Cognitia AI vs Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cognitia AI
This AI-powered app acts as your personal memory layer, connecting to your emails, calendar, and files to provide context-aware answers. It allows you to control your data and build custom workflows across devices, with Siri integration on iOS for quick access.
- Personal AI memory layer
- Connects to emails, calendar, files
- Context-aware answers
- Data control and audit
- Cross-device synchronization
- Siri integration (iOS)
- Customizable workflows
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Cognitia is your personal AI memory layer that grows with you. Build your portable memory layer that draws on your emails, calendar, files, and connected apps—so answers stay grounded in your real life, not generic guesses. Explore what Cognitia knows, see where each fact came from, and keep control of your data. Connect the tools you already use, build helpful workflows, and pick up where you left off across devices. On iPhone, you can also ask Siri about people, commitments, and topics Cognitia knows—so your memory is useful when you need it, not only inside the app. You can also connect any app with Cognitia using MCP, leveraging all connected data through any app, so that manual context feeding will never happen again. Your memory stays yours: audit it, update it, and decide what Cognitia can use. Terms of Use: https://www.cognitia-ai.com/terms
Control
Consolidate your daily trackers, planners, and reminders into a single, elegant app. Monitor habits, budgets, fitness, and more directly from your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or Live Activities. Enjoy a private experience with all data stored locally and synced via iCloud.
- 20+ customizable iOS widgets
- Track habits, budget, fitness, and more
- Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Live Activities support
- Private data storage on device
- iCloud sync across devices
- No sign-ups or dark patterns
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Your Home Screen, redesigned. Control is a library of 20+ beautifully crafted iOS widgets - every tracker, planner, and reminder you actually use, gathered in one app. Habits, budget, fitness, medication, birthdays, travel, and much more, all glanceable from your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Live Activities. No more juggling ten single-purpose apps. No sign-ups, no dark patterns. - TRACK EVERYTHING - • Habits - daily routines, streaks, goals • Budget - spending, savings, monthly limits • Subscriptions - see exactly what's recurring and when • Portfolio - track your investments • Debt - loans and credit cards, payoff progress • Currency - live exchange rates between any two currencies • Fitness - steps, workouts, calories burned via Apple Health • Calories - daily intake, weight goals • Period - cycle tracking with predictions • Medication - dose reminders for every prescription • Birthdays - pulled from Contacts, never forget another one • Books - what you're reading, with auto-fetched covers • Movies - your watchlist with poster art • Pets - feeding, walks, vet visits • Vehicle - mileage, services, fuel logs • Hotel & Travel - live check-out countdowns and trip dashboards • Past Trips - a souvenir of where you've been • Food Expiration - what's in your fridge and when it spoils • Game Tracker - leaderboards plus a multi-touch player picker • Speedometer - live drive sessions • Clipboard - quick-paste from history • To-do - checklists that sync across devices • Quit Tracker - sober days, money saved, life regained - PRIVATE BY DEFAULT - Everything is stored on your device and synced privately through your own iCloud account. No external servers. No tracking. No analytics SDKs. Your habits, finances, and reminders are yours. Control is built for people who want their Home Screen to do something useful. - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cognitia AI at 5.0 against Control's 4.5. Control's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Cognitia AI sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $10.00 per month and Control sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cognitia AI holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
Cognitia AI ships an update weekly, Control every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cognitia AI | Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cognitia AI | Alex Patrick Palacean |
Customer experience
Cognitia AI
Control
In-app purchases
Cognitia AI
- Pro$10.001 Month
- Pro$100.001 Year
- 500 credits$1.00
- 2,500 credits$5.00
- 5,000 credits$10.00
Control
- Control Lifetime$9.99









