Comparison

BrainRest vs DashboardToday

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

Head to head
About

BrainRest

Features
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The brain you end the day with is not the one you woke up with. BrainRest turns your screen time into something you can actually feel. Your Brain Level climbs from 1 to 10 as the hours pile up โ€” Fresh, Chill, Meh, Tired, Struggling, Fading, Cooked, Fried, Melting, Dead โ€” and a Brain Buddy sits on your home screen looking exactly as cooked as you do. Then it helps you bring the number back down. BrainRest requires a subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase. There is no free tier and no free version โ€” every feature described below, including app blocking, Focus Mode and the Bedtime Schedule, needs a paid plan. The annual plan starts with a 7-day free trial. SEE WHERE THE HOURS GO โ€ข Daily and weekly screen time, broken down app by app โ€ข Tap any app for its own hourly chart and week-over-week trend โ€ข A calendar of every tracked day, so streaks and slides are obvious โ€ข Your Brain Level, recalculated as you use your phone BLOCK WHAT KEEPS PULLING YOU BACK โ€ข App limits โ€” set a daily cap and get shielded when you hit it โ€ข Focus Mode โ€” one tap, distractions locked, with an auto turn-off time โ€ข Bedtime Schedule โ€” your phone goes quiet at night and wakes when you do โ€ข Shields you can't swipe past by accident WIDGETS THAT NAG, GENTLY Seven home-screen widgets: Brain Buddy, the Daily Goal ring, Top Apps, and Pulse in single, stacked and wide layouts. The number you're avoiding, right where you keep looking. YOUR USAGE STAYS ON YOUR PHONE Screen time and per-app usage are read from your device and never leave it. There is no cloud copy of your usage and nothing about your habits is sold. Your account exists to keep your settings and goals, nothing more. WHY IT WORKS Most screen time apps show you a chart and hope you feel bad. BrainRest gives the number a face and a consequence, then puts the block one tap away โ€” at the exact moment you would have opened the app anyway. The average person spends over four hours a day on their phone. That is roughly sixty days a year. BrainRest is the plan to take some of it back. PRICING A paid plan is required to use BrainRest. Nothing is sold separately and no feature costs extra โ€” every plan includes everything described above. โ€ข Monthly โ€” $9.00 per month โ€ข Annual โ€” $69.00 per year, starting with a 7-day free trial โ€ข Lifetime โ€” $199.00, a one-time purchase that never renews Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the period. Manage your plan or turn off auto-renew in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. โ€”โ€” Terms of Use: https://brainrest.pro/terms Privacy Policy: https://brainrest.pro/privacy

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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 โ‚ฌ9.99 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.

Screenshots

BrainRest4 screens
DashboardToday4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BrainRest at none against DashboardToday's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. DashboardToday sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BrainRest asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BrainRest ships an update every 10 days, DashboardToday fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
BrainRest versus DashboardToday: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrainRestDashboardToday
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 days โ€” betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size79 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNguyen Thanh ThienCharles De ribas

In-app purchases

None

BrainRest

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

DashboardToday

One-time1
  • DashboardToday Pro$8.99

Questions

Is BrainRest free?
BrainRest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DashboardToday free?
DashboardToday is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BrainRest or DashboardToday have ads?
Neither BrainRest nor DashboardToday shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BrainRest or DashboardToday?
BrainRest ships an update every 10 days, and DashboardToday fortnightly. Most recently, BrainRest was updated on September 25, 2026 and DashboardToday on October 6, 2026.

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