Second Brain vs DashboardToday
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Second Brain
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Second Brain is your offline-first personal knowledge management app. Capture every idea, note, and insight โ and never lose a thought again. No ads. No tracking. No account required. Your data stays on your device. FEATURES: โข Rich Notes โ Write with Markdown support, add images, link notes together โข Collections โ Organize notes into collections with icons and colors โข Tags โ Tag anything for instant filtering โข Daily Notes โ One note per day, automatically created โข Goals โ Track personal goals with milestones and progress โข Book Notes โ Capture key takeaways from books you read โข Quotes โ Save your favorite quotes โข Knowledge Graph โ See how your ideas connect visually โข Bi-directional Links โ Link notes and see backlinks automatically โข Full-Text Search โ Find anything instantly โข Favorites & Archive โ Star important notes, archive the rest โข Quick Capture โ Capture thoughts from the home screen widget โข Face ID / Touch ID โ Lock your app for privacy โข iCloud Backup โ Optional, off by default โข Export โ PDF, CSV, Markdown โข 15 Languages โ English, Turkish, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Russian PRIVACY FIRST: Second Brain collects zero data. No analytics, no tracking SDKs, no servers. Everything lives on your device. PREMIUM (one-time purchase): Unlock unlimited notes, collections, Knowledge Graph, exports, Face ID, and home screen widgets with a single lifetime purchase.
DashboardToday
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What if your whole day fitted on a single page? DashboardToday brings together the essentials of your day at a glance: the date and the weather, your appointments and reminders, your notes, your habits and even your photo of the day. No more juggling ten apps โ it's all here, clear and elegant. YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE - The date, the time and the weather where you are - Your appointments, from your Apple and Google calendars - Your reminders, with urgent tasks always on top - Tick reminders off right inside the app - A notes area, by keyboard or with the Apple Pencil - A space to draw - Your photo of the day WIDGETS ON YOUR HOME SCREEN - How many appointments you have today - How many reminders are still waiting - How far along your habits are Free, and without even opening the app. KEEP THE MEMORY OF YOUR DAYS - A complete history, day after day - Habit tracking with a weekly goal - A weekly summary you can export as a PDF A REAL MAC APP, NOT A BLOWN-UP IPHONE APP Native on iPhone, iPad and Mac, with iCloud sync. One purchase unlocks everything, everywhere. Available in English, French and Spanish. YOUR DATA IS YOURS No account to create, no data collected. No ads, no trackers, no usage analytics. Your content stays on your device and, if you turn it on, in your own iCloud โ I have no access to it. Only the weather queries a third party, Open-Meteo, with an approximate location and no identifier. FREE AND PRO The essentials are free: today's page, the weather, your calendar, your reminders, notes, drawing, photo and the widgets. DashboardToday Pro, a one-time โฌ9.99 purchase that lasts for life, adds the full history, unlimited habits and the weekly PDF summary. Never a subscription. Simple, beautiful, distraction-free: DashboardToday helps you start every day on the right foot.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DashboardToday at fortnightly against Second Brain's every 3 months. Second Brain's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Second Brain sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and DashboardToday sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Second Brain ships an update every 3 months, DashboardToday fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Second Brain | DashboardToday |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Selahattin Bozat | Charles De ribas |
In-app purchases
Second Brain
- Second Brain Premium$9.99
DashboardToday
- DashboardToday Pro$8.99
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