Comparison

Peanut vs Local AI Notes

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

Head to head
About

Peanut

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Peanut is your personal AI assistant — 100% offline. It answers your questions and helps you think smarter — all without sending any data to the cloud. Fast, secure, and private. The power of intelligence, right on your iPhone. Enjoy elegant design, smooth interactions, and seamless performance that fits perfectly into your iPhone experience. Every conversation feels natural and intuitive, crafted to adapt to your tone and language. Peanut remembers context, helps you write, explain ideas, or simply think through complex topics — all while keeping your data safe on your device. Experience a new way of interacting with AI: beautifully designed, deeply private, and completely yours. Terms of Service: https://bull-tech.notion.site/Peanut-AI-Terms-of-Service-282a1f460dfc8051b776e317ea48c917 Privacy Policy: https://bull-tech.notion.site/Peanut-Brain-Privacy-Policy-282a1f460dfc80018286d5e44d3b4dd1

About

Local AI Notes

This note-taking app organizes your thoughts by topic and sets reminders. It offers features like goal setting, task planning, and a smart mode for local language processing. All data is stored and processed on your device for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • Automatic note clustering by topic
  • Integrated reminders and calendar events
  • Goal and habit tracking with sub-goals
  • Local AI language model for smart features
  • Brain dump for quick note capture
  • Face ID lock and encrypted backups
Features
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local ai notes is a note app for your iPhone that thinks along, entirely on device. Write, paste or speak. Notes on the same topic gather into clusters by themselves, "remind me tomorrow at 9 to call the dentist" becomes a reminder, and /ask answers questions from your own notes. NEW: GOALS Set up projects and habits with sub-goals and checklist steps. Notes and tasks that fit sort in automatically. You decide what counts as progress, like three workouts a week or five hours on your thesis. Plan a weekly focus and look back on what you got done. ALSO • Reminders, calendar events and /plan, which fits your open tasks into today's free time • Brain Dump: say everything at once, get separate notes and reminders • Optional Smart Mode with a local language model • Face ID lock, encrypted backups, Siri and Shortcuts • A refined design, in light and dark No account, no cloud, no tracking. Everything runs on your iPhone, and your notes never leave it.

Screenshots

Peanut4 screens
Local AI Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Local AI Notes at none against Peanut's 1. Local AI Notes also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Peanut sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $11.99 per year. Local AI Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Peanut versus Local AI Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPeanutLocal AI Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB266 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBullTech CoreFlorian Wachter

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Peanut

Subscriptions1
  • Peanut Pro$11.991 Year
None

Local AI Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Peanut free?
Peanut is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Local AI Notes free?
Local AI Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Peanut or Local AI Notes have ads?
Neither Peanut nor Local AI Notes shows ads.

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