Comparison

miniAssistant vs Glazr Scanner

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

Head to head
About

miniAssistant

This app acts as a client for various AI language models, allowing you to interact with them on your device. It supports multiple providers and offers advanced features like function calling for tasks such as managing your calendar, searching the web, and generating images.

Highlights
  • Connects to LM Studio, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Apple Intelligence APIs
  • Function calling for calendar, reminders, web search, and more
  • Personalize prompts and tune AI providers
  • Summarize and manage schedules in natural language
  • Add personal documents for AI knowledge base (RAG)
  • Image generation with OpenAI models
  • Customizable conversation start
Features
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* Works with the LM Studio API, OpenAI (GPT), Anthropic (Claude), and Apple Intelligence! * The LM Studio tab connects to any OpenAI-compatible API. * Each provider is tuned individually, including a high precision mode to control thinking level. * Personalize the prompt to tailor the app to your own needs. * Function calling is available for calendar events, reminders, notifications, web search and page fetching, location data, on-device memory, knowledge base search, image generation, and user interaction. * For example, you can summarize, add, and edit your schedule in natural language. * Add your own documents and let the AI search them (RAG). * Change the background using images from your Photos library. * You can ask AI to set notifications and list reserved notifications. By default, the app opens the conversation by listing today's remaining calendar events — or tomorrow's, if none are left. This behavior can be customized in your language on the settings panel. You can instruct the LLM in natural language, for example: "Search the next US holiday and add it to my calendar". The app automatically replies in your device's default language. [Note] * This app is provided free of charge for research purposes. * Use it at your own risk, and do not rely on it for critical or high-stakes decisions. * The current time on your device is sent as the initial user prompt, and your device's language setting is sent as the system prompt. * When function calling is enabled, the app sends data from your device to the AI you selected. This may include calendar events, location data, saved notes, and excerpts from documents you have added to the RAG knowledge base. * Image generation is available with OpenAI models only. * API usage fees apply when you use OpenAI or Anthropic models with your own API key. * The software is provided "as is," and the author assumes no responsibility for its performance. * This app is a technical demonstration of LLM usage and should not be used for critical decisions, including business or medical purposes. * The content of AI-generated responses depends on the model you select. * AI may generate incorrect responses, and their accuracy is not guaranteed. [Safety Measures] * You are asked to confirm after every five consecutive function calls. * In Safe Mode, adding or editing a calendar event requires your confirmation through the standard iOS interface. * Deleting a calendar event always requires your confirmation, whether or not Safe Mode is enabled. * Location access is managed by the standard iOS permission system, and only approximate location data is used. [Apple Intelligence Limitations] * Requires an Apple Intelligence–compatible device running iOS 26 or later. * Limited context window: enabling many tools can exceed it, causing the model to skip tool calls and hallucinate. Disable tools you don't need. * Safe Mode is always on for calendar operations. * Tool calling stops with an error after 20 consecutive calls.

About

Glazr Scanner

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Glazr Scanner turns paper into a clean PDF and gives you its text. Point the camera at a page: the edges are found, the page is straightened and cleaned up. Then copy the text, edit it or share it. SCAN • The phone's document scanner: automatic edges, perspective correction and clean-up • Many pages in one document; retake, crop, rotate or reorder them before saving • Import photos (with cropping), image files or PDFs, or open them from other apps GET THE TEXT (OCR) • Text recognition runs on your phone, without internet • Arabic, English, French and German • Arabic pages: the app notices Arabic and switches to its Arabic reader. You can also turn on "Pages contain Arabic" • Copy the text, edit it, or save it as a .txt file SHARE • PDF with the text hidden under each scanned page, so English, French and German text can be searched and copied in other apps • JPG images of the pages • A text file PRIVATE • No account and no upload: scans, images and text stay on your device NEED TO EDIT? To add notes, highlights or signatures, or to merge and edit pages, tap "Edit in Glazr PDF". Free with ads. Ads appear only in the document list, never while you scan or read. Formerly PdfBlend: your PdfBlend documents are still in the app, with your notes and drawings kept.

Screenshots

miniAssistant4 screens
Glazr Scanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: miniAssistant at none against Glazr Scanner's shown. miniAssistant also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). Glazr Scanner's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.2). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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

miniAssistant ships an update weekly, Glazr Scanner every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 4 level
miniAssistant versus Glazr Scanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterminiAssistantGlazr Scanner
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.215.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB41 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperKazufumi SuzukiIbrahim Amer

In-app purchases

None

miniAssistant

No in-app purchases

None

Glazr Scanner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is miniAssistant free?
miniAssistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Glazr Scanner free?
Glazr Scanner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do miniAssistant or Glazr Scanner have ads?
Glazr Scanner shows ads; miniAssistant does not.
Which is updated more often, miniAssistant or Glazr Scanner?
miniAssistant ships an update weekly, and Glazr Scanner every 2 weeks. Most recently, miniAssistant was updated on November 3, 2026 and Glazr Scanner on November 12, 2026.

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