Comparison

Thine AI vs Starbound

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

Head to head
About

Thine AI

Record conversations, meetings, and ideas effortlessly with an AI assistant that remembers everything. Chat naturally with the AI, which understands context and picks up where you left off. Your recordings and conversations are kept private to your account.

Highlights
  • One-tap audio recording
  • AI-powered conversation and summarization
  • Voice fingerprint recognition
  • Calendar integration for meeting awareness
  • Background recording support
  • Private and secure storage
Features
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Record meetings, lectures, and ideas with one tap. Chat with an AI that already knows the context. Everything stays yours. Most of your best thinking happens out loud — in meetings, on walks, mid-conversation. Then it's gone. Thine is built on a simple idea: nothing you say should be lost. It listens when you ask it to, remembers everything it hears, and is ready to think with you the moment you are. Effortless Capture One tap, and Thine starts listening. Lock your phone, switch apps, take a call — the recording carries on quietly, with Live Activities on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island keeping you in control. A Conversation That Never Starts Over Talk to Thine the way you'd talk to someone who was in the room — natural turn-taking, no lag, no repeating yourself. Prefer to type? Every recording and every chat feeds the same memory, so each conversation picks up where the last one ended. Considered in Every Detail • Voice fingerprint — Thine learns your voice once, then knows it's you among others • Calendar aware — it knows which meeting you're in before you say a word • AirPods, Bluetooth, car — handoffs so smooth you'll forget they happened • Truly background-friendly — locked screen, app switches, phone calls; nothing breaks the take Private, Without Compromise What Thine hears is for you alone. Your recordings, your conversations, your memory — private to your account, always. Privacy Policy https://www.thine.com/privacy-policy Terms and Conditions https://www.thine.com/terms-and-conditions

About

Starbound

Features
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Focus is hard to keep up when nothing comes of it. Starbound turns the time you spend concentrating into something you can see growing. Every session you finish builds a station on the planet Veltora. Put the phone down, do the work, and come back to a skyline that wasn't there yesterday. THREE WAYS TO WORK Pomodoro - focus and break lengths you set, four cycles to a lap Countdown - one fixed stretch, however long you need Stopwatch - open-ended, for work that doesn't fit a box BUILD AS YOU FOCUS Six stations to raise, from a first Outpost to Veltora Prime Each finished focus session builds one, and the day fills up beside it Abandon a session and nothing gets built - the skyline only counts real hours EARN WHILE YOU WORK 3 XP for every focused minute 1 Stardust for every five Thirty ranks to climb, from Cadet to Starbound SPEND IT Suits and ships in the shop, bought with Stardust Change your loadout whenever you like - your ship flies with your timer SEE THE WEEK HONESTLY Hours focused this week against last week Month and year views when you want the longer look A trend line instead of a vague sense of how it went BRING FRIENDS ALONG Find people by nickname and send a request See who's in a session right now - friends stay visible while they're focused, even with their phone in a pocket Star the ones you want at the top Starbound gets out of your way while you work: during a focus phase the shop and stats are out of reach, so the app can't become the distraction. Sign in with Apple, Google, or your email. Turn on notifications and Starbound tells you the moment a phase ends - even with the app closed.

Screenshots

Thine AI4 screens
Starbound4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Starbound at none against Thine AI's 6. Starbound also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). Thine AI's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). 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. Thine AI sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Starbound asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thine AI ships an update every 4 days, Starbound fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Thine AI versus Starbound: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThine AIStarbound
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (89 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings89 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size235 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFoyer Tech, IncKushrajsinh Jhala

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Thine AI

Subscriptions2
  • Intelligence3 Days trial2 variants$14.991 Month
  • Intelligence (Yearly)3 Days trial$119.991 Year
One-time3
  • Lifetime Deal$59.00
  • Lifetime Deal$79.00
  • Lifetime Deal$99.00
None

Starbound

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Thine AI free?
Thine AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Starbound free?
Starbound is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Thine AI or Starbound have ads?
Neither Thine AI nor Starbound shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thine AI or Starbound?
Thine AI ships an update every 4 days, and Starbound fortnightly. Most recently, Thine AI was updated on October 28, 2026 and Starbound on October 24, 2026.

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