# Pensiero Laterale — Assistant with cited sources

> Assistant with cited sources (iPhone/iPad app by Luigi Caltarossa.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pensiero-laterale/id6776203743 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Luigi Caltarossa](https://appshunter.io/developer/922478504)
- Category: Developer Tools, Productivity
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 3 MB
- Languages: American English, Italian
- Released: 2026-06-04
- Data updated: 2026-06-21
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pensiero-laterale/id6776203743/reviews.md

## What is Pensiero Laterale?

Pensiero Laterale is the native assistant for iPhone, iPad and Mac that answers your questions about Luigi Caltarossa's IT consulting services, with clear answers always backed by the sources they come from.

It is not a generic chatbot that makes things up. Every answer is grounded in the real documentation of pensierolaterale.tech: the app searches for the most relevant documents, selects them, and builds the answer from that basis only. You can always tap "sources" and see exactly where each piece of information comes from.

WHAT YOU CAN DO
• Ask questions in Italian or English about services, skills and ways of working
• Read the answer as it is written, in real time
• Open the cited sources: the exact document and section used to answer
• See how the assistant selects the most relevant information, in the clear
• Tap the links in answers to learn more on the website

FEATURES
• Universal app: iPhone, iPad and Mac (with sidebar on iPad and Mac, full-screen chat on iPhone)
• Conversation history stored on the device, available offline
• Resume a previous conversation and continue it
• Share a conversation via the share sheet
• "Hey Siri, ask Pensiero Laterale…" opens the app with the question ready
• Adaptive light/dark interface
• Fully localized in Italian and English

HOW YOUR DATA IS HANDLED
The questions you type are sent to the Pensiero Laterale backend (api.pensierolaterale.tech) and processed there by the Google Gemini model to generate the answer. Conversations are stored only on your device. No account is required, there is no advertising tracking and no third-party analytics SDK. See the privacy policy for details on Gemini processing.

Pensiero Laterale is an independent project by Luigi Caltarossa. Google and Gemini are trademarks of Google LLC; this app is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.1.4 — 2026-06-14

- More accurate answers to follow-up questions: the assistant now understands questions like "what about the price?" by reading the thread of the conversation.
- The Sources view shows an extra step: how your question is reformulated before the search, and which part of the conversation it comes from.
- Answers now appear smoothly, word by word.
- More readable Sources text.

### 1.1.3 — 2026-06-09

- Added an in-app privacy notice with a direct link to the policy.
- Improvements and fixes to the conversation history interface.

### 1.1.1 — 2026-06-07

What's new in 1.1.1
• More accurate reply language: it follows the language of your question
  even with technical terms or product names; if the question is very
  short, it uses the device language.
• Each answer now includes a link to the related page on the website for
  more detail.
• More relevant answers.
• Stability improvements.

### 1.0 — 2026-06-04

No release notes.

## More apps by Luigi Caltarossa

- [PL Analytics](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pl-analytics/id6771689073)
- [PL NetTools](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pl-nettools/id6773868269)

All apps by Luigi Caltarossa: https://appshunter.io/developer/922478504

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