Macro App vs Vellum Assistant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Macro App
This workspace app integrates email, messaging, notes, tasks, PDF viewing, diagram creation, file storage, and code editing. It also features LLMs that can access context from all your content.
- Unified workspace
- Email and messaging
- Notes and task management
- PDF and diagram tools
- File storage
- Code editor
- LLM integration
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Macro is a workspace offering email, messaging, notes, tasks, pdf, diagrams, file storage, and code-editing—all alongside LLMs that have context on everything you touch.
Vellum Assistant
This AI assistant learns your work habits and thought processes to help you stay on top of tasks. It syncs across devices, providing quick summaries of communications and access to past notes. Over time, it becomes an indispensable teammate.
- Learns user work habits
- Syncs across Mac, iPhone, and web
- Summarizes Slack, email, and meetings
- Remembers forgotten tasks and follow-ups
- Accesses past notes and thoughts
- Improves with continued use
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vellum is your personal AI for work and life. It learns how you think, remembers what matters, and helps with the things you care about. With vellum, you're always in control: • Choose where your data lives: vellum Cloud or your own self-hosted vellum • Use any model, bring your own API key, or use vellum-optimized models • Decide what your assistant can access and remember Talk, text, or show vellum what you see with your camera, then use it to: • Catch up on email, Slack, and meetings • Remember follow-ups, tasks, and important details • Plan your day, trips, meals, or workouts • Find old notes, files, and saved links • Think through work and personal decisions • Get help with whatever is in front of you One assistant across iPhone, Mac, and web. Always caught up on what matters to you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Vellum Assistant at 4.4 against Macro App's 3.6. Vellum Assistant also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 40%) and update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). Macro App's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Vellum Assistant holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Macro App's written reviews are positive against 80% of Vellum Assistant's.
Macro App ships an update monthly, Vellum Assistant every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Macro App | Vellum Assistant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (7 ratings) | 4.4 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Macro | Vocify Inc. |
Customer experience
Macro App
Vellum Assistant
In-app purchases
Macro App
No in-app purchases
Vellum Assistant
No in-app purchases
