Focus Factor vs Neuriva: Servings, Ingredient Detail and Our Choice
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Focus Factor Original and Neuriva Original make very different promises through their labels: a nutrient-plus-blend approach versus two actives. We favor ThinkEase’s broader individually stated formula. Rootana Pure Mind offers a smaller serving of the same active selection.
Our best overall recommendation
ThinkEase
ThinkEase leads our formula-based shortlist. Pure Mind is the smaller-serving choice, and both offer a clean label with pullulan capsule and rice hull concentrate.
See ThinkEase’s full formulaFocus Factor beside ThinkEase
Version assessed: Original adult tablets. Comparison basis: 4 tablets.
Amounts refer to the stated serving for each product, not one capsule. Extract weights, raw-herb equivalents and elemental mineral amounts are different measurements.
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| Ingredient | ThinkEase 4 capsules |
Focus Factor 4 tablets |
Neuriva 1 capsule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acetyl L-carnitine | 750 mg; hydrochloride | Not included | Not included |
| Lion’s mane | 550 mg; fruiting body | Not included | Not included |
| Bacopa | 300 mg; 50% bacosides | Whole-herb extract; included in 640 mg blend, individual amount not disclosed | Not included |
| N-acetyl L-tyrosine | 275 mg | N-acetyl tyrosine; included in 640 mg blend, individual amount not disclosed | Not included |
| Citicoline | 250 mg | Not included | Not included |
| L-theanine | 200 mg | Not included | Not included |
| Rhodiola | 200 mg; 3% rosavins and 1% salidroside | Not included | Not included |
| Phosphatidylserine | 100 mg; sunflower | Phosphatidylserine; included in 640 mg blend, individual amount not disclosed | 100 mg |
| Pine bark | 75 mg; 95% proanthocyanidins | Not included | Not included |
| Saffron | 30 mg; 0.3% safranal | Not included | Not included |
| PQQ | 10 mg | Not included | Not included |
| Lutein | 10 mg | Not included | Not included |
| Zeaxanthin | 2 mg | Not included | Not included |
| Vitamin B6 | 2.5 mg; P5P | 15 mg; Vitamin B6 (as pyridoxal-alpha-ketoglutarate, pyridoxal 5-phosphate) | Not included |
| Folate | 167 mcg DFE from 100 mcg L-5-methylfolate | 665 mcg DFE; Folate (400 mcg folic acid) | Not included |
| Vitamin B12 | 7.5 mcg; methylcobalamin | 20 mcg; Vitamin B12 (as cyanocobalamin ion exchange resin) | Not included |
| Vitamin A | Not included | 1,200 mcg; Vitamin A (as CaroCare® natural beta-carotene and Betatene® mixed carotenoids) | Not included |
| Vitamin C | Not included | 250 mg; Vitamin C (as ascorbic acid, sodium ascorbate, calcium ascorbate, potassium ascorbate, zinc ascorbate, and ascorbyl palmitate) | Not included |
| Vitamin D3 | Not included | 2.5 mcg; Vitamin D (as cholecalciferol) | Not included |
| Vitamin E | Not included | 20.1 mg; Vitamin E (as d-alpha-tocopheryl succinate) | Not included |
| Vitamin B1 | Not included | 3 mg; Thiamin (as thiamine mononitrate) | Not included |
| Vitamin B2 | Not included | 1.7 mg; Riboflavin | Not included |
| Vitamin B3 | Not included | 25 mg; Niacin (from inositol hexanicotinate and 50% as niacinamide) | Not included |
| Biotin | Not included | 300 mcg; Biotin | Not included |
| Vitamin B5 | Not included | 12 mg; Pantothenic acid (as d-calcium pantothenate) | Not included |
| Choline | Provided through citicoline; see its separate row. Compound weight is not the amount of choline. | 30 mg; Choline (as choline bitartrate) | Not included |
| Calcium | Not included | 50 mg; Calcium (as calcium citrate, calcium succinate and calcium ascorbate) | Not included |
| Iron | Not included | 5 mg; Iron (as carbonyl iron) | Not included |
| Iodine | Not included | 15 mcg; Iodine (as kelp (whole plant) extract) | Not included |
| Magnesium | Not included | 100 mg; Magnesium (as magnesium citrate, magnesium malate and magnesium taurinate) | Not included |
| Zinc | Not included | 10 mg; Zinc (as zinc citrate and zinc ascorbate) | Not included |
| Selenium | Not included | 50 mcg; Selenium (as selenomethionine) | Not included |
| Copper | Not included | 0.4 mg; Copper (as copper citrate and TRAACS® copper glycinate chelate) | Not included |
| Manganese | Not included | 2 mg; Manganese (as manganese citrate) | Not included |
| Chromium | Not included | 100 mcg; Chromium (as chromium polynicotinate) | Not included |
| Molybdenum | Not included | 10 mcg; Molybdenum (as molybdenum amino acid chelate) | Not included |
| Potassium | Not included | 50 mg; Potassium (as potassium citrate, potassium aspartate and potassium ascorbate) | Not included |
| DMAE | Not included | Dimethylaminoethanol as DMAE bitartrate; included in 640 mg blend, individual amount not disclosed | Not included |
| L-glutamine | Not included | L-glutamine; included in 640 mg blend, individual amount not disclosed | Not included |
| L-pyroglutamic acid | Not included | L-pyroglutamic acid; included in 640 mg blend, individual amount not disclosed | Not included |
| DHA | Not included | Fish-body-oil concentrate, 15% DHA; anchovy, sardine and salmon; included in 640 mg blend, individual amount not disclosed | Not included |
