Comparison

HowAI Agent vs Steli Companion

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

Head to head
About

HowAI Agent

This AI assistant offers advanced conversational capabilities, deep research, and integration with real-world tools like maps and document analysis. It allows for customizable AI personalities and prioritizes user privacy with local-only processing.

Highlights
  • Local-only private processing
  • Conversational AI with real-time search
  • Deep research mode with step-by-step reasoning
  • Voice chat with natural AI replies
  • Photo analysis and PDF creation
  • Auto-generated PowerPoint slides
  • Customizable AI personality
Features
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HowAI is a personal AI assistant designed to help you understand, organize, create, and get things done. Chat naturally with GPT-5.6, speak with HowAI using realtime voice, or optionally share your camera when you want help understanding what’s in front of you. What you can do with HowAI: - Ask questions and get clear, helpful answers - Search the web automatically when current information is needed - Talk naturally using realtime voice - Use camera-assisted vision to understand objects, text, and surroundings - Create one-time or recurring reminders - Schedule verified news briefings and receive push notifications - Work with photos and files - Translate content, scan documents to PDF, and generate images - Personalize how HowAI communicates with you - Continue conversations with relevant memory and context HowAI 2.0 introduces a cleaner interface, faster responses, intelligent automations, improved personalization, and a completely redesigned voice experience. A free plan is available. HowAI Pro provides higher usage limits and access to additional capabilities. Plans: • Monthly: $7.99/month — first month free • Yearly: $79.99/year — first month free + save 17% (best value!) Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://haoyu.io/howai-privacy.html

About

Steli Companion

This AI assistant acts as your chief of staff, managing calls, tasks, and follow-ups to keep you organized. It can capture leads, summarize conversations, and prepare daily briefings, ensuring you never miss important business actions.

Highlights
  • AI call assistant for missed calls
  • Call transcripts and summaries
  • Lead capture and qualification
  • Daily executive briefings
  • Task and reminder creation
  • Draft email replies
  • Business memory and context awareness
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Your AI Chief of Staff Steli Companion helps business owners and busy professionals turn calls, meetings, reminders, and follow-ups into organized action. It can answer missed or forwarded calls, capture leads, summarize conversations, track callbacks, prepare daily briefings, and help you stay on top of the work that happens between customer conversations. Steli is available on mobile and web, with optional desktop workflow support through SteliDesk for approved workspaces. Never Miss What Matters • AI call assistant for missed and forwarded calls • Call transcripts, recordings, and executive summaries • Lead capture and qualification • Spam and solicitation detection • Callback reminders and follow-up tracking • Caller history and relationship awareness Start Every Day Prepared • Daily executive briefings • Priority follow-ups • Meetings and calendar events • Open tasks and reminders • Suggested next actions • Pending approvals and outstanding items Your Business Memory Steli keeps important context from calls, meetings, notes, and business knowledge so you can quickly find what happened and what needs attention. • Call history and transcripts • Meeting notes and recordings • Business knowledge and FAQs • Growth Profile learning • Assistant memory and context awareness Get Work Done • Create tasks and reminders • Draft email replies • Manage follow-ups • Place owner-approved outbound assistant calls • Support appointment and lead workflows • Chat with your assistant Work Anywhere Use Steli Companion from iPhone, the web dashboard, and optional SteliDesk Desktop Connector. With SteliDesk, approved workspaces can extend assistant workflows to selected desktop actions such as searching approved files, reading approved documents, opening files, organizing folders, and supporting legacy workflows where APIs are unavailable. Built for business owners, entrepreneurs, consultants, insurance agencies, service businesses, real estate professionals, and teams that need help staying organized. Most AI assistants answer questions. Steli Companion helps manage outcomes. Some features require an active Steli workspace, connected services, workspace setup, subscription plan, or admin approval. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://stelitech.com/privacy

Screenshots

HowAI Agent4 screens
Steli Companion4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: HowAI Agent at every 10 days against Steli Companion's monthly. HowAI Agent also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. HowAI Agent sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Steli Companion sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $59.99 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 — 4.9 for HowAI Agent against 5.0 for Steli Companion. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HowAI Agent has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HowAI Agent ships an update every 10 days, Steli Companion monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
HowAI Agent versus Steli Companion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHowAI AgentSteli Companion
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (7 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperISW Technologies LLCSERVIO,O SANCHEZ

Customer experience

HowAI Agent

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Steli Companion

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

HowAI Agent

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly (1st Free)1 Month trial$7.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly (2 Months Free)1 Month trial$79.991 Year
4 purchases

Steli Companion

Subscriptions4
  • Steli Companion Hydrogen7 Days trial2 variants$59.991 Month
  • Steli Companion Professional7 Days trial$99.991 Month
  • Neutronium7 Days trial$179.991 Month
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  • Steli Companion Neutronium$199.991 Month

Questions

Is HowAI Agent free?
HowAI Agent is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Steli Companion free?
Steli Companion is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HowAI Agent or Steli Companion?
Steli Companion is rated higher. HowAI Agent averages 4.9 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Steli Companion averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do HowAI Agent or Steli Companion have ads?
Neither HowAI Agent nor Steli Companion shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HowAI Agent or Steli Companion?
HowAI Agent ships an update every 10 days, and Steli Companion monthly. Most recently, HowAI Agent was updated on October 24, 2026 and Steli Companion on October 28, 2026.

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