Comparison

brainmate by Brain M8 vs Triquid Notes

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

Head to head
About

brainmate by Brain M8

This AI-powered productivity tool acts as your second brain, remembering key details about people, companies, and projects. It helps you stay organized with smart reminders and a daily pulse check, all while keeping your data secure and accessible.

Highlights
  • AI-powered note-taking and organization
  • Daily pulse for attention management
  • Plain markdown notes with interlinking
  • Follow-through reminders
  • Secure data storage and export
Features
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Your AI second brain for business. brainmate remembers the people, companies, and projects you tell it about — and asks about the things you haven't mentioned lately. Talk to it like a colleague. It files what matters into an organized workspace of notes you can browse, search, and export anytime. No prompt engineering, no setup, no learning curve. WHAT IT DOES - Chat that captures: mention a person, a deal, a deadline — brainmate writes it down in the right place and confirms what it saved. - Daily Pulse: a short check-in that surfaces what needs attention — stale relationships, open loops, questions worth answering. - A real workspace: every note is plain markdown with links between people, companies, and projects. Browse it, search it, export the whole thing whenever you want. - Reminders that follow through: ask for a nudge and it shows up — completing it updates your notes too. BUILT FOR BUSINESS OWNERS No dashboards to configure. No fields to fill in. You talk; it organizes. It's the assistant that actually remembers last month. YOUR DATA, YOURS Notes are stored securely and belong to you. AI features run only with your consent and can be turned off in Settings. Export everything, anytime. brainmate Solo is $29.99/month after a 2-week free trial. Cancel anytime. Already subscribed on the web? Sign in — no second purchase needed. Terms of Service: https://brainm8.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://brainm8.ai/privacy

About

Triquid Notes

Features
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Triquid Notes is a calm, native home for your Trilium notes on iPhone, iPhone Duo, iPad and Mac. Connect your own TriliumNext server, or start on this device and connect a server later; your notes come along. APPLE INTELLIGENCE, ON YOUR DEVICE • Summarize any note, even PDFs and photos, in your own language • Find the to-dos hidden in a note and put them on top as a checklist • Suggest a title, and get label suggestions as you write • Apple's Writing Tools right in the editor • See related notes under every note • The app's own helpers run on your device: your notes are not sent anywhere for them CAPTURE ANYTHING, FAST • Quick notes from anywhere in the app • Scan documents into PDFs with searchable text • Copy a link and clip the whole article into a note • Share PDFs, images and links from any app into a notebook WORKS OFFLINE • Read and write without a connection • Changes sync with your server when you are back ORGANIZED YOUR WAY • Your full note tree, with Trilium's colors, icons and clones • Drag notebooks into your own order, or drop a note on a notebook to move it • Favorites, recent notes, Today and a to-do list of notes with open checkboxes • A home screen beside the menu on iPad and Mac, in the order you choose FOUND IN A MOMENT • Full-text search across every note • Find notes from Spotlight RICH NOTES • Text, code, Markdown, images, files, canvas, mind maps, calendars, Kanban boards and more • Attachments from Photos and Files; previews for PDF, Office and EPUB files AT HOME ON IPHONE DUO • Unfolded, the menu keeps a third of the screen and the note the rest • Half open like a book, menu and note each get a page • Fold it shut and the same note carries on, on the cover display MADE TO FEEL LIKE YOURS • Accent colors, fonts and dark mode • Liquid Glass design on iPhone, iPhone Duo, iPad and Mac • Text that follows your system text size • Settings that sync through iCloud, multiple servers and Face ID for protected notes IN YOUR LANGUAGE • Available in all 24 official languages of the European Union • And in Simplified and Traditional Chinese Triquid Notes requires a self-hosted TriliumNext server (v0.95 or later) to sync. Triquid Notes is an independent app and is not affiliated with the Trilium or TriliumNext projects.

Screenshots

brainmate by Brain M84 screens
Triquid Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: brainmate by Brain M8 at none against Triquid Notes's 1. brainmate by Brain M8 also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Triquid Notes's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Triquid Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. brainmate by Brain M8 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

brainmate by Brain M8 ships an update every 8 days, Triquid Notes every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
brainmate by Brain M8 versus Triquid Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterbrainmate by Brain M8Triquid Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrain M8 LLCJustin Meyer

In-app purchases

None

brainmate by Brain M8

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Triquid Notes

One-time1
  • Triquid Notes Pro$3.99

Questions

Is brainmate by Brain M8 free?
brainmate by Brain M8 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Triquid Notes free?
Triquid Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do brainmate by Brain M8 or Triquid Notes have ads?
Neither brainmate by Brain M8 nor Triquid Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, brainmate by Brain M8 or Triquid Notes?
brainmate by Brain M8 ships an update every 8 days, and Triquid Notes every 3 days. Most recently, brainmate by Brain M8 was updated on October 31, 2026 and Triquid Notes on November 2, 2026.

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