TheBrain Tech

Described by Wall Street Journal as “Software that thinks like you do” and MacLife as “the most compelling mind mapping adaption we’ve encountered.” Winner of KMWorld's Trendsetting Products of 2014.

Category	Price	Seller	Device
Productivity	Free	TheBrain Technologies	iPhone, iPad, iPod

TheBrain lets you see and connect everything across all your devices. Capture ideas, web pages, files and notes and always find them - just like you think of them. With TheBrain you will even see related items that would otherwise be forgotten.

TheBrain combines the best of note taking, file synchronization and mind mapping apps to give you the ultimate digital memory. See your ideas and information like never before with your own digital Brain.

Note: To use TheBrain, you must create an account on thebrain.com. The service is completely free for use from your iPad and iPhone. However, if you want to sync file attachments with the desktop application, there is an annual fee.

Key Features

AWARD WINNING VISUALIZATION
Navigate across all key topics and information within your Brain's Thought network and connections.

DYNAMIC MIND MAPPING
Move beyond conventional mind maps and linear folder storage with TheBrain’s animated links and visualization that enable any Thought or file to be connected to anything else.

EASY IDEA CAPTURE
Just type in a new Thought, make a connection or take a note. Your Brain stores it all.

CLOUD AND DESKTOP SYNC
Your Brain can be accessed anywhere. This means all your key ideas, notes and files are available to you on all your devices!

POWERFUL SEARCH
Find any file, web page or idea in seconds.

VISUAL FILE MANAGEMENT
Add web pages, photos and documents to your Thoughts. All linked the way you think.

NO LIMITS BRAINSTORMING AND IDEA MAPPING
See your ideas, make connections and gain new insights in TheBrain’s visual interface

GET STARTED QUICKLY
Get ready built template Brains for brainstorming, project management and personal organization.

SHARE YOUR BRAIN
Publish and share your Brain on the cloud. You can even synchronize Thoughts with Team members through TheBrain Desktop software.

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Here are a few ideas how you can use TheBrain for work or life:

• Digitize your mind. Start with your name then create Thoughts for all aspects of your business and personal life. Your Brain will be become a reflection of your mind and grow more powerful as you use it.

• Use as "everything in your life manager" or for key projects. You’ll get the big picture on all your information and drill down to the right file or detail within seconds.

• Capture your ideas and interesting content and activate it in your Brain when you need it.

• Use the Brain to organize trips, travel and key events.

• Add Thoughts to deepen understanding on key concepts for smarter research.

• Go from ideas to action by capturing all your goals and then adding even more connected Thoughts and all the right information to achieve and get things done.

• Brainstorm and build a complete knowledgebase to foster innovative ideas and inject some spark in your projects.

• Aggregate all your inspirations in a way that captures your vision and take any writing project to the next level.

• Link people, projects and the right information to get a smarter view of business operations.

• Create a topic oriented Brain on your key passion or special interest to bring all the right content to life and get the big picture.

• Create Brains and add Thoughts for your personal projects like home renovations or new product purchases for personal productivity and organization.

• To make the most of TheBrain install it on your computer and all devices. TheBrain is cross-platform and can synchronize on all your devices so you’ll always have your best ideas and information with you.

In addition to this universal iOS App, TheBrain is also available for Windows and Mac OS X computers.

Reviews

Needs better usability, feature set and stability
theF&theD

I love The Brain and used to use it years ago. Very excited to rediscover it but, in its present state the app is not useful. Without good mobile apps on both platforms but especially for me iOS, the product as a whole is rendered useless. That is very sad. I hope great things are in the pipeline??

Mediocre. Expect MUCH better for what TheBrain costs! ?
GTD Meister

PATHETIC! A back burner app for the company. iOS App is rarely updated gets crippled after every Brain update. The Brain desktop software ain’t cheap and I expect A LOT more out of this app considering that an active subscription is required in order to sync a brain to the app. ?

