Comparison

TheBrain vs Harvesta

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

Head to head
About

TheBrain

This app helps you capture, connect, and visualize all your ideas, notes, and files across devices. It acts as a digital memory, showing related items and allowing for dynamic mind mapping and powerful search to help you recall information instantly.

Highlights
  • Award-winning visualization
  • Networked notes with backlinks
  • Dynamic mind mapping
  • Easy idea capture
  • Cross-device sync
  • Powerful search
  • Visual file management
Features
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YOUR DIGITAL MEMORY. VISUALIZED. TheBrain is the unique knowledge app that helps you capture everything — ideas, notes, web pages, files, photos — and connect it all the way you naturally think. Stop hunting through folders, tabs, and search bars. Start seeing your knowledge as a living network you can navigate with a tap. Described by the Wall Street Journal as "Software that thinks like you do" and MacLife as "the most compelling mind mapping adaptation we've encountered." Winner of KMWorld's Trendsetting Products award. WHY THEBRAIN? Traditional notes apps trap your ideas in folders, tags, or endless lists. TheBrain lets every piece of information connect to anything else — so the right idea finds you the moment you need it. It's note-taking, mind mapping, file management, and AI rolled into one beautiful experience that works the same on every device. KEY FEATURES CEREBRO — TALK TO YOUR BRAIN WITH AI Our built-in agentic AI assistant. Ask Cerebro anything — and let it create new thoughts and notes, surface exactly what you need, summarize long documents, suggest meaningful links, or just have a conversation about what you know. It can do anything you can do — only faster. DYNAMIC THOUGHT NETWORK Move beyond conventional mind maps and folders. TheBrain's animated visualization shows your ideas, their context, and the relationships between them — at any scale. Tap a thought, and the entire network reorganizes around it. NETWORKED NOTES Rich notes shown in context with automatic backlinks and concept discovery. Hybrid WYSIWYG + Markdown writing, powerful tables, resizable images, math, and folding — all the modern editor essentials. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE Attach web pages, PDFs, photos, and documents to any thought. Link people, projects, files, and ideas in a single living workspace. POWERFUL SEARCH Find any note, file, web page, or idea in seconds. Every match appears in the context of your thought network, so you instantly see how it relates to everything else you know. SEAMLESS SYNC ACROSS DEVICES Your brain is always with you. Mobile, Mac, Windows, Linux, and web stay in sync — even with large brains. Smart Sync downloads attachments on demand, keeping your brain fast and lightweight on every device. INFINITE SCALE Effortlessly handles hundreds of thousands of items and many gigabytes of data — without slowing down. COLLABORATE AND SHARE Publish your brain online for the world, or sync thoughts privately with your team. Great for shared knowledge bases, project planning, and team research. ==================================== WAYS TO USE THEBRAIN • Build your second brain — a living reflection of how you think, ready when you need it. • Manage everything in your life: projects, people, goals, files, and ideas in one place. • Capture interesting articles, videos, and references so they're activated when you need them. • Organize trips, travel, and major life events with all the right context at hand. • Power your research — go deeper on any concept and see how it connects to everything else. • Turn goals into action by linking them with the resources needed to achieve them. • Build a knowledge base that sparks new ideas and breakthroughs. • Link people, projects, and information for a smarter view of your business. • Create topic brains around your passions, hobbies, and special interests. • Plan personal projects like home renovations, weddings, or major purchases. GET STARTED IN MINUTES Start with a single thought — your name, a project, an idea you want to explore. Add a few connections. Within minutes you'll understand why people have trusted TheBrain for over two decades. For the best experience, install TheBrain on your phone, tablet, and computer. Our iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows, and other mobile clients all sync seamlessly — your best thinking is always with you.

About

Harvesta

This app helps growers, foragers, and self-sufficient individuals manage harvests, foraging spots, and other activities. It offers a flexible and organized way to log yields, track locations, and document various projects like fishing, hunting, and home brewing.

