Comparison

Brain.dmp vs Pellet

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Pellet

Organize notes, tasks, and projects using plain markdown files. Features include a live preview editor, wiki-style linking, task management with Kanban boards, and calendar integration. Supports offline use, handwriting, voice notes, and user-controlled syncing.

Highlights
  • Plain markdown notes
  • Live preview editor
  • Wiki-style linking
  • Task management with Kanban
  • Calendar integration
  • Handwriting and voice notes
  • User-controlled sync
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Pellet keeps your notes as plain markdown files in a folder you own. No account, no server, no proprietary format — open the same folder in any other editor and everything is still there. AN EDITOR THAT STAYS OUT OF THE WAY Write in markdown with live preview, wiki-style links between notes, backlinks, tags and full-text search. Your vault is just files, so nothing is trapped behind an export button. A TASK MANAGER THAT LIVES IN YOUR NOTES Tasks are ordinary markdown files with front matter, so a task can be a note and a note can be a task. Due dates, recurrence, subtasks, checklists and kanban boards — all reading from the same folder. CALENDAR ALONGSIDE YOUR WORK See your day next to your notes. Connect Google Calendar or your existing calendar accounts, or work entirely offline with dated notes. CANVAS, HANDWRITING AND VOICE Sketch on an infinite canvas, write by hand with Apple Pencil, and record voice notes. Handwriting and recordings can be turned into searchable text so they join the rest of your vault instead of sitting in a corner. SYNC YOU CONTROL Sync between your devices is end-to-end encrypted and runs through a relay you choose or host yourself. There is no Pellet account and no Pellet server holding your notes. WORKS OFFLINE, ALWAYS Everything works with no network. Nothing is fetched to open a note, and nothing phones home. Pellet reads and writes ordinary markdown, so it fits alongside whatever else you already use.

Screenshots

Brain.dmp4 screens
Pellet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Pellet at 16.4 against Brain.dmp's 26.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Brain.dmp against 5.0 for Pellet. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Brain.dmp versus Pellet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrain.dmpPellet
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDeepen PanchalBuildraai LLC

Customer experience

Brain.dmp

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pellet

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Brain.dmp

No in-app purchases

None

Pellet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Brain.dmp free?
Brain.dmp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pellet free?
Pellet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Brain.dmp or Pellet?
Brain.dmp and Pellet are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Brain.dmp or Pellet have ads?
Neither Brain.dmp nor Pellet shows ads.

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