Comparison

Brain vs PineOS

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

Head to head
About

Brain

This app offers a private audio practice designed to cultivate positive self-talk and transform beneficial thoughts into consistent actions. It features guided conversations and affirmation loops to aid in sleep and daytime use, with options for personalization and local storage of all your data.

Highlights
  • Two-voice conversation practice
  • Overnight affirmation loops
  • Customizable voice packs
  • Record your own phrases
  • Private journal for goal tracking
  • Local data storage
Features
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Brain Shift trains your mind with looping audio affirmations built for breaking bad habits like quitting smoking or vaping, and starting good habits like getting yourself to the gym, managing stress, and building confidence, impulse control, receiving and giving love. Pick from 20+ voices or record your own phrases in your own voice. No account required - start right away, sign in only if you want to. Everything stays private on your phone. No ads. Try Brain Shift Plus free for 7 days. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula/

About

PineOS

Effortlessly track your food intake by simply taking a photo, describing your meal, or scanning a barcode. This AI-powered app provides instant calorie and macro breakdowns, offering personalized insights and guidance without judgment.

Highlights
  • AI photo food logging
  • Voice and text meal description
  • Barcode scanning
  • Accurate macro and calorie tracking
  • AI-powered health coach
  • Offline logging
  • Water and weight tracking
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Pine turns a photo of your meal into calories and macros in seconds. No database searching, no serving size guesswork, no four minute logging sessions. Most people do not quit tracking because they stop caring. They quit because logging a sandwich takes longer than eating one. Pine removes that friction. LOG A MEAL FOUR WAYS Photo. Point the camera at your plate. Pine estimates the ingredients, the portions and the macros. Nothing saves until you have looked at it and adjusted anything you want to change. Describe. Type it or say it out loud. "Grilled chicken wrap with avocado and a little garlic sauce" becomes an editable log in seconds. Barcode. Scan packaged food, adjust the serving, log it. Search or manual. Everything you would expect, for the times you want to enter it yourself. IT KEEPS YOUR NUMBERS Say 200 g and you get 200 g. Some trackers quietly swap the amount you typed for a standard serving, which is one of the reasons the numbers stop adding up. Pine treats a stated amount as fact and works around it. When a food is genuinely ambiguous, it says so instead of guessing. PINE COACH Ask it anything. Coach knows what you have actually eaten this week, so you get a straight answer in context rather than a dashboard read back at you. Ask why the scale has not moved. Ask what to have for dinner with what you have left. Ask whether your protein is where it needs to be. Coach answers from your own logs, not from generic rules. It also will not lecture you. No shame, no cheat days, no earning food back. One imperfect day is data, not a failure. THE REST OF YOUR DAY Calorie and macro trends across 7, 14 and 30 days Water tracking Weigh ins and weight trend Steps and activity through Apple Health Streaks and achievements Saved meals, so a regular breakfast is one tap Works offline. Anything logged without a connection syncs when you are back. BUILT WITH RESTRAINT Pine is a calm, dark, deliberately quiet app. No guilt notifications, no engagement tricks. It is designed to be opened, used for a few seconds, and closed. PRIVACY Your meals, your logs and your conversations with Coach are yours. Pine does not sell your data. Terms of Use: https://giraffeexodus.github.io/pine-legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://giraffeexodus.github.io/pine-legal/privacy.html Questions or feedback: support@pineos.co

Screenshots

Brain4 screens
PineOS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PineOS at Free against Brain's $39.99. PineOS also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Brain's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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

PineOS is free to download; Brain costs $39.99 up front. Brain sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and PineOS sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Brain against 5.0 for PineOS. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brain ships an update every 6 days, PineOS every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Brain versus PineOS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrainPineOS
Price$39.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperANTONINO COLOMBAISAIAH EGHOSA OMOROGBE

Customer experience

Brain

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PineOS

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Brain

Subscriptions1
  • Sound-a-tude Plus3 Days trial$0.991 Month
One-time2
  • Quit Smoking$49.99
  • Calm & Control$49.99
2 purchases

PineOS

Subscriptions2
  • Pine Premium Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Pine Premium Annual3 Days trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Brain free?
Brain costs $39.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is PineOS free?
PineOS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Brain or PineOS?
Brain and PineOS are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Brain or PineOS have ads?
PineOS shows ads; Brain does not.
Which is updated more often, Brain or PineOS?
Brain ships an update every 6 days, and PineOS every 5 days. Most recently, Brain was updated on October 31, 2026 and PineOS on October 31, 2026.

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