Comparison

Brainbuddy vs STAMNR

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

Head to head
About

Brainbuddy

This app helps users break free from digital habits and addictive behaviors through a neuroscience-based approach. It offers educational programs, progress tracking, and community support to rewire the brain and improve self-control.

Highlights
  • Neuroscience-based habit rewiring program
  • 100-day evidence-based education
  • Progress tracking and daily checkups
  • Supportive community and accountability challenges
  • Content blocker and web filter
  • Personalized 'Life Tree' growth visualization
Features
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Brainbuddy is the #1 dopamine detox and habit rewiring app, built to help you crave less and live more. Whether your goal is to cut back or quit unwanted digital habits entirely, Brainbuddy’s neuroscience approach can help you change your relationship with screen time, intimacy, and dopamine. With a 100-day evidence-based education program, progress tracking, supportive community, and science-based recovery tools, Brainbuddy helps you rewire your brain and regain self-control. Reboot your life. (Note: All features require a paid Brainbuddy Premium subscription after onboarding). WHY MILLIONS CHOOSE BRAINBUDDY PREMIUM REWIRE YOUR BRAIN Based on 12 years of research, our state-of-the-art rewiring program teaches you how to conquer your impulses, one step at a time. Turn your brain into an ally. MAKE EVERY DAY A GOOD DAY Our fun, daily exercises are specifically designed to replace temptation with motivation and a positive outlook. Stop craving, start living. PROGRESS YOU CAN SEE Your daily checkup tracks in real-time the positive changes you are making to your relationships, mental clarity, and health. Don’t just feel the change, track it. GROW YOUR LIFE TREE Your own personal “Life Tree” grows with you. With every positive choice you make, your tree becomes a little more beautiful. Watch as it grows each day because of you. THE BEST COMMUNITY Brainbuddy has one of the most vibrant and friendly self-improvement communities. Stay motivated with stories from others, and work with your team to win healthy accountability challenges. EXPERIENCE PERSONAL SATISFACTION From one day to one year, build up your self-control and willpower one challenge at a time. You’ll be amazed at what you are capable of. TOOLS TO LIVE BETTER The most powerful content blocker and web filter on the planet. Master impulse control with machine learning. Brainbuddy has everything you need to live a focused, distraction-free life. LEVEL UP YOUR LIFE Rebooting your habits has immense psychological and physical benefits. Start now, change forever. REVIEWS FROM THE BRAINBUDDY COMMUNITY "Now I am controlled, stable, focused, and feel super confident. When you save your energy up, you get that unconquerable will where what would have been a huge wall for your old self becomes a little knee-high fence you can step over." "I feel a different person. I'm much more talkative and aware in social settings. At work I'm on top of everything instead of forgetting things and asking people to repeat themselves. It's been over a decade since I started struggling with these habits and this now feels who I truly am." "The clarity for me was extremely noticeable and you will likely feel like a different person. It gave me hope that there is nothing totally wrong with me. Just having that experience of clarity and happiness can be a powerful thing." "Confidence. When I walk down the street I don't feel uncomfortable anymore. I can speak to anyone without feeling shy. It's not that I have become arrogant, I just regard myself on equal footing with others where before I always felt inferior. My social anxiety has completely flown out the window." SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Brainbuddy requires a PREMIUM subscription to access all features. Payment is charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription will automatically renew unless turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends.You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Your Apple Account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. Brainbuddy optionally saves your meditation sessions to the Apple Health app. Terms of Use - https://www.brainbuddyapp.com/terms Privacy Policy - https://www.brainbuddyapp.com/privacy-policy We love your feedback. Contact support@brainbuddyapp.com

About

STAMNR

This app offers a private space for daily confidence training. It helps you understand your habits and identify what influences your performance through personalized readings and guided exercises. Designed for men 18+, it focuses on building self-awareness without pressure or guilt.

