Comparison

Pearba vs Conduck

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

Head to head
About

Pearba

Features
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TIME TRACKING BY VOICE Tell Siri to start a timer or log time you have worked. Pearba captures the project, client, and narrative. MAGIC WORDS Expand a short word into a full narrative with built-in templates or your own. Type entries with tags for duration, timers, and billable status. FRCP RULE 6 DEADLINE CALCULATOR Calculate deadlines using Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Save a calculation as a time-sensitive project. PROJECTS & CLIENTS - Organize projects by urgency and review hours by period, client, or project. - Track billable hours and export your records. - Paste text to import clients, projects, time entries, and Magic Words. STORAGE & SYNC Keep your work on your device or sync projects, their time entries, clients, and custom Magic Words through iCloud or Google Drive. Access your synced work on devices using the same service and account.

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Conduck

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Conduck is the native Apple client for your self-hosted or BYO-key AI - in your pocket, in the car, and on your wrist. Connect your own AI server - OpenClaw, Hermes, or a compatible model server such as Pi or LM Aider - or bring an OpenRouter key for a hosted model and start in about a minute. Your keys, your AI. No Conduck account and no Conduck-operated intermediary server. Ask from anywhere • iPhone & iPad: start a chat and type, or hold to talk • Action Button, Shortcuts & Control Center: fire off a quick question without opening the app • Apple Watch: ask straight from your wrist • CarPlay: a hands-free voice conversation on the road • Mac: a full desktop app and menu-bar companion, with a global hotkey and Screenshot & Ask Work: collect now, brief your AI later • A private desk beside your chats. Save thoughts, voice notes, screenshots, links and files from the app, the share sheet, Shortcuts, the Mac menu bar, Apple Watch or CarPlay. A voice note is saved as words. • Adding to Work sends nothing to your AI. Arrange materials on Home, or file them into projects with their own background notes. • When you're ready, write the task, pick the materials and choose your AI. Review the exact message, then send. • With a self-hosted agent and file exchange set up, files your AI returns join the project. • With content sync on, the desk syncs through your private iCloud. Very large files stay on the device that captured them. Private by architecture, not by promise • Conduck operates no intermediary server. No Conduck account, no analytics, no ads, no tracking. • By default, your speech is turned into text by Apple on your own devices. Your voice never leaves them. • Prefer a cloud transcription service? Your audio goes straight from your device to that provider with your own key. We're never in the middle. • Your conversations stay on your device and sync through your own private iCloud. We can't read them. • Your keys and tokens live in the Keychain, and every connection over the internet is HTTPS. A server on your own network can be reached without it if you choose, and Conduck says so on screen when you do. See what you actually use • Settings shows a private record of request attempts and conversations over the last 7, 30 or 90 days, typed and spoken compared. • Broken down by connection, device and requested model, with the token counts your AI reports, and reliability split into first-try deliveries, retries, cancellations and failures. • Recorded on your devices and synced through your private iCloud. Never sent to us. Free plan and Conduck Pro • Free: three active projects and three configured gateways in total across OpenClaw, Hermes and custom connections. Unconfigured options don't count, and OpenRouter never uses a slot. • Pro: unlimited active projects and configured gateways on iPhone, iPad and Mac. • Archive a project to free a slot. Above the free limits, choose which projects and gateways stay active; your materials, conversations and saved connection settings are kept. Conduck Pro is an optional monthly subscription: USD 29.99 in the US or EUR 29.99 in euro-area storefronts. Other storefront prices are shown in the app. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. It renews automatically unless canceled; manage it in your App Store subscription settings. AI and speech provider usage is billed separately by your chosen providers. Pro includes no model or voice credits. Terms: https://conduck.com/terms/ Privacy: https://conduck.com/privacy/ Open source The application source is available under Apache 2.0 at github.com/GigaDuckAI/conduck. Official App Store builds keep the Conduck identity and CarPlay; personal source builds use the Conduck Community identity without CarPlay. What you'll need Conduck is the interface, not the AI. You bring the AI and any key it needs; guided setup helps you connect. Conduck creates no account and hosts no model for you.

Screenshots

Pearba4 screens
Conduck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Conduck at every 6 days against Pearba's every 2 weeks. Pearba's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pearba ships an update every 2 weeks, Conduck every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Pearba versus Conduck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPearbaConduck
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB68 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBraveyo LLCGigaDuck OU

In-app purchases

None

Pearba

No in-app purchases

None

Conduck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pearba free?
Pearba is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Conduck free?
Conduck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pearba or Conduck have ads?
Neither Pearba nor Conduck shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pearba or Conduck?
Pearba ships an update every 2 weeks, and Conduck every 6 days. Most recently, Pearba was updated on September 26, 2026 and Conduck on September 28, 2026.

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