body double for focus. When starting a task feels impossible, Bud-e, a friendly little ASCII buddy, sits down and works alongside you, so you're not doing it alone. Pick something to do, set how long (or just say "work with me"), and go. Bud-e keeps the time and cheers you on now and then. Bud-e is quiet company that helps you start and keep going. Body doubling is a simple trick, useful for those with ADHD and everyone else too. Having someone there makes hard-to-start tasks easier. Alongside puts that in your pocket, any time you need it. FREE • Focus sessions with Bud-e for work, chores, and exercise • A gentle timer and encouragement • Level up your buddy as you focus, and earn awards for showing up ALONGSIDE PRO (one-time purchase) • Plan your day with goals • Focus history and stats • Live Activity on your Lock Screen • iCloud sync across your devices • The full set of activities — coding, studying, reading, homework, winding down, and more Alongside works fully offline and never asks for an account. Your data stays on your device (and, if you turn on iCloud sync, in your own private iCloud). Meet Bud-e. Let's get it done, together.
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Verdict
Neuro and Alongside are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neuro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Alongside sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Neuro | Alongside |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Omnia Data Analytics LLC | Vincent Pavlish |
In-app purchases
Neuro
- Neuro-Flow Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- Neuro-Flow Premium Annual$39.991 Year
- Neuro-Flow Premium Lifetime$99.99
Alongside
- Alongside Pro$4.99









