# Brain.fm

> Functional music for focus, relaxation, sleep and meditation

Brain.fm streams instrumental music written for a particular mental state: focus, relaxation, sleep or meditation. Each mode offers several activities, such as Deep Work or Learning, and the strength of the audio effect can be adjusted. The app has count-up, countdown and interval timers, and the vendor cites its own published research for the focus music.

- **Category:** Focus Apps
- **Made by:** Brain.FM, Inc. (since 2014)
- **Website:** https://www.brain.fm
- **Runs on:** Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 4, 2026

## Pricing

Brain.fm is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $99.99 / year, billed annually.

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** Free trial with full access; 14 days according to the App Store listing.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Yearly plan | $99.99 per year, billed annually | Full access to the focus, relax, sleep and meditate modes on web, desktop and mobile. Starts with a free trial. |
| Monthly plan | $14.99 per month, billed monthly | The same access paid month to month, with cancellation at any time. |

Read from https://www.brain.fm/pricing on Oct 4, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Brain.fm before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Yearly plan costs less than paying monthly** (Annual discount): The yearly plan is $99.99 against $14.99 a month, which comes to $179.88 over twelve months. The pricing page marks the yearly plan with a 40% discount badge. Source: https://www.brain.fm/pricing
- **20% discount for active students** (Education): Students can email support from a .edu address, or send a copy of a student ID or other proof of enrollment, to receive 20% off. Source: https://www.brain.fm
- **Special pricing for teams** (Other savings): Brain.fm supports team accounts for companies and classrooms and asks teams to get in touch through a form for special pricing. Source: https://www.brain.fm

## App Store prices by country

"Brain.fm Pro", as each country's App Store showed it on Oct 9, 2026. These are the app's prices, not the website's.

| Country | Price | In US dollars |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | $6.99 | |
| United Kingdom | £4.99 | about $6.59 (6% less) |
| Germany | 6,99 € | about $7.82 (12% more) |
| Canada | $9.99 | about $7.00 (about the same) |
| Australia | $10.99 | about $7.63 (9% more) |
| India | ₹ 419 | about $4.33 (38% less) |
| Brazil | R$ 21,90 | about $4.37 (38% less) |
| Mexico | $119.00 | about $6.61 (5% less) |
| Turkey | ₺18,99 | about $0.39 (94% less) |
| Indonesia | Rp 99ribu | about $5.52 (21% less) |
| Philippines | ₱ 349.00 | about $5.54 (21% less) |
| South Africa | R139.99 | about $8.41 (20% more) |

## Key features

- **Modes for different activities:** Focus covers Deep Work, Creativity, Learning, Light Work and Motivation. Separate modes handle relaxation, sleep, including power naps, and guided or unguided meditation.
- **Adjustable neural effect level:** The intensity of the modulation in the music can be turned up or down. A short quiz at sign-up sets a starting level, and a high level is aimed at listeners with ADHD.
- **Built-in timers:** A count-up timer tracks how long you have worked, a countdown timer ends a session, and an interval timer alternates work and breaks in the Pomodoro style.
- **Music made to stay in the background:** Tracks have no lyrics or intrusive sounds and run extra long so that a work session is not broken up by song changes.
- **Offline listening on mobile:** The App Store listing says music can be downloaded for offline use, including in airplane mode.
- **Desktop apps with menu bar control:** Apps for macOS 12 or later and Windows 10 or later sit alongside the web player, with playback control from the Mac menu bar.

## Good for

- People who find lyrics distracting while they work
- Timed work sprints with a built-in interval timer
- One subscription that also covers sleep and meditation audio

## Worth knowing

- There is no free plan; listening after the free trial requires a subscription.
- The pricing page does not state how long the trial lasts; the 14-day figure comes from the App Store listing.
- The yearly plan is charged as a single $99.99 payment; paying monthly costs $14.99 a month.
- The student discount and team pricing are arranged by contacting the company rather than at checkout.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.5 out of 5 from 5,494 ratings in the United States, read Oct 5, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1110684238

**Tags:** Focus music, Pomodoro timer, Works offline

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## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 4, 2026:

- https://www.brain.fm
- https://www.brain.fm/pricing
- https://www.brain.fm/download
- https://www.brain.fm/about
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/brain-fm-music-for-the-brain/id1110684238

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/brain-fm
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