Comparison

Raycast vs Kaleida

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

Head to head
About

Raycast

This mobile app extends your desktop productivity workflow with AI chat, note-taking, quick links, and code snippets. Seamless cloud sync keeps your content updated across devices, making essential tools accessible anywhere.

Highlights
  • AI chat with multiple models
  • Note capture and organization
  • Quicklink access
  • Code snippet storage
  • Cloud sync across devices
Features
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Introducing Raycast for iOS: Your all-in-one productivity toolkit with AI, notes, and more – now on mobile as the perfect companion to the macOS app. The app brings your favorite productivity tools from the Mac into your pocket. With Raycast for iOS, you can: • Chat with dozens of AI models from leading providers to get the perfect answers for any task • Capture, organize, and access your thoughts to never lose an important idea again • Save and open Quicklinks for instant access to your most important resources • Store and reuse code snippets and templates to save time on repetitive workflows • Enjoy seamless cloud sync to keep all your content updated across devices Whether you're a long-time Mac user or just discovering Raycast on iOS, you'll have your essential productivity tools always at hand. Raycast for iOS seamlessly extends your desktop workflow to mobile, ensuring you stay productive and organized wherever life takes you. Please note: Raycast for iOS requires a free Raycast account. Premium features available with a Raycast Pro subscription. Terms of Service: https://www.raycast.com/terms-of-service

About

Kaleida

This app guides you through complex decisions with structured thinking tools. It helps clarify trade-offs, identify risks, explore options, and check your biases to create a comprehensive decision brief.

Highlights
  • Structured thinking tools
  • Personalized decision plans
  • Trade-off analysis
  • Pre-mortem risk assessment
  • Options mapping
  • Values clarification
  • Bias detection
  • Decision brief creation
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FOR DECISIONS THAT MATTER The big decisions (should I take this job, should I start a company, should I switch to management) deserve more than lying awake overthinking. They deserve rigorous thinking. --- HOW IT WORKS Tell Kaleida what's on your mind. Answer a few quick questions. Get a personalized plan — a sequence of thinking tools tailored to your decision. Each tool takes a few minutes. You tap, rate, choose. Active thinking, not passive advice. --- 6 WAYS TO THINK IT THROUGH • Trade-offs: Clarify what you can live without • Pre-mortem: Surface the risks before you commit, so you’re not blindsided later • Options Map: Uncover options you haven’t considered • Values Check: Get clear on what matters most to you before you decide • Focus Lens: Zoom in on one angle and explore it deeply • Bias Flags: Check your blind spots --- WHAT YOU GET A Decision Brief — a living record that grows as you work through each step. Your options. Your priorities. Your reasoning. All in one place. And when you make the call, a Memento — a personal keepsake of the decision. What you chose, what you weighed, what you're betting on. Something to look back on years from now. --- WHO THIS IS FOR Kaleida works well for deciding on job offers, big moves, hard conversations. The decisions that shape your trajectory. If you've ever made a pros and cons list, asked a friend "what would you do?", or spiraled at 2am — this is the tool you've been missing. --- FREE AND PREMIUM TIERS Explore the tools for free with 100 credits each week. Subscribe to Kaleida Pro to unlock full decision journeys. Kaleida Pro is a recurring subscription that renews automatically. --- WHY PEOPLE LOVE KALEIDA - “I used Kaleida when deciding if I should quit my job. Friends gave me mixed advice and ChatGPT felt too generic, but Kaleida really understood my situation. It helped me decide without endless second-guessing. Game changer.” - “It feels like a real thought partner. Great tool for figuring out complicated situations.” --- Note: Kaleida uses AI to create personalized step-by-step plans, questions, and reflections. It's designed to increase clarity and to improve decision making, but it’s not a replacement for professional medical, legal, financial, or mental health advice. By downloading Kaleida, you confirm you understand that. --- By downloading Kaleida you agree to our terms of service and privacy policy and Apple's EULA: https://trykaleida.com/terms https://trykaleida.com/privacy https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: support@trykaleida.com --- Make choices that age well.

Screenshots

Raycast4 screens
Kaleida4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kaleida at 100% against Raycast's 55%. Kaleida also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Raycast's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (277 vs 18). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Raycast sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Kaleida sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kaleida holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Raycast has 277 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Raycast's written reviews are positive against 100% of Kaleida's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Raycast ships an update every 10 days, Kaleida every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Raycast versus Kaleida: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRaycastKaleida
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (277 ratings)4.8 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings277 — better18
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size238 MB231 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRaycast TechnologiesSpacenotes

Customer experience

Raycast

All ratings277 ratings
Positive86.3%
Neutral2.2%
Negative11.6%
Written reviews143 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral11.9%
Negative33.6%

Kaleida

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Raycast

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Sync feature should be free at least for Raycast notes

Requested features

4 requests
  • Attach documents via the UI when starting a conversation
  • Sync between desktop and iOS chat history
  • Create notes quickly from the Share Sheet
  • Extensions support

Kaleida

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Raycast

Subscriptions5
  • Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Advanced AI$19.991 Month
  • Max Plan$49.991 Month
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  • Pro14 Days trial$96.001 Year
  • Advanced AI$191.991 Year
One-time5
  • 500 AI Credits$5.00
  • 2,500 AI Credits$23.90
  • 5,000 AI Credits$46.49
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  • 5,000 Team AI Credits$60.00
  • 10,000 Team AI Credits$116.99
5 purchases

Kaleida

Subscriptions4
  • Kaleida Pro Weekly$5.007 Days
  • Kaleida Pro Monthly$14.001 Month
  • Every 3 months$35.003 Months
Show 1 more
  • Kaleida Pro Yearly$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlock one decision$14.99

Questions

Is Raycast free?
Raycast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kaleida free?
Kaleida is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Raycast or Kaleida?
Kaleida is rated higher. Raycast averages 4.5 out of 5 from 277 ratings, while Kaleida averages 4.8 from 18 ratings.
Do Raycast or Kaleida have ads?
Kaleida shows ads; Raycast does not.
Which is updated more often, Raycast or Kaleida?
Raycast ships an update every 10 days, and Kaleida every 2 weeks. Most recently, Raycast was updated on November 5, 2026 and Kaleida on October 30, 2026.

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