Bebop vs Braintoss
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Bebop
Capture-first plain-text notes app for iPhone
Free plan · from $4.99 one-time
Braintoss
One-tap capture app that sends notes to your email inbox
From $2.79 one-time
Where they differ
- Bebop starts at $4.99 one-time Pro upgrade. Braintoss starts at $2.79 one-time on Google Play; $2.99 on the App Store.
- Bebop has a free plan. Braintoss does not.
- Only Braintoss lists an Android app.
- Bebop also covers Markdown.
- Braintoss also covers dictation.
In commoniOSOne-time purchaseNotes
At a glance
| Bebop | Braintoss | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Paid |
| Starts at | $4.99 one-time Pro upgrade | $2.79 one-time on Google Play; $2.99 on the App Store |
| Free plan | Unlimited notes with iCloud Drive or Dropbox sync, Flashback, the share extension and widgets, with no ads, logins or tracking. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Jack Cheng LLC | Braintoss B.V. |
| Price read from | apps.apple.com | play.google.com |
| Checked | Oct 9, 2026 | Oct 9, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Bebop
- Obsidian or NVAlt users who want a fast capture app on iPhone
- People who keep notes as plain-text files in iCloud Drive or Dropbox
- Jotting down ideas to sort out later on a Mac
Braintoss
- People who treat their email inbox as the place to process to-dos
- Capturing a thought by voice, photo or text in a few seconds
- Feeding notes into a to-do app through its email address or a webhook
Worth knowing
Bebop
- The App Store lists it for iPhone only; there is no iPad, Mac or Android version.
- It is a capture tool with no note browser: older notes are reached through Flashback or another app that opens the same folder.
- Dropbox sync requires the Dropbox iOS app to be installed.
- Color themes, custom templating and power-user settings need the $4.99 Pro upgrade; the developer's 2024 write-up also says the free version caps Flashback at three notes.
Braintoss
- There is no free version or trial: the app is paid up front, at $2.99 on the US App Store and $2.79 on Google Play.
- Captures are delivered to email or a webhook rather than organized in the app, and the vendor says it keeps no hosted archive of them.
- There is no Windows or web app, and the App Store marks the iPad app as not verified for macOS.
- Version 10 cannot be installed on an iPhone 7 or older, and the vendor says the service behind the old Android app (version 8) is failing.
Key features
Bebop
- Capture-first editor
- The app opens on a blank note with the save button within thumb reach, so a thought can be typed and saved without passing through a note list.
- Plain-text files in your own folder
- Notes are saved as .txt or .md files in a chosen iCloud Drive or Dropbox folder, with custom headers, footers, filename formats and file extensions.
- Flashback
- One tap cycles back through recent notes so more can be added to them, and a long press on the button pins a note.
- Quick Append
- Starting a note with @ picks an existing file, and the text is appended to that file instead of being saved as a new note.
- Share extension, widgets and shortcut
- Links and text can be saved from other iOS apps through the share sheet, and widgets and a shortcut open Bebop ready for a new note.
- Markdown helpers
- A helper bar inserts Markdown symbols, lists continue automatically on the next line, and the editor applies light Markdown styling.
Braintoss
- One-tap send to your inbox
- The app opens on the capture screen, and one tap on Send emails the note to a default address. Setup consists of entering an email address.
- Voice notes transcribed on the phone
- Spoken notes are turned into text by the phone's built-in speech recognition and then emailed. Since version 10 the transcription happens on the device.
- Photo capture
- A photo of a whiteboard, receipt, document or business card is sent with a subject line filled in from the image. Text in photos is read on the device.
- Several destinations and webhooks
- A long press on Send chooses the destination, subject and message first. Destinations can be extra inboxes, the email address a to-do app provides, or your own webhook.
- History and offline queue
- History lists earlier notes to find, edit and resend. Without a signal the note is kept and sent in the background once the phone is back online.
- Watch apps, widgets and sharing
- Apple Watch and Wear OS apps record a voice note from the wrist. Android adds home screen widgets, and both versions accept content shared from other apps.
Plans
Bebop
Free$0
Unlimited notes saved as text files to an iCloud Drive or Dropbox folder, with no ads, logins or tracking.
Pro Upgrade$4.99
one-time in-app purchase (US App Store)
Adds color themes, custom templating and power-user settings, and supports further development of the app.
Braintoss
Braintoss for Android$2.79
one-time purchase (US Google Play)
The Android app, with home screen widgets for voice, text and photo capture and a Wear OS app for voice notes.
Braintoss for iPhone$2.99
one-time purchase (US App Store)
The iPhone and iPad app with its Apple Watch app. The listing shows no in-app purchases, and Family Sharing covers up to six people.
