Comparison

Privacy AI vs Postgres & Friends

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

Head to head
About

Privacy AI

This AI toolkit offers a comprehensive suite of tools for local and cloud-based models, including language, speech, and image processing. It enables users to chat, run agents, transcribe meetings, and generate images with over 60 integrated functions. Local model features operate entirely offline, enhancing privacy and accessibility.

Highlights
  • Local and cloud AI model integration
  • AI agent with goal-driven planning
  • Speech recognition and text-to-speech
  • On-device image generation
  • Meeting transcription and summarization
  • AI-powered writing and editing tools
  • Document scanning and conversion
Features
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Privacy AI is an all-in-one AI toolkit for every kind of model: local language models (GGUF, MLX, Core AI), speech recognition, text-to-speech and image models, Apple's own models, and the major cloud providers. Chat, run agents, transcribe meetings and create images with 60+ tools. Local models work fully offline. Novel Writer - Import a novel and recover its chapters, characters and open threads - Rewrite from any chapter, translate it, or start a new story in its world - Draft novels and short stories Made for iPhone Duo and iPad - Lists beside their details, and two windows in Split View - Meetings: the live transcript on top, your notes below, split on the fold - Doc Scanner, Reader and AI edits show the original beside the result Meetings - On-device transcripts of meetings and lectures, with speaker labels - Minutes, lecture notes or your own summaries, linked to the moments they quote - Lock Screen controls; export SRT, VTT or Markdown Games - Adventure: a fantasy campaign with an AI party and narrator - Werewolf: a social deduction table of AI players Create Images on Your Device - FLUX.2 Klein and Stable Diffusion models, free with no API key - Import your own fine-tuned models Run Models Locally or in the Cloud - On-device GGUF and MLX models, with vision and tool-calling - Use models in place from any folder or external drive - Apple's on-device and Private Cloud Compute models, with no account or API key - Connect to OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, or any OpenAI-compatible server Agent - Give it a goal: it plans, calls tools and delivers a written report - Teach it with Skills: folders of instructions and scripts Chat - Smart Chat routes each message by complexity and keeps sensitive text local System Keyboard - Dictate, rewrite, translate and proofread text in any app - Types in 11 languages with Pinyin, Japanese and Korean input Mini Apps - Doc Scanner: PDFs, photos and scans to clean Markdown, tables intact - Email Assistant: triage any IMAP inbox on device - Knowledge Wiki: cited answers from your own documents - LLM Council: ask several models at once and get one answer - Topic Briefing: dated, sourced briefs on topics you follow Tools and Connectors - 60+ built-in tools: web and paper search, calendar, code and more - Google Drive, MCP with a marketplace, Siri and Shortcuts Voice - Text to Audio: documents read aloud by on-device voices - Voice Clone: a voice from a short recording or a description Files and Accessibility - Convert PDFs, Office files, e-books, archives, emails and media to Markdown, with OCR - VoiceOver throughout, including both games - View Assistant: point the camera and hear what is in front of you Free to Use. No Ads. Local model features are free, including the AI keyboard, 60+ tools, games and on-device image generation. Cloud API models, Google Drive and the MCP marketplace need a subscription. Privacy by Design Privacy AI runs on-device. No backend servers. No accounts. No data collection. Every API request is visible in the Protocol Inspector. Terms of Use: https://privacyai.acmeup.com/docs/policy/tos.html Privacy Policy: https://privacyai.acmeup.com/docs/policy/privacy.html

About

Postgres & Friends

Features
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Postgres & Friends is a database client for iPhone and iPad. Connect to the databases you already run, browse what is inside them, and run the query you need — without opening a laptop. SIX ENGINES, ONE APP • PostgreSQL • MySQL • SQLite — open a database file straight from the Files app • Redis • MongoDB • Cloudflare D1 — over Cloudflare's REST API BROWSE YOUR DATA Move from connection to database to table, and page through rows without dragging the whole table down the wire. Search inside a result set, tap any row to read long values in full, or switch to the structure view when you need column types and keys. WRITE REAL SQL A proper editor with syntax highlighting, not a single-line text box. Every statement you run is kept in a local query history, and the ones worth reusing can be saved. A built-in, filterable cheat sheet sits one tap away for the syntax nobody memorises on a phone keyboard. REACH PRIVATE DATABASES Most databases worth connecting to are not open to the internet. Tunnel through a bastion host over SSH, using either a password or an OpenSSH private key. SHARE THE ANSWER Export the rows you are looking at as CSV and send them straight from the iOS share sheet. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS There is no account to create and no server of ours in the path between the app and your database. Passwords and SSH keys are stored in the iOS Keychain; saved connections, query history, and saved queries live in the app's own sandbox on your device. No analytics, no telemetry, no tracking SDKs. FREE AND PRO Free includes up to three saved connections, table browsing, SQL execution, query history, and SSH tunnels across every supported engine. Pro removes the connection and tab limits and adds the full SQL editor, CSV export and sharing, and light and accent themes. It is available monthly, yearly, or as a one-time Lifetime purchase — all three unlock exactly the same features. Privacy Policy: https://postgresfriends.pages.dev/privacy Terms of Service: https://postgresfriends.pages.dev/terms

Screenshots

Privacy AI4 screens
Postgres & Friends4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Privacy AI at weekly against Postgres & Friends's every 3 weeks. 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. Privacy AI sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Postgres & Friends sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Privacy AI ships an update weekly, Postgres & Friends every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Privacy AI versus Postgres & Friends: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrivacy AIPostgres & Friends
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (21 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3.5 GB23 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAcmeUp Inc.冰冰 邓

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Privacy AI

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Pro Plan$3.997 Days
  • Monthly Pro Plan$9.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro Plan$99.991 Year
6 purchases

Postgres & Friends

Subscriptions4
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Mac Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
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  • Mac Pro Annual$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Mac Pro Lifetime$39.99
  • Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Privacy AI free?
Privacy AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Postgres & Friends free?
Postgres & Friends is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Privacy AI or Postgres & Friends have ads?
Neither Privacy AI nor Postgres & Friends shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Privacy AI or Postgres & Friends?
Privacy AI ships an update weekly, and Postgres & Friends every 3 weeks. Most recently, Privacy AI was updated on November 8, 2026 and Postgres & Friends on October 31, 2026.

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