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Scroll Brake vs Brainy

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Scroll Brake compared with Brainy
DetailScroll Brake logo Scroll BrakeBrainy logo Brainy
What it doesStop doomscrolling on iPhone and Chrome with mental math barriers before feeds open Autonomous Chief of Staff for engineering leads and founders. Lives in Telegram and Slack.
StageStartup Startup
Founded2024 Not given
Based inEE Not given
Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingFree Tier & Chrome Extension (Free), iOS Pro Monthly ($3.99/mo), iOS Pro Annual ($12.99/yr), iOS Pro Lifetime ($17.99). Free tier includes up to 3 active app or category rules with all 7 math levels. Pro tiers add unlimited blocking rules, Strict Mode, and weekly analytics. Starter: Free forever. Pro: $9/month. Chief: $35/month. Monthly billing, cancel anytime, no credit card to start.
Key features
  • Adaptive difficulty that increases with repeated attempts throughout the day
  • True Active-Time Tracking on Chrome that pauses when tab is inactive
  • Surgical URL and YouTube Shorts blocking on Chrome
  • Anti-cheat reshuffle that regenerates math problems when Calculator is opened
  • Private local storage with no account or cloud sync required
  • 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
What makes it different
  • Native Swift on iOS 26.5+ using new Screen Time API instead of push notification spam
  • Does not train its own AI model on user tasks
  • Approval-based vault sync prevents silent data overwrites
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)1 +1 (up) since last checkNot checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)20
Citation Flow (Majestic)170
Referring domains (Majestic)110

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