Comparison

Daylight Capture vs Maple Chat

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

Head to head
About

Daylight Capture

Easily send links, articles, and PDFs from your iOS device to your Daylight Computer. Read content in a focused environment after sharing it through the iOS share dialog. Requires a DC1 device to function.

Highlights
  • Share links, articles, and PDFs
  • Utilizes iOS share dialog
  • Read content in peace
  • Requires Daylight Computer hardware
Read full description

This app allows you to easily send content to your Daylight Computer. Share links, articles, or PDFs using the iOS share dialog. Then read in peace. You need a DC1 to use this app, see daylightcomputer.com. See our Privacy Policy: support.daylightcomputer.com/privacy-policy And Terms of Service: support.daylightcomputer.com/terms-of-service

About

Maple Chat

This app offers an encrypted AI chatbot and assistant for private conversations on sensitive topics like health, finance, and legal matters. It utilizes leading open AI models running in secure enclaves, ensuring your data is never seen by the company. Analyze documents, ask about photos, and use voice input for a secure and intelligent AI experience.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encrypted chats
  • Secure enclave AI model execution
  • Document analysis (PDF/files)
  • Image analysis
  • Voice input mode
  • Encrypted chat history sync
  • Web search integration
Features
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Maple Chat is a private AI chat app. Your chats are end-to-end encrypted, so Maple cannot see them. Ask about your health, your money, a contract or a hard conversation, and get answers from leading open AI models without handing your words to anyone. No one at Maple can read your chats. They are encrypted on your device and decrypted only inside a hardware-isolated secure enclave running open-source code you can verify. Since we can't read them, we can't train on them either. THE BEST OPEN MODELS, RUNNING PRIVATELY Maple runs leading open models in secure enclaves in the cloud. You get the speed and intelligence of cloud AI without draining your battery, and without giving up your privacy. Switch models in any chat. New models are added as they are released. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Chat about anything: long, thoughtful conversations on the topics you would never type into another AI app. • Analyze documents: attach a PDF or file and ask for a summary, the key points or what to watch out for. • Ask about photos: snap a picture and ask what you are looking at. • Talk instead of type: voice mode for fast, natural input. • Search the web: live, ad-free web results inside your private chat. • Pick up anywhere: your encrypted chat history syncs across iPhone, iPad, Mac and the web. BUILT FOR THE CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER • Health: understand a diagnosis, prepare questions for your doctor, organize notes. • Money: plan a budget, prepare for tax season, compare options. • Legal: read a lease or contract and understand what you are agreeing to. • Work: draft sensitive emails, summarize confidential documents, think through a decision. • Personal: journal, process a hard day or practice a difficult conversation. • Travel: translate menus, signs and conversations as you go. PRIVACY YOU CAN CHECK • End-to-end encryption for every chat. • Models run inside attested secure enclaves, so no third party can read your chats. • Your encryption key is managed for you inside the secure enclave. • Your chat history is stored encrypted. • Open-source code and cryptographic attestation let you verify how it works, at maple.ai/proof. FAIR QUESTIONS Can Maple read my chats? No. They're only decrypted inside a secure enclave. Will my chats train your models? We'd have to read them first. We can't. What if someone demands my chats? They'd get encrypted data. So would we. How do I know you're not bluffing? The code is open source. Check it yourself at maple.ai/proof. FREE TO START Create an account and start chatting in seconds. Upgrade for more advanced open models and more usage. Maple Chat: private AI that cannot see your chats. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://maple.ai/privacy

Screenshots

Daylight Capture2 screens
Maple Chat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Daylight Capture at none against Maple Chat's 2. Daylight Capture also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 75%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Maple Chat's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Maple Chat sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $23.00 per month. Daylight Capture asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Maple Chat holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 35 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Daylight Capture's written reviews are positive against 75% of Maple Chat's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daylight Capture ships an update every 9 days, Maple Chat every 6 days. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Daylight Capture versus Maple Chat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaylight CaptureMaple Chat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (13 ratings)4.7 (35 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1335 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB56 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperDaylight Computer CoMutiny Wallet, Inc.

Customer experience

Daylight Capture

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Maple Chat

All ratings35 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Daylight Capture

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Maple Chat

Subscriptions2
  • Maple Pro Monthly$23.001 Month
  • Maple Max Monthly$114.991 Month

Questions

Is Daylight Capture free?
Daylight Capture is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Maple Chat free?
Maple Chat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Daylight Capture or Maple Chat?
Maple Chat is rated higher. Daylight Capture averages 4.3 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Maple Chat averages 4.7 from 35 ratings.
Do Daylight Capture or Maple Chat have ads?
Neither Daylight Capture nor Maple Chat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Daylight Capture or Maple Chat?
Daylight Capture ships an update every 9 days, and Maple Chat every 6 days. Most recently, Daylight Capture was updated on November 4, 2026 and Maple Chat on November 4, 2026.

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