Comparison

Hermetic vs Continua Helper

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

Head to head
About

Hermetic

Features
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Hermetic: Harness Apple Intelligence on Your Device Experience the future of AI without needing an internet connection. Hermetic brings the Apple Intelligence Foundation Model directly to your device, offering powerful local access to advanced language processing right from your palm. Key Features: - Local Access: Enjoy the benefits of Apple Intelligence without cloud syncing. - Privacy-Focused: Keep your chats and data secure and private. - Performance: Tap into cutting-edge language processing right from your device. Considerations: - Robustness: While powerful, local models may not match online counterparts like ChatGPT and Claude in every aspect. - Accuracy: Be aware that some information may not always be up-to-date compared to online sources. - Device Requirement: Currently available only on iPhone 16 or above. Download Hermetic today and explore the capabilities of Apple Intelligence on your device! This app description was generated in Hermetic.

About

Continua Helper

This AI-powered personal agent enhances productivity on your iPhone. Chat with your agent, manage connected services, and maintain a private memory for personalized assistance. Share content from other apps and use custom keyboard suggestions for seamless integration.

Highlights
  • AI-powered chat with streaming responses
  • Activity and memory review
  • Connect to supported services
  • Share content via iOS share sheet
  • Custom keyboard for context-aware suggestions
  • Voice conversations with agent
  • Proactive notifications and widgets
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Continua brings your personal AI agent to iPhone. Use Continua to chat with your agent, review what it knows, follow important activity, manage connected services, and keep a private memory that helps your agent stay useful over time. What Continua does: • Chat and conversations — Talk to your agent in a native iPhone experience with streaming responses and conversation history. • Activity and memory — Review the claims and context your agent has stored, see ongoing activity, and jump back into important threads quickly. • Connections — Link supported services so your agent can act with more context. • Share anything — Use the iOS share sheet to send text, URLs, images, or PDFs into Continua from other apps. • HyperKeyboard — Install Continua as a keyboard to bring context-aware suggestions and agent-powered actions into places where iOS allows custom keyboards. • Voice room — Join live voice conversations with your agent using microphone input when you explicitly start a session. • Notifications, widgets, and Live Activities — Receive proactive updates and glanceable status without reopening the app. • Opt-in phone context — Calendar, contacts, location, and photos can be enabled individually to improve your agent's context. Each source is optional and user-controlled. Privacy first: • Data-source collection is opt-in and controllable in Settings. • Continua uses your data for app functionality, not advertising. • Your account can export data and request deletion. • Continua does not use cross-app tracking. Subscriptions: • Continua offers native Apple auto-renewable subscriptions on iPhone. • Existing paid Continua accounts purchased outside iOS can still sign in and use their account-backed access. • Apple-purchased subscriptions are managed through Apple on the device. Continua is built by Continua. Auto-renewable subscription terms: Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://continua.ai/ios/privacy

Screenshots

Hermetic4 screens
Continua Helper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hermetic at none against Continua Helper's 4. Continua Helper's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.1). On price, ads and device support 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. Continua Helper sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per month. Hermetic asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hermetic ships an update every 5 weeks, Continua Helper every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hermetic versus Continua Helper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHermeticContinua Helper
PriceFreeFree
Rating—2.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPearson SmithContinua AI, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Hermetic

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Continua Helper

Subscriptions4
  • Continua Pro$24.991 Month
  • Continua Premium$34.991 Month
  • Continua Pro$239.991 Year
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  • Continua Premium$334.991 Year

Questions

Is Hermetic free?
Hermetic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Continua Helper free?
Continua Helper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hermetic or Continua Helper have ads?
Neither Hermetic nor Continua Helper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hermetic or Continua Helper?
Hermetic ships an update every 5 weeks, and Continua Helper every 5 days. Most recently, Hermetic was updated on October 28, 2026 and Continua Helper on October 31, 2026.

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