| Inositol | Not included | Inositol; included in 640 mg blend, individual amount not disclosed | Not included |
| Bilberry | Not included | Fruit extract, 25% anthocyanosides; included in 640 mg blend, individual amount not disclosed | Not included |
| GABA | Not included | Gamma-aminobutyric acid; included in 640 mg blend, individual amount not disclosed | Not included |
| Grape whole-fruit extract | Not included | Grape whole-fruit extract; included in 640 mg blend, individual amount not disclosed | Not included |
| Grape seed | Not included | Activin grape-seed extract; included in 640 mg blend, individual amount not disclosed | Not included |
| Vinpocetine | Not included | Vinpocetine; included in 640 mg blend, individual amount not disclosed | Not included |
| Sodium chloride | Not included | Sodium chloride; included in 640 mg blend, individual amount not disclosed | Not included |
| Huperzine A | Not included | From toothed clubmoss whole-herb extract; included in 640 mg blend, individual amount not disclosed | Not included |
| Boron | Not included | Boron citrate; included in 640 mg blend, individual amount not disclosed | Not included |
| Vanadium | Not included | Vanadyl sulfate; included in 640 mg blend, individual amount not disclosed | Not included |
| Coffee fruit | Not included | Not included | 100 mg; whole coffee fruit extract |
“Not included” indicates confirmed absence from the assessed formula. “Not verified” identifies a gap in the information available for this comparison; it does not mean the manufacturer hides the amount.
ThinkEase: 16 active ingredients; caffeine-free. Compare botanical extracts by both amount and specification, not milligrams alone.
Focus Factor: Original adult formula. All 24 separately quantified nutrients and all members of the 640 mg proprietary formulation are shown. Contains fish and soy. Standard serving is 4 tablets; taking 8 doubles the amounts shown.
Neuriva: Original capsules, not Plus, Ultra or gummies. This is the two-active formula.
Capsule and other ingredients
ThinkEase: Pullulan capsule and NuFLOW rice-hull concentrate.
Focus Factor: Other-ingredient list not verified for this version.
Neuriva: Other-ingredient list not verified for this version.
Version assessed: Original capsules, not Plus, Ultra or gummies. Comparison basis: 1 capsule.
One phosphatidylserine amount is visible
Neuriva Original supplies 100 mg phosphatidylserine with 100 mg coffee fruit extract. Focus Factor includes phosphatidylserine within its 640 mg blend without a separate amount. Both may contain the ingredient, but only one of those entries supports a direct dose comparison.
Consider whether you want more nutrients
Focus Factor also supplies a range of vitamins and minerals. That can matter if you already use a multivitamin. Neuriva’s simpler one-capsule proposition avoids that wider nutrient list.
ThinkEase is our preferred nootropic-focused option because the individual actives are stated. Neuriva also has relevant published product research, which should be acknowledged rather than obscured by its shorter list. [1]
Where Rootana Pure Mind fits
Pure Mind’s 75 mg phosphatidylserine is lower than Neuriva’s 100 mg. It earns second place for the whole broader formula in three capsules, not for winning each dose comparison. ThinkEase provides the fuller serving and the same clean-label profile.
Read about Rootana Pure MindAlternatives: our three recommended options
1 · Best overall
ThinkEase
The fuller four-capsule choice, with 16 stated active amounts. It supplies 300 mg bacopa, 250 mg citicoline and 200 mg theanine. Its clean label uses only pullulan capsule and rice hull concentrate as other ingredients.
Explore ThinkEase2 · Smaller serving · clean profile
Rootana Pure Mind
Our three-capsule option keeps the same 16-active selection, generally at about three-quarters of ThinkEase’s amounts. It supplies 225 mg bacopa and 187.5 mg citicoline. Both brands share the same short pullulan-and-rice-hull other-ingredient list.
See Rootana Pure Mind3 · Basic alternative
Mind Vitality
A botanical formula whose official table includes bacopa, lion’s mane and phosphatidylserine. It is our third choice behind the more fully specified leading formulas. Use the official Mind Vitality destination below for the product discussed here.
See official Mind VitalityRead the individual assessments: Focus Factor review and Neuriva review.
Assessment and suitability
These recommendations come from Rootana’s review of identified product versions and relevant research. We have not personally tested these products for this article. We favor clear quantities, appropriate ingredient detail and a practical serving. Those criteria do not establish that the highest dose or longest list produces the best clinical result.
Product information checked 7 September 2026. Formulas can change; check the exact current version before buying. A supplement is not a treatment for a cognitive disorder. Seek professional advice for new or worsening symptoms, or to check suitability with medications and health conditions.