Comparison

Orli vs K.ai

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

Head to head
About

Orli

This app creates a dedicated focus environment by blocking distracting applications, playing ambient sounds, and capturing stray thoughts. It offers customizable timers and task management tools to help users concentrate and be more productive.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro & Flow focus modes
  • Customizable app blocking
  • Focus sounds (binaural beats, brown noise)
  • Thought capture
  • Lock screen timer (Live Activity)
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Three-pool task organization
Features
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You don't need more willpower. You need a better setup. Most focus apps give you a timer and guilt. Orli gives you a complete focus environment. Press start, and everything transforms — distracting apps blocked, focus sounds playing, wandering thoughts captured, timer visible on your lock screen and wrist. When the setup is right, focus follows naturally. FOCUS SESSION FEATURES: - Pomodoro & Flow modes — 25-minute sprints or continuous deep work - App blocking — choose what to block or what to allow - Binaural beats & brown noise — scientifically-backed focus sounds - Thought parking — capture wandering ideas without breaking your session - Exit commitment — gentle friction that keeps you going - Live Activity — your timer stays visible on your lock screen, always - Apple Watch — full session control from your wrist SMART TASK MANAGEMENT: - Three-pool organization — Now, Next, Someday - Quick capture — add tasks without losing focus Orli Plus unlocks app blocking, premium focus sounds, advanced analytics, and full session customization. Focus shouldn't be a fight. Set up your environment. The rest follows. Privacy Policy: https://orliplanner.com/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

K.ai

Features
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Kai is a private AI that does things for you. It searches the web, reads your calendar, saves notes and adds events after your Allow. It talks with you, interprets between two languages, reads your documents and photos, makes pictures, and runs commands in a small sandbox on your phone. There is no sign-up and no subscription. ERRANDS, DONE FOR YOU Give Kai a job in plain words, like "find three dentists open on Saturday and save the best one in a note". Kai searches, reads each page, compares what it finds and brings back the result. You see every step, what each step cost and the limit you set. TALK TO KAI Tap the voice button and talk without your hands. Kai answers out loud and stops to listen when you speak. Turn on the interpreter, choose two languages, and Kai interprets both ways while you talk. Choose from eight voices. SEE AND READ Attach PDFs, photos, Word files and spreadsheets to one ask, and Kai reads them together. Point your camera with Kai Lens and ask what you see: a menu, a plant, a label or a math problem. Share a web page to Kai and it reads the page to you. MAKE PICTURES Describe a picture and Kai draws it. Give Kai a photo and say what to change, and Kai changes it. Save the result to Photos or share it. MEMORY AND SKILLS Tap Keep on an answer and Kai keeps it as a note in Memory. Your notes are plain files that you can read and edit. Skills teach Kai new errands: eight come with Kai, and you can add more as folders. YOUR CALENDAR AND NOTES Kai reads your calendar and reminders to plan your week and find clashes. It adds events and reminders, and changes or deletes an event, only after you tap Allow. A note that an errand saves waits for your Allow too. FROM YOUR MAC Install K.ai Link on your Mac, and Kai can answer from the files in the folders you choose. The connection is encrypted, and only the passages that answer your question leave the Mac. PRIVATE BY DESIGN There is no account to make. Your phone makes an anonymous key, and the key is your account. Our servers keep no logs of your conversations. Your phone can remove personal details from a document before it sends it, and your history stays on your phone for seven days. One tap clears everything. HONEST PRICING You get $5 of credit to start. Most answers cost about one cent, and every answer shows its price. There is no subscription: buy prepaid credit only when you want more, and set a limit for each errand. SMART, BUT STILL LEARNING Kai can make mistakes, so check its work. Kai shows every step and what it cost, so you can see how it got there. Nothing changes on your calendar, reminders or notes until you tap Allow. Ask Kai from Siri, Shortcuts or the Action button. Use Kai on iPhone, iPad, Mac with one key and one balance.

Screenshots

Orli4 screens
K.ai4 screens

Verdict

The call

Orli and K.ai are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Orli sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and K.ai sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orli ships an update every 4 days, K.ai weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Orli versus K.ai: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrliK.ai
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAhmed Sayed Mokhtar MohamedNull Research LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Orli

Subscriptions3
  • Orli Plus - Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Orli Plus - Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Orli Plus - Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
3 purchases

K.ai

One-time3
  • Small Credit Pack$9.99
  • Medium Credit Pack$24.99
  • Large Credit Pack$49.99

Questions

Is Orli free?
Orli is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is K.ai free?
K.ai is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Orli or K.ai have ads?
Neither Orli nor K.ai shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Orli or K.ai?
Orli ships an update every 4 days, and K.ai weekly. Most recently, Orli was updated on October 31, 2026 and K.ai on October 31, 2026.

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