Comparison

Ask Iris vs MoreBrainSpace

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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Your files already contain the answers. Ask Iris turns documents, images, recordings, folders, and conversations into a private AI workspace on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Apple Intelligence and compatible MLX models run directly on your device, so your content, chats, and model inference stay under your control. EXPLORE THE FULL MODEL LIBRARY FREE FOR 100 DAYS Your full model trial begins with your first message. No account or subscription is required. After the trial, keep using a basic model for free, including Apple Intelligence when available. Unlock Pro once for the full model library and custom models. Your workspaces remain on your device either way. MEET IRIS Your friendly flower companion helps you find your way around. Click Iris in the sidebar to ask how to use the app, choose a model, add sources, or explore a workspace. App guidance uses your configured model in a familiar chat. BUILD A PRIVATE WORKSPACE Create a workspace for a project, topic, collection, or ongoing question. Add a folder at once or bring in PDFs, text documents, spreadsheets, Word files, images, audio recordings, screenshots, camera captures, and video clips. ASK ACROSS EVERY SOURCE Ask about one attachment or an entire workspace. Compare documents, explain an image, extract visible text, summarize a PDF, inspect a clip, or follow an idea across multiple sources. Answers can cite the files and timestamped transcripts they came from, making it easy to check the original context. TRANSCRIBE ON YOUR DEVICE Import supported audio recordings and turn speech into a searchable, timestamped transcript using Apple's on-device speech recognition. Play the recording, jump through transcript segments, and use it as workspace knowledge alongside documents and images. TURN FILES INTO LIVING KNOWLEDGE Ask Iris builds an editable workspace summary and wiki from your content. Useful ideas, source notes, and briefings stay organized as the workspace grows, without exposing the underlying knowledge format or making you maintain a separate database. SEARCH WITHOUT A CLOUD INDEX Private Search finds chats, notes, documents, PDF pages, transcripts, and images across all your workspaces. Jump back to the original workspace, conversation, or source without sending a search index to a hosted service. WORK WITH WHAT YOU SEE Capture a screen or window on Mac, attach images and video, or use Photos and Camera on iPhone and iPad. Explain an unfamiliar interface, inspect a receipt, compare images, or turn a screenshot into a clear bug report. CHOOSE THE RIGHT LOCAL MODEL Start with the built-in Apple Intelligence model on supported devices, with no separate model download. Or browse a focused model library with recommendations based on your device, download a compatible model, or add a supported Hugging Face MLX model. Switch models when speed, memory use, or answer quality matters. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Chats, workspace content, generated knowledge, transcripts, and model inference stay on your device. Ask Iris reaches the network only for actions you choose, such as downloading a model, opening a model card, running an explicitly enabled web search, or completing an App Store purchase. No account is required. ONE PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION A basic model remains free after the trial, including Apple Intelligence when available. Unlock Ask Iris Pro once to use every compatible model in the library, add custom Hugging Face models, and support ongoing local-first development. Purchases are handled securely by the App Store.

About

MoreBrainSpace

This app offers a non-linear memory system designed for individuals who think in multiple directions simultaneously. It allows users to capture and connect ideas, tasks, notes, and people without a rigid filing system, facilitating better thinking, learning, and creation.

Highlights
  • Non-linear memory system
  • Connects tasks, notes, people, projects
  • Capture ideas instantly
  • No filing system required
  • Facilitates learning and creation
Features
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Memory is the foundation of everything you do — thinking, learning, creating, executing. A poor memory holds you back across all of it. A good memory elevates all of it. MoreBrainSpace gives you a perfect memory. Most tools are designed for linear thinkers — one thought, one thread at a time. MoreBrainSpace is built for people who have three ideas at once, whose notes belong in three places at once, whose best thinking happens in every direction at once. Anything can connect to anything — a task, a note, a person, a project. No filing system. Just write and make connections the way you think. The problem was never your way of thinking. It was capturing thoughts — and getting them where they belong. That's what you can do with MoreBrainSpace.

Screenshots

Ask Iris4 screens
MoreBrainSpace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MoreBrainSpace at none against Ask Iris's 1. MoreBrainSpace also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Ask Iris's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). On price, rating, ads 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. Ask Iris sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MoreBrainSpace asks for nothing beyond the download.

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 MoreBrainSpace. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MoreBrainSpace has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ask Iris ships an update every 4 days, MoreBrainSpace every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Ask Iris versus MoreBrainSpace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAsk IrisMoreBrainSpace
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB25 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperAbhishek KulkarniTIMOTHY SEAN OPHELAN

Customer experience

Ask Iris

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

MoreBrainSpace

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Ask Iris

One-time1
  • Ask Iris Pro$19.99
None

MoreBrainSpace

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ask Iris free?
Ask Iris is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MoreBrainSpace free?
MoreBrainSpace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ask Iris or MoreBrainSpace?
Ask Iris and MoreBrainSpace are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Ask Iris or MoreBrainSpace have ads?
Neither Ask Iris nor MoreBrainSpace shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ask Iris or MoreBrainSpace?
Ask Iris ships an update every 4 days, and MoreBrainSpace every 10 days. Most recently, Ask Iris was updated on October 5, 2026 and MoreBrainSpace on October 4, 2026.

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