Highlights
  • Manage harvest yields
  • Log foraging spots
  • Fishing and hunting journal
  • Document honey and egg production
  • Track home-brewed beverages
  • Record locations and sources
  • Customizable units and tags
Features
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Harvesta – The versatile app for growers, foragers, nature lovers, and self-sufficient folks With Harvesta, you can manage your harvests, foraging spots, hunting records, brewing adventures, and so much more – all in one place, powerful, simple and organized. Harvesta is built to be flexible and easy to navigate – robust, user-friendly, and adaptable to your personal needs. Combine the modules to match your own style. Use Harvesta for things like: • Managing harvest yields from your trees, bushes, and fields – from wheat to chili • Keeping a log of your foraging spots – for mushrooms, herbs, wood, or stones • Fishing journal: track locations, bait, and catch success • Hunting diary: what you hunted, when, where and with what– and how you processed it • Documenting your honey harvest • Keeping an eye on your egg production from chickens or quails • Tracking your home-brewed beer or wine Features at a glance: • Record locations where you harvest or collect recurring resources • Add sources – linked to a place or stand-alone, categorizable by type • Create harvest entries – from a source, location, or your current GPS position • Manage your products • Assign one or more storage locations to each harvest – so you always know where everything is • Maintain a tool list – from fishing gear to hedge trimmers to combine harvesters • Use custom codes for locations, sources, storages, and tools you can then scan to open that entry • Map view: get a quick visual overview of everything – sources, tools, storages, and places • Customize units to your needs – from milligrams to tons, from pieces to cubic meters • Use tags to filter and organize your data with ease • Add pictures to your entries Privacy & Usage • No login required – just download and get started • Fully usable offline (internet only needed for maps, iCloud sync, or purchases) • Your data is yours – nothing is tracked, collected, or transmitted • Full iCloud support to sync your data across multiple devices Free trial with full functionality Try Harvesta at your own pace – with up to three entries per category. Take your time and decide if you want to unlock the full version. Wishing you a joyful time harvesting, foraging, and organizing – with Harvesta! Legal Harvesta Privacy Policy: https://harvesta.reuther.io/privacy/ Harvesta Terms of Service: https://harvesta.reuther.io/terms/ Standard Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Harvesta Subscription Terms: Your Harvesta subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your Apple ID account settings. Your iTunes account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed.

Screenshots

TheBrain4 screens
Harvesta3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Harvesta at 100% against TheBrain's 44%. Harvesta also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). TheBrain's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. TheBrain sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month and Harvesta sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TheBrain ships an update fortnightly, Harvesta weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TheBrain versus Harvesta: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTheBrainHarvesta
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (172 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews44.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings172 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18
Further details — not scored
Size254 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTheBrain Technologies LPJoseph Reuther

Customer experience

TheBrain

All ratings172 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral0.6%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews176 reviews
Positive44.3%
Neutral13.6%
Negative42.0%

Harvesta

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

TheBrain

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes on iOS 9
  • Inability to open brains
  • Freezing after each action
  • Login and account issues
  • Sync problems

Requested features

7 requests
  • Offline mode
  • Improved mobile UI and UX
  • Better integration with other apps
  • More affordable pricing options
  • Enhanced search and filtering
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  • Split-screen support on iPad
  • Handwriting and stylus support

Harvesta

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TheBrain

Subscriptions2
  • TheBrain Pro Monthly$17.991 Month
  • TheBrain Pro Annual$189.991 Year
3 purchases

Harvesta

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$29.99

Questions

Is TheBrain free?
TheBrain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Harvesta free?
Harvesta is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TheBrain or Harvesta have ads?
Neither TheBrain nor Harvesta shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TheBrain or Harvesta?
TheBrain ships an update fortnightly, and Harvesta weekly. Most recently, TheBrain was updated on October 29, 2026 and Harvesta on October 7, 2026.

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