WitNote vs Local Keep AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WitNote
This app allows you to paste Markdown from AI chats, preview it cleanly, and export it as an image, PDF, or Word file. It also offers on-device AI for tasks like summarizing and polishing text, with privacy as a core feature. Export options include long images, PDFs, and Word documents.
- AI Markdown pasting and preview
- Export to image, PDF, Word, HTML, EPUB
- On-device AI for text editing
- Photo to text conversion
- Markdown editor with toolbar
- File organization and search
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Paste Markdown from an AI chat, preview it cleanly, and share it as a long image, PDF, or Word file. WitNote is a Markdown editor for iPhone and iPad with a small AI that runs on your device, offline. Free to download. Long-image export and image to text are free; an optional one-time Pro purchase unlocks the other formats and removes the watermark. No account, no ads. SHARE WITHOUT THE MARKUP AI answers often arrive as Markdown, full of #, ** and - marks that look messy when you send them. Paste the text into WitNote, check the preview, and export a phone-friendly long image (PNG) that looks right in any messaging app. You can also export a PDF in A4 or phone-screen size, a Word (.docx) file, a standalone HTML page, or plain text, then save it here or share it to another app. EPUB books can be exported by chapter or as a whole book. Long-image export is free and carries a small light-gray watermark that Pro removes. PHOTO TO TEXT, ON YOUR DEVICE Turn the text in a PNG or JPEG image into a Markdown file saved next to it, recognized on your device, with a progress bar while it works. The original image stays unchanged. This is free. TRY HTML ON YOUR PHONE Create an HTML page, paste code from an AI chat or write your own, and run it in the preview: a small web tool or a browser game. Edit the source, run it again, and keep it as a file in your library. WRITE AND PREVIEW IN MARKDOWN • Edit Markdown with a keyboard toolbar, switch to Preview, and jump between headings with the document outline. • Keep notes, drafts, and HTML pages in the Files list, organized in folders you create. Search names, paths, and full text. • Open Markdown, plain text, HTML, Word, PDF, EPUB, and image files in one place. READ AND ZOOM Read EPUB books chapter by chapter and adjust the reading size. Image, PDF, Word, and HTML previews share one zoom bar: pinch, or tap zoom in, zoom out, and fit to width. OPTIONAL AI THAT RUNS ON YOUR DEVICE WitNote includes a small language model that runs on your iPhone or iPad and works offline. Ask it to polish a draft, summarize, check grammar, suggest titles, or outline an idea, with the current document attached as context. You review suggestions before applying them. AI is optional, and the workspace works without it. Speed and quality depend on your device. A larger optional model can be downloaded, which needs a network connection. PRIVACY No account, no ads, no tracking. Your documents stay in locations you choose. If you configure and choose to use an external service, the prompt you send and any document context included in the request are sent to that service; its terms apply. WitNote does not include a bookstore or third-party books, and you are responsible for having the rights to the files you open or export. WITNOTE PRO Format conversion, export to PDF, Word, and HTML, and hiding the watermark are unlocked by the optional WitNote Pro lifetime purchase: one payment, no subscription. One purchase is shared across Mac, iPhone, and iPad under the same Apple Account. To restore an earlier purchase, choose Restore purchases. WitNote is made by an independent developer, and feedback is always welcome. Available in English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, and Arabic. Requires iOS 18 or later.
Local Keep AI
This AI workspace allows you to chat with hundreds of models locally on your device, even offline. It generates real files like PDFs and spreadsheets, not just descriptions, and supports voice input and output. Access your work across multiple platforms with a single account.
- Local-first AI workspace
- Offline functionality
- Real file generation (PDF, CSV, etc.)
- Voice chat and playback
- Hundreds of AI models
- Cross-platform support
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Local Keep AI is a local-first AI workspace. Chat with hundreds of models, talk to it out loud, and get back real files you can open — not descriptions of files. WORKS OFFLINE Local models run on your device. Your conversations stay on your device, and your usage keeps counting correctly whether or not you have a connection, syncing when you reconnect. REAL FILES, NOT DESCRIPTIONS Ask for a PDF, spreadsheet, CSV, document, presentation, image, audio clip or video and Local Keep AI produces the actual file. Ask a plain question and you get a plain answer — it does not attach a file to everything. HUNDREDS OF MODELS Local GGUF models, Ollama models, hosted models and OpenRouter's catalogue, all in one picker with filters for what each one can actually do: code, reasoning, vision, image, audio, video and document generation. OpenRouter's free models work with no key of your own; its paid models need your own OpenRouter key, and are billed to your account rather than bundled into a plan. TALK TO IT Speak instead of typing. Local Keep AI transcribes your voice, runs it through the model you chose, and reads the answer back. Choose the voice and language it replies in, from the voices installed on your device. EVERYWHERE YOU WORK The same account works on iPhone, iPad, Mac, the web and desktop, plus a command-line tool for your own machine. PLANS Free, with no card and no trial clock. On the Free plan you can chat with the free models, generate images, and run models on your own device. It does not expire and it is not a trial, because none of it costs us anything to serve. Paid plans add Local Keep AI's own hosted models, the command-line tool and the SMS bridge, each with a monthly output-token allowance: Starter 300,000 tokens for $19.99 per month, Pro 2,000,000 for $49.99, Premium 10,000,000 for $99.99, Ultra 30,000,000 for $199.99. Annual plans bill ten months for twelve. Extra tokens are bought before they are used, so you are never billed after the fact and can never run up a bill by accident. Paid models from other providers work with your own OpenRouter key, billed to your account, not ours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Local Keep AI at 100% against WitNote's 50%. Local Keep AI also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). WitNote's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. WitNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Local Keep AI sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | WitNote | Local Keep AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 362 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | 渊博 胡 | Layne Faler |
Customer experience
WitNote
Local Keep AI
In-app purchases
WitNote
- WitNote Pro Vida$19.99
Local Keep AI
- Local Keep AI Starter$19.991 Month
- Local Keep AI Pro$49.991 Month
- Local Keep AI Premium$99.991 Month
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- Local Keep AI Ultra$199.991 Month
- Local Keep AI Starter Yearly$199.991 Year
- Local Keep AI Pro Yearly$499.991 Year
- Local Keep AI Premium Yearly$999.991 Year
- 1M Token Top-Up$5.00
- 5M Token Top-Up$25.00
- 10M Token Top-Up$50.00