The app does not have all of the features
Odeesuba

I love the brain on Windows and on the Mac, and love that I can access all my information from the app. The app as of now is just access to your information and a some limited feature. You can create thought and attach things to them, access your though and email attachments which is why I need the app on the go. The real work still has to be done through the software on a computer.

Crash and burn ... sadder than sad
chaosdharma

WARNING! Sync your brains when they are young and new!!! 10/18/18 update which was supposed to improve sync issues. DID NOT. TheBrain stays open marginally longer than before this update, then crashes. As the unsynced brain in question does not appear on TheBrain Cloud website, it seems I have lost access to MANY HOURS OF LABORIOUS LINKING - as batch linking remains unavailable on the mobile apps - AS WELL AS my seemingly permanently unavailable Large Brain. NOR can I use the app to access my synced brains before the app CRASHES. First an older version 9 would not sync a large brain without updating app on iOS. 8/23/18 Update loaded. Large Brain containing mostly interconnected thoughts, very few notes and only a handful of attachments: attempted to sync. App crashes every time I wish to access it now. I wonder if I'll ever be able to use the app again. :((( 8/29/18 whatever fixes were in this update did not fix this : app STILL crashes on opening, can not even log into the version 8 software that was working...the last time I was able to check. More frowns :((((( Most Able Developer: Thank You for your quick response. The Legacy App does seem to function within its parameters for access to my V.8 Brains.

UI bugs and Freezing
Universe Observer

24 Feb 2019 I have been a long time user if TheBrain since its inception back in the late 90s. When TheBrain came as a Pr subscription, I leaped at it. When it came to iPad, I also jumped to it. I miss some of the functionality of the original The Brain v1 through v3. I was hoping for an improvement; but, the current release is very disappointing. 1. While working with the iPad version, I have noticed many times when the app just freezes up. 2. Trying to interconnect thoughts does not always work and you wing up shutting down the app and restarting it. 3. The new version lacks a background, presumably to make it work better. 4. Help just brings up a blank page with nothing there. 5. There does not seem to be a way to cut & paste into the notes of any given thought. 6. No attachments other than pictures. 7. No URL or document attachments. In its present state, it does not seem to be any better than your generic mind mapper so it is disappointing. So crippled compared to what TheBrain once was even when forgiving the device it is on.

Love the Brain - this IOS app no useful
THOFF usa

If you can’t open attachments, what is the point? Brain for Windows and MacOS amazing. IOS, not really useful at all imo. Keep it going though - I love the Brain. Daily user since 2013!

Mediocre. Expect MUCH better for what TheBrain costs! ?
GTD Meister

It’s been such a long time.....
ubiquitas

The Brain on the Mac is truly an amazing application. If I could have that functionality on my iPad I would get rid of almost all of my other productivity and notes apps. But, alas it won’t be so. The iOS app is so kluge and so basic that it is rendered almost useless in its present form. There have been no added features in months. It’s as if the programming team has ignored the mobile scene entirely. They do so at there peril. To wit, the prince of serendip

Brilliant but seriously flawed
CPSSNY

Information goes in, but good luck getting it back out to use else where or to share. There is no copy or share option on ios that I can find. On the desktop version there is a very crude “copy as text outline” feature. Other option, they tell you can make a backup of your brain and dig through the backup json files. If your not a programmer, digging through json files would be like digging through the remains of your home after it was destroyed by a tornado. A desperate rescue for the average person. Strikes me that the company’s philosophy is to get you so invested in putting information into the system that you will have little choice but to stay user, if you want to keep your information - hence the very long and generous trial period to practically locked you in to buy, otherwise 27 days of input lost. We need another mind mapping developer to create an alternate choice.

Steadily Improving
Yazheirx

If you are an avid user of TheBrain 9 desktop application you will find yourself with the desire to access and manipulate the information in your brain(s). The iPad and iPhone apps allow just that. Though they do not allow all of the manipulation you can do in the desktop app, it feels like every few months an improvement comes out that allows more desktop features in the mobile apps. I look forward to seeing how TheBrain Tech brings more access and functionality going forward.