Cedar Assistant vs HalfMe

Cedar is a flexible AI workspace for iPhone and iPad that lets you choose the right model for the job. Use Apple Intelligence for on-device experiences, connect to your own Ollama server for self-hosted open-source models, or work with cloud models from Claude, OpenAI, and Gemini, all from one app. Switch between providers and models per conversation, fine-tune behavior with conversation-specific settings, attach files in supported workflows, generate images with supported OpenAI and Gemini models, and view web citations when supported responses include them. Cedar also brings Claude Managed Agents into the app, giving you a more powerful way to handle multi-step work and specialized assistants in one place. You stay in control of how each conversation is handled. Keep work on-device with Apple Intelligence, route it through your own Ollama setup, or use connected providers when you want access to their hosted models and tools. Cedar is designed to make those choices clear and practical, while securely storing API keys in Keychain. Whether you want private on-device help, self-hosted open-source models, or access to leading cloud AI systems, Cedar makes it easy to move between them without changing apps or workflows. It’s built for people who want one place to explore, compare, and work with modern AI on their own terms.

HalfMe is your second self: a premium personal AI that actually does things for you, remembers what matters, talks back in your language, and builds real tools on demand. Most assistants just answer. HalfMe acts. And you stay in charge of every move: every ability is a switch that ships OFF, and sensitive actions ask for your approval before anything happens. WHAT HALFME DOES · Chat: talk with HalfMe in any language you speak. · Voice: hold to talk. Chat in many languages, voice in English and Persian, with full right-to-left support. · Build: describe anything, a website, a web app, a game, a flyer, a design, and HalfMe builds it live, right in front of you. Preview it live, refine it in plain words, and save or copy the code. Made by you. · Books: illustrated, narrated books that HalfMe reads aloud, kept in your Library. · Modes: switch how HalfMe shows up for you, then get back to work. · Life Admin: keep your tasks, notes, and the facts that matter in My Life, and start your day with a morning briefing that reads your day back to you. In chat you can ask HalfMe to add a task, save a note, or remember something, and it asks first. · Memory: HalfMe remembers what matters to you and carries it across your sessions, so you never start over. YOU ARE THE KING HERE · The Guardian proposes first. HalfMe shows you exactly what it wants to do before it acts, you approve, and you can undo. · Sensitive actions ask each time, with a clear card that shows exactly what will happen. · Activity log: HalfMe keeps a clear, private record of everything it does, so nothing is ever a black box. · One master pause freezes HalfMe completely. PRIVATE BY DESIGN · Your data is yours. You control it, and you can delete it anytime, right in the app. · HalfMe remembers you by syncing your memory securely to HalfMe's private servers, so it knows you across sessions. · We never sell your data and never share it for advertising. Free to start, with a daily free allowance. Questions? hello@halfme.ai · halfme.ai