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Brainy vs ColorPause

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Brainy compared with ColorPause
DetailBrainy logo BrainyColorPause logo ColorPause
What it doesAutonomous Chief of Staff for engineering leads and founders. Lives in Telegram and Slack. Break the scroll habit by turning distracting websites and apps gray once you reach your limits.
StageStartup Startup
FoundedNot given 2026
Based inNot given Not given
Pricing modelFreemium Paid
PricingStarter: Free forever. Pro: $9/month. Chief: $35/month. Monthly billing, cancel anytime, no credit card to start. 1 Mac: $39 one time ($29 until November 10). 3 Macs: $59 one time ($49 until November 10). 5 Macs: $69 one time ($59 until November 10). All plans include 12 months of updates. Free 14-day trial with no card required.
Key features
  • Text, voice, and photo capture in Slack and Telegram
  • Whisper-v3 voice transcription with 99.8% accuracy
  • Three-stage follow-up cadence: morning digest, nudge, and escalation
  • Bidirectional sync with Obsidian, Notion, and Markdown vaults
  • Meeting CoS that joins calls and converts notes to tasks
  • Brain scans across Notion, Obsidian, and Google Sheets
  • Approval inbox for all proposed vault writes
  • Brain Health score tracking open loop hygiene and clarity
  • Deduplication of repeating commitments across threads
  • Minutes or opens limits per hour or per day
  • Active hours scheduling
  • Chosen days configuration
  • Days off exclusions
  • Last 7 days analytics
  • Works with multiple displays
  • Menu bar access
  • No browser extension required
  • Supports Mac apps and web apps
  • Keep gray or show in color options
What makes it different
  • Does not train its own AI model on user tasks
  • Approval-based vault sync prevents silent data overwrites
  • Takes color away instead of locking you out, letting interest fade naturally
  • Only the window over its limit turns gray, rest of screen stays in color
  • Works without browser extension in Chrome and Safari
  • No account, no analytics, complete privacy
  • Research-backed approach showing 50 minutes daily reduction
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)Not checked yet no change since last checkNot checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)00
Citation Flow (Majestic)012
Referring domains (Majestic)01

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