Argus - AI Search

Argus - AI Search

AI search for your iPhone life

1 ratings
1 review
Free

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  • Released
  • Updated
  • March 23, 2026
  • May 8, 2026

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This app acts as a personal knowledge search engine, indexing your iPhone data like photos, messages, and health metrics. It allows you to search, ask questions, and take action on your information using AI, with privacy-first, on-device processing.

On-device AI processing
Hybrid keyword and semantic search
Natural language queries
AI Photo Studio for image editing
Health data dashboard
Personalized insights and memory features
Customizable power user tools
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What's New in Argus

2.0.0

May 8, 2026

Argus 2.0 — a major update. Chat • Multi-turn chat with personas, voice input, and read-aloud answers • Pin favorite Q&As, share whole conversations as text or image • Branch a conversation to explore alternate paths • Quick actions on AI answers: call, message, open in Maps, copy Photos & Stories • AI Photo Stories — turn 2-10 photos into a narrated story • Manga Mode — convert photos to manga art with speech bubbles • Save stories to Photos, export as PDF Insights & Mood • Weekly/monthly Data Insights with charts of your activity • Mood Journal — sentiment analysis of notes & messages, line trends Health • HealthKit integration — workouts, sleep, heart, activity, mindfulness • 8-chart Health dashboard: rings, sleep stages, HRV, resting HR, walking HR, VO2 max, steps, active energy, workouts • Workout routes on a map with HR zone breakdown Power features • Agent Mode in Chat — AI runs commands and acts on your data • Command Reference wiki in Settings — searchable catalog of every command • Per-modality AI providers — pick separate models for text, vision, image gen, and voice • Hot-fixable model catalog — new models without app updates • Visual Intelligence camera search iOS 26 native • Liquid Glass UI throughout • On-device Image Playground for free image generation • Apple Foundation Models with streaming responses iPad layout, larger keyboard support, and many performance and stability improvements.

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Feature requests/bug

When doing the prefix search, something like “wiki Japan” doesn’t seem to work. I’m getting used to the app. Also, can you make it so all 7000+ of my pictures are in the database? It shows only 1000 something. I did “/rebuild”, but nothing. I’m wondering if this is because they are in iCloud?

Also, can you make it so that all of the photos it matches are actually shown? Not just the texting showing what is in the photo? Only some show photos, the others show text from the photos or text of what the image contains

It also shows files as being a source I can search for. It says I need to check to make sure files is enabled in my data source. I don’t see an option for files.

I also cannot change the app icon. It doesn’t select the one I choose.

The keyboard doesn’t have a dismiss button when first launching the app.

I have added a google Gemini API. When using my API key it says that it “failed to decode LLM response”. I use a curl command with my API key and it works just fine.

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I guess I was wanting this app to be able to search through the past on my phone too. I wanted to be able to search through all calendars of all the history of events on my phone. I would like finer control as to which calendars are accessed by this app. It scrapes all of my reminders, but only recent calendar events and future calendar events. I wanted to be able to search all my photos (iCloud included); it only does 1000 photos. It would be cool to import all fields of my contact. The location is also not shown in the database browser. I would like to import safari web pages and have this app scrape the text and add it to the database. This app can be way cooler. I really like the idea


Also, can you prevent two hyphens from auto correcting to a single long hyphen? It is hard to add arguments to commands


When I use /export —source reminders —format csv it says it was exported. I search my files I cannot find it. When I try to use /share with that command. It doesn’t work
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FAQ

Does Argus have ads?

Argus is free and does not contain advertisements.

What is the pricing for Argus?

Argus is available for free.

What devices does Argus support?

Argus is compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.

How often is Argus updated?

The latest version, 2.0.0, was released on May 8, 2026, indicating active development.

What is the age rating for Argus?

Argus has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide audience.

How does Argus handle user privacy?

Argus prioritizes privacy with all data ingestion and processing happening on-device by default. HealthKit and other sensitive data are read and indexed locally, and cloud AI is opt-in.

Can I export my data from Argus?

Yes, Argus offers full data export in Markdown, JSON, and CSV formats, allowing users to retain control over their information.

What are the core AI models used by Argus?

Argus runs Apple Foundation Models on-device for free. Users can also opt to bring their own API keys for Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, or other OpenAI-compatible models for enhanced AI features.