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24 alternatives to Emotiv

Reimaging how the human brain is observed.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Emotiv launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   EyeWire▲57

   A crowdsourced game to map the 3D structure of the brain

   2015 · eyewire.org · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Emotiv Insight▲3

   Sleek Brain Activity Tracker

   2015 · emotiv.com · its alternatives →

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   EyeWire▲59

   A crowdsourced game to map the 3D structure of the brain

   2015 · eyewire.org · its alternatives →

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   EMOTIV Insight▲5

   Open Your Mind to Next Generation Brainwear®

   2017 · emotiv.com · its alternatives →

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   The Brain ▲99

   Map, visualize & organize info the way the brain thinks

   2015 · thebrain.com · its alternatives →

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   TruBrain▲130

   Access your brain's full potential with nootropics

   2015 · trubrain.com · its alternatives →

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   uHealth▲89

   Eye Tracking Brain Training

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   Mindscope▲86

   Mind-mapping meets outlining

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   Brain Simulator▲75

   Create your own AI Brain

   2016 · goodai.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Tell-Tale Brain▲3

    A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Blinkist - 1: Is That Even a Thing?▲68

    A digest of four books about brains

    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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    Neuron▲105

    Audience segmentation through artificial intelligence

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Brain Pump▲165

    Random educational videos. Learn something new.

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Sonnet▲134

    A new library for constructing neural networks from DeepMind

    2017 · deepmind.google · its alternatives →

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    Unravel▲117

    You talk, and it automatically builds a visual network of your beliefs, thoughts, desires, and more. The system extracts concepts like beliefs, emotions, and cognitive distortions, then updates a force-directed graph showing how everything connects. Recurring nodes naturally drift toward the center as the graph expands, revealing your core themes. It isn’t intended for therapeutic use. It’s a tool that makes you introspect and helps uncover the driving factors behind your issues instead of trying to solve the problem and suggest solutions (although you can ask it for solutions when needed).…

    Nov 2025 · unravelmind.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    iMindQ▲125

    Collaborative, creative and intuitive mind mapping

    2017 · imindq.com · its alternatives →

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    Empatica▲68

    Real time human data.

    2014 · empatica.com · its alternatives →

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    EmotiSense AI ▲2

    AI that tells you your mood and studies the face mood map

    2023 · emotisense.netlify.app · its alternatives →

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    The Distracted Mind▲72

    Ancient brains in a high-tech world

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    BrainGaze▲87

    Next-generation eye tracking software

    2014 · braingaze.com · its alternatives →

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    AirJelly▲105

    Your Proactive, Self-Organizing Second Brain

    Apr 2026 · airjelly.ai · its alternatives →

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    Brain+▲72

    Reach your potential

    2014 · ayla-care.com · its alternatives →

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    Rex▲57

    The brain for robots

    2014 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    MIRA vision▲79

    AI-powered pathology analysis with synthetic data

    Apr 2026 · mira.vision · its alternatives →

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