Highlights
  • Daily readiness readings
  • Personalized habit analysis
  • Guided breathing exercises
  • Pelvic floor training
  • Privacy-focused design
  • No streaks or leaderboards
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STAMNR is a private training space for confidence. Two minutes a day, building an honest picture of what actually moves things for you. STAMNR Premium is a paid subscription, and there is no free tier. Setting up your account is free and takes no card details: the questionnaire, your first reading, and Apple Health if you want it. Using the app after that - the daily check-in, the programme, your trends and your Reads - needs a subscription. WHAT YOU GET A daily reading Each morning you log the window that just closed: sleep, energy, movement, drink, and how things actually went. In the evening you close the day out: pressure, stress, mood, how you felt. The app turns that into one calm reading with a plain word attached, from Base camp up to Peak. It is a readiness read on where your body and your head are. It is never a prediction. An app that pays attention STAMNR builds a picture of your habits from your own logs and updates it as new data lands. Then it writes you a Read: a short, personal account of your recent weeks and one thing worth your attention. Your first Read opens once you have logged three check-ins. Your real levers The app looks for what lines up with your own better stretches. Sleep might be your lever. It might be alcohol. It tells you honestly when it does not have enough data yet, rather than making something up to look clever. Things to practise Short guided sessions, breathing work and pelvic floor sets you can do anywhere without anyone knowing. Plus a library that explains the everyday stuff: the loop where nerves feed on themselves, watching yourself instead of being in it, pressure with someone new. Quiet by design Nothing on your lock screen ever says what this app is for. Reminders are off until you switch them on, they are capped at two a day, and every type has its own switch. No streaks to lose, no leaderboards, no guilt. Progress only counts up. PRIVACY, SPECIFICALLY Your logs live in your own row on an EU backend with owner only access. Before anything reaches an AI model it is stripped of your name, email and account id. Journal entries are excluded unless you switch them on yourself. Heart rhythm data is never sent to a model at all. Nothing is used to train anyone's models, nothing is sold, there are no ads and no third party analytics. Delete your account and it all goes. HONEST LIMITS STAMNR is a wellbeing, education and habit tracking tool. It is not a medical device, and it is not certified, cleared or registered as one anywhere. It is not a healthcare service, it is not therapy, counselling or psychological treatment, and it is not a substitute for a doctor or any other qualified health professional. Nothing in STAMNR diagnoses, treats, cures or prevents any disease, illness or condition. It is built for the everyday pattern of nerves, overthinking and pressure, not for anything a doctor has diagnosed. If anything about your health is on your mind, talk to your GP. For men 18 and over. SUBSCRIPTION STAMNR Premium, billed through your Apple Account: weekly GBP 4.99, monthly GBP 12.99, annual GBP 59.99 in the UK. Every plan includes a free trial for App Store accounts that have not previously used an introductory offer for STAMNR Premium; Apple determines eligibility, and if you are not eligible the plan price applies from the moment of purchase. You are not charged during the trial, and payment is taken when it ends unless you cancel at least 24 hours before. The trial length and price are shown on the purchase sheet before you confirm. The plan renews automatically unless you cancel, in your Apple Account settings. Crisis and support resources, the see a doctor guidance and the medical disclaimer stay free, always: no subscription, no trial, no card details. Crisis support is reachable straight from the subscription screen. Terms of Use: https://stamnr.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://stamnr.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Brainbuddy4 screens
STAMNR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: STAMNR at 100% against Brainbuddy's 41%. STAMNR also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Brainbuddy's advantage is ratings volume (26K vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Brainbuddy sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. STAMNR asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

STAMNR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brainbuddy has 26K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Brainbuddy's written reviews are positive against 100% of STAMNR's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brainbuddy ships an update every 3 weeks, STAMNR fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Brainbuddy versus STAMNR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrainbuddySTAMNR
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (26K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings26K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB48 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperAppStudio Australia Pty LtdWIGGLES LTD

Customer experience

Brainbuddy

All ratings25,868 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral2.0%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews803 reviews
Positive41.2%
Neutral10.2%
Negative48.6%

STAMNR

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

Bugs and requests

Brainbuddy

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inconsistent check-in tracking and streak resets
  • Inability to delete or manage community posts
  • Unreliable content blocker functionality

Requested features

4 requests
  • More meditation and relaxation content
  • Improved social features and community interaction
  • Customizable progress tracking and goal-setting
  • Better integration with other devices (e.g., iPad, Mac)

STAMNR

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Brainbuddy

Subscriptions7
  • Brainbuddy Full Access7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Brainbuddy Full Access7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Brainbuddy Full Access3 Days trial$12.991 Month
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  • Brainbuddy Full Access$12.991 Month
  • Brainbuddy Full Access$37.993 Months
  • Brainbuddy Full Access$59.996 Months
  • Brainbuddy Full Access7 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time3
  • Course anxiety$7.99
  • Course selfcontrol$7.99
  • Course confidence$7.99
None

STAMNR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Brainbuddy free?
Brainbuddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is STAMNR free?
STAMNR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Brainbuddy or STAMNR?
STAMNR is rated higher. Brainbuddy averages 4.7 out of 5 from 26K ratings, while STAMNR averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Brainbuddy or STAMNR have ads?
Neither Brainbuddy nor STAMNR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brainbuddy or STAMNR?
Brainbuddy ships an update every 3 weeks, and STAMNR fortnightly. Most recently, Brainbuddy was updated on October 27, 2026 and STAMNR on October 10, 2026.

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