Comparison

Zxbase vs Thoughts AI

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Zxbase

This app provides a secure, open-source personal vault for managing passwords and sensitive information. It encrypts and syncs data directly between your devices, ensuring privacy and control without cloud reliance.

Highlights
  • Peer-to-peer device syncing
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Password generation
  • Organize all secrets
  • No cloud reliance
  • No registration required
Features
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Personal peer-to-peer vault. Zxbase is a free, open-source personal vault replacing legacy password managers and cloud solutions. Encrypts and syncs all your mobile and desktop devices peer-to-peer. With Zxbase - short for Zero Exposure Base - you build your personal vault by pairing your own devices. The data is transferred directly between devices (peer-to-peer) and never through the cloud. All communication is encrypted point-to-point. Encryption keys are never available to the Zxbase service. Zxbase doesn’t collect PII (Personally Identifiable Information) about its users. It only knows the Zxbase Identity Key, consisting of a public key and a unique identifier. • • • ORGANIZE SECRETS • Organize all your secrets in one place. • Create strong, unique passwords. AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE • Sync between all your mobile and desktop devices. • Fully control data residency. STAY PRIVATE • No registration required. • Synchronize devices directly. RECOVER FASTER • Isolate a lost device in seconds. • • • Support: https://zxbase.com/support/ Privacy Policy: https://zxbase.com/pages/privacy_policy/ Terms of Service: https://zxbase.com/pages/terms_of_service/

About

Thoughts AI

Features
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Think out loud. Thoughts AI turns what you say or type into clear notes, gives each one a title, and files it in the right project, with the AI running on your iPhone. Ideas show up half-finished and at the wrong moment. Thoughts lets you get them down in seconds, then does the tidying and the filing for you, so every idea ends up somewhere you will actually look. Speak or type • Tap Speak and talk: live transcription keeps up on your iPhone • Or tap Type and write • Every capture saves instantly, even before the AI has finished • Teach it the names and words it mishears with your own dictionary Clean up in one tap • Turn a rambling transcript into a clear note with one tap • Undo brings back your original words • Titles write themselves once a thought has enough to go on It files itself • Thoughts suggests the right project while you type and files the thought when the match is clear • Anything it isn't sure about waits in Unfiled • A project or Unfiled choice you make is always kept Projects that stay tidy • Give every project its own colour and summary • See thoughts as a grid of cards or a compact list • Pin the projects you use most to Home Private by default • Clean-up, titles and filing run on your iPhone. Apple Intelligence is used where available; an optional on-device model can be downloaded for clean-up and titles when needed • Your voice recordings never leave your device • No account needed: capture, clean-up, filing and search all work on your iPhone alone • Lock individual thoughts behind Face ID Sync and share only what you choose • Turn on sync one project at a time • Invite people by email as editors and see what they add • Sign in with Apple, Google or an email code And more • Checklists, bullet and numbered lists, and bold text • Photos, PDFs and documents inside your notes • Smart links for the pages you paste • Search across projects, notes and transcripts • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets to Speak or Write in one tap • Export a project as Markdown, plain text or JSON • Dark mode • Connect AI assistants that support MCP to your synced projects, only after you approve them Thoughts AI is free, with no subscription, no ads and no tracking.

Screenshots

Zxbase4 screens
Thoughts AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Thoughts AI at fortnightly against Zxbase's every 2 months. Zxbase's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zxbase ships an update every 2 months, Thoughts AI fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Zxbase versus Thoughts AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZxbaseThoughts AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB176 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZxbase, LLCAreeb Qamar

In-app purchases

None

Zxbase

No in-app purchases

None

Thoughts AI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Zxbase free?
Zxbase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thoughts AI free?
Thoughts AI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Zxbase or Thoughts AI have ads?
Neither Zxbase nor Thoughts AI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zxbase or Thoughts AI?
Zxbase ships an update every 2 months, and Thoughts AI fortnightly. Most recently, Zxbase was updated on November 3, 2026 and Thoughts AI on October 24, 2026.

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