Comparison

Archium 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

Archium

Effortlessly scan, organize, and manage your documents with intelligent analysis and automatic filing. Quickly find what you need with powerful search and Siri integration. Streamline workflows using app shortcuts and automation.

Highlights
  • Scan and import documents
  • Automatic document organization
  • Intelligent search and indexing
  • Siri integration for context-aware questions
  • App Intents & Shortcuts for automation
  • Secure on-device storage
Features
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Archium: scan, organize & manage your documents. • Capture and manage everything effortlessly Import, scan, search, and share documents in seconds; all securely stored on your device. • Stay organized without the work Create smart Collections and let Archium automatically file documents where they belong. • Let automation do the busywork Use App Intents & Shortcuts to import attachments, sort documents, and streamline your workflows automatically. • Find what you need, instantly Intelligent analysis and indexing make every document easy to retrieve. • Ask questions, get answers, right in context Use Siri to ask about the document you’re viewing without leaving the app. • Search once, find everything Instantly search across all documents with powerful in-app search and full Spotlight support.

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, on Apple Intelligence where it's available or on the model built into the app • 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

Archium4 screens
Thoughts AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Thoughts AI at every 8 days against Archium's every 3 weeks. Archium's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, 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

Archium ships an update every 3 weeks, Thoughts AI every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Archium versus Thoughts AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArchiumThoughts AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB721 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel BazzaniAreeb Qamar

In-app purchases

None

Archium

No in-app purchases

None

Thoughts AI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Archium free?
Archium 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 Archium or Thoughts AI have ads?
Neither Archium nor Thoughts AI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Archium or Thoughts AI?
Archium ships an update every 3 weeks, and Thoughts AI every 8 days. Most recently, Archium was updated on October 8, 2026 and Thoughts AI on October 16, 2026.

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