Comparison

Ask Iris vs Static

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. 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. Switch models per chat. 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

Static

Preserve web pages as local, searchable archives, capturing the original URL, date, notes, and a PDF snapshot. This tool acts as a personal web archive for articles, research, and online sources, ensuring you can revisit them offline even if the original link is altered.

Highlights
  • Save web pages as local archives
  • Capture URL, date, notes, and PDF
  • Searchable offline content
  • No accounts required
  • No subscriptions needed
  • Local data storage
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Keep useful web pages even when you are offline or the original changes. Static gives you unlimited Standard archives. Save a page, open the saved copy, return to its source, delete it, or retry a Standard capture. Static Premium turns a growing archive into a private, organized library: • Private iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro • Full-text search across titles, domains, notes, and saved page text • Notes • Complete Page capture • PDF viewing and export • A–Z sorting • Alternate themes • Drag-and-drop saving on Mac Use Static for articles, receipts, recipes, travel information, research, instructions, school resources, and any page you may need later. Save from Safari or paste a link in Static. Your Standard archive stays available offline. No Static account is required. iCloud sync requires a signed-in iCloud account. Static Premium is an auto-renewing monthly or annual subscription. Both plans unlock the same Premium features. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage or cancel it in App Store account settings. Customers who bought Static before version 2.0 retain Premium access. Static saves only the pages you choose. It cannot recover an older version of a page that you did not save. Privacy Policy: https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/static-privacy.html Terms of Service: https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/static-terms.html

Screenshots

Ask Iris4 screens
Static4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ask Iris at every 4 days against Static's monthly. Ask Iris also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Ask Iris sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Static sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 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 Static. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ask Iris ships an update every 4 days, Static monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ask Iris versus Static: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAsk IrisStatic
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB15 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAbhishek KulkarniMyworkingmemory LLC

Customer experience

Ask Iris

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

Static

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Ask Iris

One-time1
  • Ask Iris Pro$19.99
3 purchases

Static

Subscriptions3
  • Static Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Static Yearly$4.991 Year
  • mySource Unlimited1 Month trial$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Ask Iris free?
Ask Iris is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Static free?
Static is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ask Iris or Static?
Ask Iris and Static are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Ask Iris or Static have ads?
Neither Ask Iris nor Static shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ask Iris or Static?
Ask Iris ships an update every 4 days, and Static monthly. Most recently, Ask Iris was updated on October 24, 2026 and Static on October 19, 2026.

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