Comparison

Proonus vs Sage

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

Head to head
About

Proonus

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Give Proonus a try to boost your productivity and focus! By breaking tasks and priorities into manageable chunks, you can say goodbye to procrastination and reach your goals more quickly. Transform your time management today and enjoy a balanced, stress-free day. Proonus is a daily planner tool that offers: * Set your daily / weekly / monthly priorities * To-Do List * Daily time task schedule * Mark your tasks complete by pressing the left task icon * Dark mode support * Week number display

About

Sage

Features
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Sage is an AI assistant that runs entirely on your iPhone. All processing β€” chat generation, image understanding, speech recognition, text recognition β€” happens locally on your device. Nothing is ever sent to any server. WHY SAGE IS DIFFERENT β€’ Fully offline: works in airplane mode β€’ Zero tracking: no third-party analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs β€’ No subscriptions: one-time in-app purchase unlocks every pro feature β€’ Fully transparent: models are downloaded from public sources like Hugging Face WHAT'S INSIDE Smart Chat β€’ 8 dedicated templates: free chat, translator, writing polish, code review, email draft, weekly report, tutor, brainstorm β€’ Image understanding (vision model required) β€’ Document analysis (PDF / Word / Markdown / plain text) with automatic RAG retrieval β€’ Streaming output, read-aloud, copy, re-edit AI Tools β€’ Image Playground: generate images from a sentence (requires iPhone 15 Pro or newer with Apple Intelligence) β€’ AI Cutout: auto-lift the subject, swap background, or export as 512Γ—512 sticker for iMessage β€’ Photo Search: find photos in plain language β€” "sunset at the beach", "dog with a ball" β€’ Privacy Redaction: auto-detect faces, emails, card numbers, ID numbers; mosaic them in one tap; manual region also supported β€’ Meeting Recorder: record β†’ on-device transcription β†’ AI summary as Markdown β€’ Handwriting OCR: scan multiple pages β†’ recognize β†’ AI-polish into clean Markdown β€’ Live Translation: hands-free two-way conversation, hit the mic and speak Models & Backends β€’ Defaults to Apple Foundation Models (auto-enabled on iPhone 15 Pro+ with Apple Intelligence) β€’ Open-source MLX models supported: Llama 3.2 1B, Qwen2.5 1.5B / 3B, Qwen2-VL 2B, and more β€’ Models range from 0.7 GB to 2 GB β€” pick what fits your device System Integration β€’ Fully localized: English, Simplified & Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese β€’ Liquid Glass design (iOS 26+), graceful fallback on older systems β€’ Home-screen widget for quick access β€’ Share Extension: send text from any app into Sage β€’ Siri / App Intents: "Hey Siri, ask Sage to translate this" PRIVACY We do not collect, upload, or store any of your data. See in-app Settings β†’ Privacy Policy for details. CONTACT Questions or feedback? Reach the developer via the App Store reviews.

Screenshots

Proonus4 screens
Sage4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Proonus at none against Sage's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Sage sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Proonus asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Proonus versus Sage: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProonusSage
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS17.217.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size1 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter Zuzi利莎 η”˜

In-app purchases

None

Proonus

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Sage

One-time1
  • Unlock Open-Source Models$2.99

Questions

Is Proonus free?
Proonus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sage free?
Sage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Proonus or Sage have ads?
Neither Proonus nor Sage shows ads.

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