Braintoss vs Strflow
We give Braintoss a 2.4 GPA and Strflow a 3.2, out of 4.0. Strflow grades higher on the free plan and features. They get the same grade on value for money, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Braintoss
One-tap capture app that sends notes to your email inbox
Strflow
Chat-style notes timeline for iPhone, iPad and Mac
How we grade them
| 2.4GPABraintossFair | 3.2GPAStrflowVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | A$2.99 once on the App Store, $2.79 on Google Play, and that's it. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads. Most paid notes apps here charge more than that every month. On iPhone, Family Sharing covers up to six people too. | AStrflow Plus is $1.49 a month or $14.99 a year, about as cheap as paid note apps get. Lifetime is $37.99 if you'd rather pay once. What it buys is encrypted iCloud sync and backup, plus private tags locked behind Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode. |
| Free plan and trial | FNothing is free. There's no free version and no trial, so you pay up front to find out if it suits you. It's a small bet at that price, but it's still a bet. | BUnlimited notes, tags, reminders and attachments, free, with no account. The limit is one device: sync and backup both need Plus, so free notes on your iPhone never reach your Mac. Plus has a free trial, though the site doesn't say how long. |
| Features | BA small tool that does its one job fully: voice notes transcribed on the phone, photos with the text read out of them, typed notes, extra inboxes, webhooks, a history and an offline queue. What it won't do is keep or organise your notes. They go to email and live there. | ANotes sent like messages into a timeline, a timeline per tag, a Todo timeline, and notes you can schedule to come back later with a notification. Rich text, links between notes, attachments, Markdown export and Spotlight search are all in. OCR, voice recording and a calendar view are still on the roadmap. |
| Ease of use | BSetup is typing in your email address. After that the app opens on the capture screen and one tap sends. There's no App Store rating on record to go by, so a B is as high as we go. | BNo rating on record, so a B is our ceiling. If you can send a text you can use this: type, send, done. There's no account to make and nothing to file first. |
| Platforms and integrations | CiPhone and Android, with Apple Watch and Wear OS apps and home screen widgets on Android. Phones and wrists only, though. There's no Windows or web app, and version 10 won't install on an iPhone 7 or older. | CiPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision, with Apple Shortcuts, widgets and the share sheet for getting notes in. All Apple, though. There's no Windows, Android or web version. |
| Best for | firing a thought at your own inbox in one tap | texting notes to yourself on Apple devices |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Braintoss and Strflow. How we grade
Where they differ
- Braintoss starts at $2.79 one-time on Google Play; $2.99 on the App Store. Strflow starts at $1.49 per month, or $14.99 per year.
- Strflow has a free plan. Braintoss does not.
- Only Braintoss lists an Android app.
- Only Strflow lists a macOS app.
- Braintoss can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- Braintoss also covers dictation.
- Strflow also covers tasks.
At a glance
| Braintoss | Strflow | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free plan |
| Starts at | $2.79 one-time on Google Play; $2.99 on the App Store | $1.49 per month, or $14.99 per year |
| Free plan | None | Unlimited notes, tags, reminders and attachments on one device, with no account. Sync and backup across devices need Strflow Plus. |
| Free trial | None listed | Free trial of Strflow Plus; the site does not state its length |
| macOS | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Braintoss B.V. | Shingo Eguchi |
| Price read from | play.google.com | strflow.app |
| Checked | Oct 9, 2026 | Oct 9, 2026 |
Who each one suits
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
Strflow
- People who already text themselves notes, links and to-dos
- Jotting thoughts down on iPhone or Mac without filing them first
- Apple users who want notes kept on device or in their own iCloud
Worth knowing
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.
Strflow
- The App Store listing covers iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision only; there is no Windows, Android or web version.
- Sync and backup between devices need Strflow Plus; the free plan keeps notes on one device.
- End-to-end encryption applies only when the user has turned on iCloud's Advanced Data Protection.
- Private tags are limited to Strflow Plus, and the roadmap still lists OCR, voice recording and a calendar view as planned or under consideration.
Key features
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.
Strflow
- Chat-style timeline
- Notes are typed into a message box and sent, which builds a chronological timeline. Adding tags creates separate timelines for individual topics.
- To-do timeline and reminders
- Checklists are collected into a dedicated Todo timeline. A note can be scheduled for a future date; it stays hidden until then and arrives with a notification.
- Capture from anywhere
- Notes can be added from the share sheet, from widgets, through Apple Shortcuts actions, or on the Mac with a keyboard shortcut that opens a quick note panel.
- Rich text and attachments
- The editor handles inline and block formatting, checklists, links between notes and link previews. Images and other file types such as PDFs and videos can be attached.
- Encrypted iCloud sync
- Strflow Plus syncs and backs up notes through iCloud, encrypted with the iCloud Keychain. With Apple's Advanced Data Protection turned on, the data is end-to-end encrypted.
- Markdown export and Spotlight search
- All notes can be exported as Markdown. Notes, tags, link previews and attachment file names can be found through Spotlight on Mac, iPhone and iPad.
Plans
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.
Strflow
Free$0
Unlimited notes on a single device with all core features, including tags, reminders and attachments. No account needed.
Strflow Plus (Monthly)$1.49
per month
Encrypted iCloud sync and backup across iPhone, iPad and Mac, plus private tags locked behind Face ID, Touch ID or the device passcode.
Strflow Plus (Annual)$14.99
per year
The same Strflow Plus features as the monthly plan, billed once a year through the App Store.
Strflow Plus (Lifetime)$37.99
one-time purchase
Non-renewing purchase of Strflow Plus. The US App Store also lists a $27.99 lifetime price for people who have paid for a yearly subscription.
Ways to pay less
Braintoss
No public discounts listed.
Strflow
- Annual discount
About 16% off with annual billing
Strflow Plus costs $14.99 a year against $1.49 a month, which comes to $17.88 over 12 months, a saving of about 16%.
- Lifetime license
Lifetime Strflow Plus for $37.99
A one-time, non-renewing purchase gives permanent access to Strflow Plus. The terms say a discounted lifetime price may be offered to people who have paid for a yearly subscription.
