Comparison

BonzAI vs Chat Notes

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

Head to head
About

BonzAI

This AI assistant prioritizes your privacy by processing all data locally on your device. It offers flexible AI model integration, including open-source options and remote APIs, for tasks like document and image analysis, with powerful customization and built-in tools.

Highlights
  • 100% local data processing for privacy
  • Supports open-source and remote AI models
  • Private document and image analysis
  • Advanced reasoning capabilities
  • Siri Shortcuts integration
  • Customizable AI personas and parameters
  • MCP Client for service integration
Features
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YOUR PERSONAL LOCAL AI AGENT BonzAI turns your iPhone, iPad, or Mac into a personal AI agent: chat, reason, analyze files, run research, and automate tasks from an interface designed for the Apple ecosystem. YOUR DATA STAYS UNDER CONTROL BonzAI prioritizes local execution when you choose it, and lets you connect external services only when you need them. Your conversations, history, and files remain under your control. By favoring local execution, BonzAI also helps reduce cloud dependency and reliance on energy-hungry remote infrastructure. ANALYZE DOCUMENTS AND IMAGES Summarize, question, and transform PDFs, CSV, JSON, text files, and images. With a compatible model, analysis can stay on your device to help protect the privacy of your content. STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE WEB Run personal research, explore current news, or ask for a clear summary of important trends. BonzAI can use web search to find, compare, and summarize useful information. CONNECT YOUR TOOLS BonzAI can use built-in tools such as weather, web search, and location. With MCP, connect your favorite services such as Home Assistant, Notion, Google Drive, or your own servers — only when you choose to. AUTOMATE WITH SIRI AND SHORTCUTS Use BonzAI with Siri and the Shortcuts app: ask BonzAI, analyze an image, analyze a document, create or open a conversation, prewarm a local model, and build agentic routines. CHOOSE YOUR AI Use Apple Intelligence, local open-source models (such as Gemma, Qwen, Phi, Mistral, Llama, DeepSeek, and more), local servers (such as Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM, or llama.cpp), or remote API providers when you need more power. FOR ADVANCED USERS BonzAI relies on llama.cpp to run efficient GGUF models on Apple devices. Download models from Hugging Face, tune inference parameters, create custom AI personas, and adapt BonzAI to your workflow. BonzAI: the AI agent that takes root on your devices, not in the cloud.

About

Chat Notes

Capture thoughts and ideas in a conversational, chat-like interface. Organize notes into threads and stacks, attach media, and enjoy fast, local storage. Personalize your experience with themes and fonts.

Highlights
  • Conversational note interface
  • Attach images and voice memos
  • Organize notes into Stacks
  • Create threaded replies
  • Local device storage
  • Link previews
  • Customizable themes and fonts
Features
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Tired of rigid, formal note-taking apps? Say hello to Chat Notes, the refreshingly simple way to capture your thoughts, ideas, and memories as if you were messaging yourself. Our unique chat-style interface makes jotting down notes feel as natural and fluid as a conversation. Chat Notes is designed for speed and simplicity. Whether you're capturing a fleeting idea, saving a link, recording a quick voice memo, or snapping a photo, everything is organized into a beautiful, reverse-chronological timeline. It’s your personal thought stream, made visual and interactive. KEY FEATURES: Fluid Conversational Notes: Write notes that appear like chat bubbles. This intuitive format makes it easy to follow your train of thought and review your ideas at a glance. More Than Just Words: Why limit your thoughts? Attach images from your photo library to add visual context, or record high-quality voice memos on the fly. All attachments are stored securely on your device. Powerful Organization, Made Simple: Stacks: Group related notes into "Stacks" – perfect for organizing projects, trip plans, or different areas of your life. Threading: Reply to any note to create a focused thread. Keep follow-up ideas and discussions neatly bundled with the original thought. Fast & Local: All your notes are stored locally on your device, ensuring your data is private and accessible instantly, even without an internet connection. Link Previews: Paste a link and Chat Notes will automatically generate a beautiful preview, giving you context without having to open the browser. Make It Yours: Customize your experience with a variety of beautiful built-in themes and professional fonts. Find the look and feel that helps you think best. Instant Search: Find any note, reply, or stack in seconds with a powerful and easy-to-use search. Download Chat Notes today and start a better conversation with yourself!

Screenshots

BonzAI4 screens
Chat Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Chat Notes at 5.0 against BonzAI's 4.1. Chat Notes also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). BonzAI's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. BonzAI sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Chat Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chat Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BonzAI has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BonzAI ships an update weekly, Chat Notes every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BonzAI versus Chat Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBonzAIChat Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (16 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB27 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperThomas LECONTEMuhammed Mukhthar CM

Customer experience

BonzAI

All ratings16 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.8%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%

Chat Notes

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

In-app purchases

4 purchases

BonzAI

One-time4
  • A coffee$0.99
  • A sandwich$3.99
  • A well-deserved break$8.99
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  • Maximum propulsion$17.99
None

Chat Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BonzAI free?
BonzAI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chat Notes free?
Chat Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BonzAI or Chat Notes?
Chat Notes is rated higher. BonzAI averages 4.1 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Chat Notes averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do BonzAI or Chat Notes have ads?
Neither BonzAI nor Chat Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BonzAI or Chat Notes?
BonzAI ships an update weekly, and Chat Notes every 10 days. Most recently, BonzAI was updated on September 9, 2026 and Chat Notes on September 10, 2026.

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