Comparison

Ask Iris vs SigmaNote

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

Head to head
About

Ask Iris

This app creates a private AI workspace on your device. It allows you to ask questions about your local files like screenshots, PDFs, and images without uploading them to the cloud. You can extract text, summarize documents, and get answers grounded in your own data.

Highlights
  • Local AI model execution
  • Ask questions about local files
  • Extract text from images
  • Summarize documents
  • Organize chats and clips
  • Model library management
Features
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Ask questions about your files and build a wiki you control—with AI that runs on your device. Ask Iris brings documents, images, recordings, folders, and conversations into a private workspace on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Find answers with source citations, turn ideas into useful pages, and keep the results in a format you can edit and take with you. ASK WITH YOUR SOURCES Add PDFs, text documents, spreadsheets, Word files, images, audio, or video clips. Ask about one source or compare material across a workspace. Answers can link to original files, PDF pages, and timestamped transcripts so you can check the evidence. READ WITH ROOM TO THINK Open PDFs and documents in a dedicated reader. Follow citations, highlight passages, and open a discussion when you want to ask Iris a question. Browse images, audio, and video together in Media. A navigation rail on Mac and iPad keeps your views within easy reach. BUILD A LIVING WIKI Create pages from selected sources or turn a workspace conversation into a page. Write with rich formatting, ask Iris to suggest revisions, and review changes before applying them. Organize pages, follow source links, and restore earlier edits with Page History. CHOOSE WHERE YOUR WIKI LIVES Keep the wiki inside Iris or save its Markdown pages and attachments in a local folder or iCloud Drive. Edit the same files in other apps. Optional Obsidian shortcuts open pages in your vault without a plugin or Sync login. Iris verifies copies before switching storage, checks for conflicting edits, and retains pending drafts when files are unavailable. FIND AND SHARE WHAT MATTERS Private Search finds chats, notes, documents, PDF pages, transcripts, and images without uploading a search index. Export selected wiki pages as a PDF report, Markdown, a web page, or a portable wiki bundle. Preview PDF reports and optionally include chat transcripts. WORK WITH IMAGES AND AUDIO Explain an image, extract visible text, or ask about a clip with a compatible model. Transcribe supported recordings on-device, play the audio, and jump through timestamped transcript segments. Use Photos and Camera on iPhone and iPad, or capture a screen or window on Mac. CHOOSE YOUR LOCAL MODEL Use Apple Intelligence on supported devices without a separate model download, or browse and download compatible MLX models. Choose a model per chat. Use your app default for workspace summaries and wiki generation, or set a model for an individual workspace. On Mac, you can also connect to a compatible inference server running on the same computer. Capabilities and performance depend on your device, model, language, and OS. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Apple Intelligence and compatible downloaded models run on your device. Workspace storage is local by default. If you choose iCloud Drive or another synchronized folder, that provider stores and synchronizes the wiki files and attachments. Changing Wiki Storage does not move chats or model settings. Downloads, optional web search, and connected tools can use the network. No Iris account is required. TRY THE FULL LIBRARY, KEEP A FREE MODEL Explore the full compatible model library free for 100 days, starting with your first message. After the trial, keep using a basic model for free, including Apple Intelligence when available. Unlock Pro with a one-time purchase for full model access and supported custom Hugging Face models. No subscription.

About

SigmaNote

This app acts as an AI-powered knowledge hub, allowing users to capture, manage, learn from, and create knowledge across various formats. It uses AI agents to organize content, answer questions, and facilitate voice-driven writing and content creation.

Highlights
  • Capture knowledge from diverse sources
  • AI agents for organization and retrieval
  • Learn through conversation and listening
  • Voice-driven AI writing and content creation
  • Unified knowledge lifecycle management
  • Cross-format knowledge integration
Features
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SigmaNote — AI-Powered Knowledge Hub SigmaNote lets you build your own AI-powered knowledge hub — a single place to capture, manage, learn from, and create knowledge. It goes beyond notes or chat. SigmaNote gives you AI agents that work with your knowledge, across every format. Capture Knowledge from Anywhere Bring knowledge into SigmaNote from any source: • Notes and markdown documents • PDFs, files, and document scans • Images with OCR • Web pages and web archives • YouTube videos (with or without subtitles) • Voice recordings and system audio • Real-time, multi-language transcripts No format limits. Everything becomes searchable and usable. AI Agents That Organize for You SigmaNote’s AI agents help you: • Find relevant knowledge instantly • Organize content into the right Spaces • Connect related ideas across files and formats • Reduce clutter as your knowledge grows Your knowledge hub stays structured — without manual effort. Learn by Listening, Reading, and Conversation Knowledge shouldn’t just sit there. With SigmaNote, AI agents can: • Proactively read or speak knowledge to you • Explain complex topics in simple terms • Answer questions grounded in your materials • Help you think through ideas step by step It’s like discussing your knowledge with a personal tutor or teammate. Talk to Write. Build New Knowledge. SigmaNote introduces voice-driven AI writing. You can talk to an AI agent to: • Write new documents • Edit and update markdown files • Refine ideas through conversation • Create knowledge using your entire hub or a selected document This turns thinking out loud into structured writing — powered by everything you’ve learned. From Capture to Creation SigmaNote supports the full knowledge lifecycle: • Capture information • Understand it with AI • Absorb it through reading and listening • Create new knowledge by talking and writing All in one personal system. Who It’s For Students, researchers, founders, consultants, lawyers, clinicians, creators — anyone who wants to own their knowledge and build with it. Why SigmaNote • One hub for all knowledge formats • AI agents grounded in your data • Learn by conversation, not just reading • Turn knowledge into output Legal Term of services & privacy policy: https://www.signifyid.com/terms/view.html?doc=privacy_policy https://www.signifyid.com/terms/view.html?doc=term_of_service

Screenshots

Ask Iris4 screens
SigmaNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

Ask Iris and SigmaNote are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Ask Iris sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SigmaNote sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ask Iris against 5.0 for SigmaNote. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ask Iris ships an update every 4 days, SigmaNote weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Ask Iris versus SigmaNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAsk IrisSigmaNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB90 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAbhishek KulkarniSignifyID LLC

Customer experience

Ask Iris

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SigmaNote

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Ask Iris

One-time1
  • Ask Iris Pro$19.99
4 purchases

SigmaNote

Subscriptions4
  • SigmaNote Premium Monthly$8.991 Month
  • SigmaNote Premium Plus Monthly$12.991 Month
  • SigmaNote Premium Yearly$80.991 Year
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  • SigmaNote Premium Plus Yearly$116.991 Year

Questions

Is Ask Iris free?
Ask Iris is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SigmaNote free?
SigmaNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ask Iris or SigmaNote?
Ask Iris and SigmaNote are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Ask Iris or SigmaNote have ads?
Neither Ask Iris nor SigmaNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ask Iris or SigmaNote?
Ask Iris ships an update every 4 days, and SigmaNote weekly. Most recently, Ask Iris was updated on October 30, 2026 and SigmaNote on October 24, 2026.

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