Brain.dmp vs Nook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brain.dmp
Quickly capture thoughts via voice or text, with live transcription and rich note-taking features. Organize with projects, tags, and wikilinks. Offers on-device AI for summarization and organization, with private iCloud sync and collaboration.
- Voice notes with live transcription
- Rich markdown editor
- Group notes into projects
- Tags and wikilinks
- On-device Apple Intelligence
- Private iCloud sync
- Collaborative note sharing
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brain.dmp is your second brain — the fastest way to capture any thought on iPhone, by voice or by typing. Tap once and talk. brain.dmp transcribes your voice live and keeps the recording, so nothing slips away. Or type a rich note with checklists, headings, and inline photos. Everything stays in sync across your devices through your private iCloud — and you can share a note with anyone to write it together. CAPTURE • Voice notes with live transcription — plus scrubbable audio playback • Rich markdown editor: headings, lists, tappable checklists, photos & video • Share links from any app straight into a note ORGANIZE • Group notes into colorful projects • #tags and [[wikilinks]] with automatic backlinks • Fast search across everything; pin, color, and sort INTELLIGENT • On-device Apple Intelligence: summarize, suggest a title, clean up transcripts, label speakers • Runs on your phone — nothing sent to a third-party AI service SYNC & SHARE • Private iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad • Share a note and collaborate — edits sync both ways • Home Screen widgets for All Notes or a specific project PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Lock notes behind Face ID • Reminders, a 30-day Recently Deleted, and one-tap backup/export • Your notes live on your device and in your own iCloud — never on our servers, never sold, never used for ads Capture it before it's gone. Dump your brain.
Nook
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Nook is an RSS reader for people who would rather choose what they read. Add a feed, or paste a website and let Nook find the feed for you. Your subscriptions, what you have read, and what you have starred live on your device. There is no account to create, and nothing about your reading is sent anywhere. A READER THAT GETS OUT OF THE WAY Articles render natively, with real typography rather than a web page squeezed into a phone. Headings, quotes, code, tables, nested lists, images, and video all keep their structure. Set the font, size, line height, letter spacing, and colours, and switch any single feed to a full-page reader or the original site when its own layout is worth keeping. WORKS WITHOUT A NETWORK Nook is offline-first, not offline-capable. It launches, lists, and reads with no connection. Choose the articles to keep for later and decide when they expire. SYNC WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT Point Nook at a folder in iCloud Drive, Dropbox, or anywhere else that syncs files, and your feeds, read state, stars, categories, and folders follow you between devices. The folder service moves the files; Nook merges them, per device, so two devices changed at once do not overwrite each other. No server of ours is involved, because there isn't one. TRANSLATION, ON YOUR TERMS Translate a full article or just the titles in a list. Apple Intelligence runs on the device and costs nothing. Gemini is opt-in and uses an API key you provide, kept in this device's Keychain and never placed in the sync folder. ORGANISE IT HOWEVER YOU THINK Folders for feeds, colour-coded categories for articles, keyword rules, and text filters that collect what you would rather not see instead of deleting it. Optionally let Apple Intelligence or Gemini sort new articles by subject. QUIET BY DEFAULT No advertising, no tracking, no analytics, and no engagement mechanics. Badges and new-article notifications start off, and Nook asks for permission only after you turn one on — never at launch. PUBLISHING (BETA, INVITATION ONLY) Nook can also publish what you write. Articles are stored as records in an AT Protocol repository that belongs to you, and served as a web page with a real feed others can subscribe to. You can export every record and delete it at any time, including while publishing is suspended. This part of Nook is in beta and needs an invitation; everything above works without one.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Nook at 18.0 against Brain.dmp's 26.0. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Brain.dmp | Nook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Deepen Panchal | KANG SEUNGHYUN |
In-app purchases
Brain.dmp
No in-app purchases
Nook
No in-app purchases









