# TheBrain

> TheBrain lets you see and connect everything across all your devices.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.thebrain.android](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.thebrain.android)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.thebrain.android`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** TheBrain Technologies
- **Category:** PRODUCTIVITY
- **Downloads:** 72,246
- **Rating:** 3.94 / 5 (819 ratings)
- **Version:** 15.0.613
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-12
- **First published:** 2014-09-18
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 159 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thebrain.android)
- **Website:** [http://www.thebrain.com](http://www.thebrain.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://thebrain.com/about/legal/privacy](https://thebrain.com/about/legal/privacy)

## Description

TheBrain is a powerful Chrome extension that lets you visualize and connect everything across all your devices. It combines note-taking, file synchronization, and dynamic mind mapping to create your ultimate digital memory. Capture ideas, web pages, files, and thoughts effortlessly and find them instantly through powerful search and intuitive visual interfaces.

Recognized by the Wall Street Journal as "software that thinks like you do," TheBrain enables you to navigate complex networks of information with award-winning dynamic visualization. Quickly capture ideas, link related content, and brainstorm without limits. Its cloud and desktop sync ensures that all your essential thoughts and files are accessible anytime, anywhere. Get started fast with built-in templates for brainstorming, project management, and personal organization and share your Brains with teammates for collaborative knowledge building. TheBrain helps you unlock new insights, organize your life and work, and make smarter decisions by seeing your information exactly as you think of it.

## Rankings

- #255,100 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.thebrain.android.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Users appreciate TheBrain's unique mind mapping capabilities and its strong desktop version, along with cloud syncing and mobile access. However, the Android app suffers from performance issues including frequent crashes, sluggishness, and problematic synchronization leading to data inconsistencies. Many key features available on desktop are missing or poorly implemented on mobile, such as search, note editing, and link handling. Usability issues like keyboard failures, password input problems, and UI limitations further frustrate users. Overall, while the concept and desktop counterpart are praised, the Android app needs significant stability and feature improvements.

### Pros

- The app effectively complements the desktop version, allowing syncing thoughts between devices.
- Offers a unique mind mapping experience with nonlinear relationships, surpassing other mind mapping apps.
- The desktop version is intuitive, user-friendly, and greatly assists in life organization.
- Cloud sync feature enables synchronization of data between desktop and mobile.
- Mobile access allows managing and checking thoughts on the go, making the app more versatile.

### Cons

- Frequent crashes, especially when editing notes or opening brain data sets, making the app unreliable.
- Poor performance and sluggishness on various Android devices, including phones and tablets.
- Synchronization and cloud sync issues causing data inconsistency between devices; brains created on one device often not visible on others.
- Incomplete feature set compared to the desktop version, missing basic functionalities like search, adding links, and better UI design for mobile.
- Bugs like keyboard not appearing for notes, inability to enter full passwords, images not displaying in notes, and auto-capitalization that can't be disabled discourage mobile use.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.thebrain.android)