Comparison

SurfMind vs Taskbuzz

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

Head to head
About

SurfMind

This AI-powered browser extension provides instant assistance by allowing you to chat with AI about the content of any website you're viewing. It offers research capabilities across multiple tabs and understands both text and visual elements, all while prioritizing user privacy.

Highlights
  • AI chat sidebar on any website
  • Research across multiple tabs
  • Understands content and visual elements
  • Privacy-focused architecture
  • Supports 100+ AI models via API key
  • Free trial credits provided
Features
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Meet SurfMind: Instant AI chat (GPT, Claude, OpenRouter, Ollama, Local & Custom Models) Tired of copying and pasting text into ChatGPT in another tab? SurfMind brings the world’s most powerful AI models right next to your webpage. Whether you need to research across 10 tabs, draft flawless replies, summarize long articles, or automate browser tasks, SurfMind sees what you see and helps you get it done right where you are. Why Choose SurfMind? - Instant AI Access: One click to bring up your AI assistant. It stays neatly out of your way until you need it. - Page-Aware & Multi-Tab Research: SurfMind understands the page you are on and can compare information across multiple open tabs at once. - Auto-Pilot Browser Actions: Let AI do the heavy lifting. SurfMind can navigate, click, scroll, and type on webpages to complete repetitive tasks for you. - Bring Your Own Key or Use Our Credits: Connect 100+ AI models with your own API keys — or start instantly with our free trial credits. - Privacy-First Architecture: Your data and conversations stay secure and private between you and your chosen AI provider. Advanced Features Built for Your Workflow - Real-Time Web Search: Get up-to-date answers with inline citation badges and source previews. - Side-by-Side File Chat: Drop PDFs, CSVs, images, or code files directly into the sidebar to chat, analyze, and visualize them next to your browser. - In-Page Highlight Toolbar: Highlight any text on any website to explain, rewrite, translate, or summarize. - Thinking Mode: Control model-specific deep reasoning and effort levels for complex technical or coding tasks. - Local Offline AI: Full support for local LLMs via Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp, or vLLM for complete data privacy. What Can You Do with SurfMind? Deep Research & Study: Compare sources, analyze dense articles, and summarize multi-page PDF documents side-by-side with your browser. Content Creation & Writing: Draft polished emails, write engaging social media updates, or translate and rewrite selected web text instantly. Design & Develop: Understand visual page layouts, generate ideas, troubleshoot front-end changes, and test website interactions directly on your live screen. Workflow Automation: Automate repetitive, multi-step browser actions like navigating websites, scrolling pages, and filling out forms on your behalf.

About

Taskbuzz

Features
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TaskBuzz is the social task manager for people who actually have to live, plan, and finish things together — partners, roommates, families, small teams, side-project collaborators. Build a list. Share it. Assign tasks. Talk about them in line. And when something really can't wait, hit Buzz — your friend's phone vibrates and lights up wherever they are. — WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT — - Comments on every task. No more dropping into iMessage for "did you actually buy oat milk?" — the conversation lives with the task. Push notifications when someone replies. - Buzz: Tap the Buzz button on any task to shake your friend's phone with a custom vibration pattern + screen-shake animation. Rate-limited (2 buzzes per task per day) so it stays respectful. - Shared lists with smart sharing. Trusted friends are added instantly; everyone else gets an invite they can accept or decline. Co-members who aren't your friends can be added on the spot - Three views for three brains. "My Lists" for what you own, "Assigned to Others" for what you delegated, "Assigned to Me" for what's on your plate. Red dot indicators show unread comments at every level. — EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS — - Phone-number sign-in. One account per number, no passwords. - Due dates + time pickers with smart "yellow when due soon, red when overdue" coloring. - Recurring tasks: weekly, monthly, yearly — every 1 week, every 3 months, whatever cadence you need. - Pin a task or a whole list to the top. - Copy & paste lists in and out: every line becomes a task, every task can be copied back to chat or notes. - Progress dashboard on your Profile tab — total vs done, overdue, due-soon, a 7-day completion sparkline, streak counter, and a breakdown of created/delegated/on-your-plate. - GOD Mode: see your tasks, lists, and friends as one living, force-directed graph. Tap any node to drill in. - Voice intent shortcuts. "Hey Siri, add task to TaskBuzz" and you're typing into a new task. - Offline-friendly. Browse your lists when the network drops; changes sync when you're back. — PRIVACY FIRST — • Phone number, task titles, descriptions, and comment content are encrypted at rest. • No ads. No trackers. We do not sell your data. • Contacts access is optional and used only to match numbers you search. Your contact list never leaves your device. • Delete your account and all data any time, from Profile. — WHO IT'S FOR — • Couples & roommates running the same household. • Families coordinating school runs, groceries, weekend plans. • Small teams and side-project pairs • Anyone who wants a fast, social, get-out-of-the-way task list.

Screenshots

SurfMind4 screens
Taskbuzz4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Taskbuzz at none against SurfMind's 1. On price, ads, device support 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. SurfMind sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Taskbuzz asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SurfMind versus Taskbuzz: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSurfMindTaskbuzz
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSurfMindKapil Manek

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SurfMind

One-time1
  • 1000 Credits$14.99
None

Taskbuzz

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SurfMind free?
SurfMind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Taskbuzz free?
Taskbuzz is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SurfMind or Taskbuzz have ads?
Neither SurfMind nor Taskbuzz shows ads.

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