Comparison

Ask Safely vs Confer Private AI

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

Head to head
About

Ask Safely

This AI assistant provides helpful answers to your questions while automatically deleting conversations after 8 hours. It prioritizes user privacy by not using chats for AI training and avoiding tracking or permanent records. Start asking immediately without needing an account.

Highlights
  • Auto-deleting conversations
  • No AI training on user data
  • No tracking or permanent records
  • Instant chat deletion
  • No account required
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Clear answers from an AI that's on your side. Ask about a bill, a letter, a prescription or a plan, and get a plain answer with a next step. And check any text that seems off, free. Your chats clear on the timer you choose. Nothing you say is used to train AI, and there are no ads. WHAT YOU CAN DO Scam or real? Send Lookout a screenshot of a text, email or link. It tells you if it's a scam, shows you the tells, and says what to do next. Your first check needs no account, and unlimited checks are free with one. Clear answers: Ask the hard question and get a plain-English answer, with the sources when it looks things up, so you can check the work yourself. The letter in front of you: Snap a photo of a lab result, an insurance notice or a bill, and ask what it actually means. Keep what matters: Save what's worth keeping as a Knowledgebook, like a medication list or a trip plan. Read it, edit it or remove any line anytime. The chat clears. The Knowledgebook doesn't. Just talk: Tap the microphone and ask out loud. Ask Safely talks back. Write it for me: Draft the email, the reply or the note you've been putting off. YOUR PRIVACY Chats clear on your timer: 8 hours by default, or 7 or 30 days. Nothing you say is used to train AI. No ads. Encrypted in transit and at rest. Built on Anthropic's Claude, and we pick the right model for each question. PLANS Essential is free: unlimited chats, unlimited Lookout scam checks, About you plus three Knowledgebooks, and one free try each of Researcher, Writer, voice and uploads. Expert is $20 a month, or $100 for your first year (launch offer through October 31), then $200 a year. Cancel anytime. Ask Safely is an AI assistant, not a doctor, lawyer or financial advisor. Treat answers as a helpful starting point. Terms of Service & Privacy Policy: https://www.asksafely.ai/assistant-terms-of-service/ https://www.asksafely.ai/assistant-privacy-policy/

About

Confer Private AI

Engage in private AI conversations with a focus on security and user privacy. Your messages and data are encrypted, ensuring only you have access. Utilize AI assistants for personal reflection on various life aspects, with features like file attachments and persistent, encrypted memory.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encrypted conversations
  • AI assistants for personal reflection
  • File attachments and long conversations
  • Folders with custom instructions
  • Persistent, encrypted memory
  • Cross-platform iPhone and web access
Features
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Private AI so you can think out loud. Off the record. Confer is a powerful AI assistant built so your conversations stay private—even from us. Your messages are encrypted with keys only you control. Most AI products ask you to trust a privacy policy. Confer makes privacy part of the architecture. Ask about health, finances, relationships, work, or anything else you wouldn’t want sitting in a company’s plaintext database. Private by design: * Chat history, folders, memories, and attachments are end-to-end encrypted * Your encryption keys remain under your control * We can’t read your conversations, use them to train AI, or hand over plaintext we don’t have Powerful by default: * Photos and file attachments * Long, continuous conversations * Persistent memory that learns about you—not a readable profile stored about you * Folders with their own custom instructions * Private connections to services such as Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Calendar * Available on iPhone and the web Confer is how personal AI should work: useful enough to tell it anything, private enough that you can. Terms of Use: https://confer.to/terms/index.html

Screenshots

Ask Safely4 screens
Confer Private AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Ask Safely at 4.9 against Confer Private AI's 4.4. Ask Safely also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and monetization model (free vs freemium). Confer Private AI's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 8 days). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Ask Safely sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $10.00 per month and Confer Private AI sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $34.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ask Safely holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Ask Safely's written reviews are positive against 67% of Confer Private AI's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ask Safely ships an update every 8 days, Confer Private AI every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Ask Safely versus Confer Private AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAsk SafelyConfer Private AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (38 ratings) — better4.4 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings38 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.2 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB58 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperSafeLife Inc.Confer Enterprises

Customer experience

Ask Safely

All ratings38 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Confer Private AI

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral15.4%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Ask Safely

Subscriptions6
  • AskSafely Expert Founding Monthly$10.001 Month
  • AskSafely Expert Monthly Discount1 Month trial$12.001 Month
  • AskSafely Expert Standard Monthly$20.001 Month
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  • AskSafely Expert Founding Annual$100.001 Year
  • AskSafely Expert Annual Discount1 Month trial$119.991 Year
  • AskSafely Expert Standard Annual1 Year trial$200.001 Year
1 purchases

Confer Private AI

Subscriptions1
  • Confer Membership$34.991 Month

Questions

Is Ask Safely free?
Ask Safely is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Confer Private AI free?
Confer Private AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ask Safely or Confer Private AI?
Ask Safely is rated higher. Ask Safely averages 4.9 out of 5 from 38 ratings, while Confer Private AI averages 4.4 from 13 ratings.
Do Ask Safely or Confer Private AI have ads?
Neither Ask Safely nor Confer Private AI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ask Safely or Confer Private AI?
Ask Safely ships an update every 8 days, and Confer Private AI every 4 days. Most recently, Ask Safely was updated on October 18, 2026 and Confer Private AI on October 7, 2026.

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