Comparison

Steady Away vs SageGate

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

Head to head
About

Steady Away

Features
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Got something coming up that matters? A difficult conversation. A performance review. A meeting where you need to speak up. Asking for a raise. Giving tough feedback. A negotiation you can't afford to wing. Most people walk in hoping for the best. Steady Away helps you walk in ready. Talk, don't type. Steady Away is a thinking partner that helps you get clear before moments of pressure. Talk through what's on your mind, clarify what you actually want to say, and find the right words before you need them. How it works: Open the app before your moment Talk through what's coming up, out loud, privately Get sharp, practical perspective that helps you think clearer Walk in with a clear head and a sense of direction Built for real moments: Speaking up in meetings Asking for a raise or promotion Difficult feedback conversations Job interviews and pitches Performance reviews Client calls and negotiations Any moment where you want to show up as your best self Why voice? Talking through your thoughts out loud changes how you think. It's not about getting a script. It's about the mental shift that comes from saying it before it counts. Completely private. Your conversations stay on your device. Nothing is stored on our servers, saved to the cloud, or used for training. Steady Away is your private thinking space. What you say stays with you. Pricing: Try 3 free sessions to experience it yourself. Then continue with: Monthly: £7.99/month Annual: £79.99/year (save over 15%) Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://steadyaway.tech/privacy-app Terms of Use: https://steadyaway.tech/terms Steady Away. Clearer, calmer, ready.

About

SageGate

Consolidate access to over 15 AI providers in a single application. Connect your own API keys and pay only for the conversations you have, significantly reducing costs. Your data remains private, stored locally or on your iCloud, with API keys secured by Face ID.

Highlights
  • Connect to 15+ AI providers
  • Pay-per-conversation pricing
  • Local data storage and privacy
  • API key protection with Face ID
  • Spending dashboards
  • Reusable prompt templates (Skills)
  • Document analysis
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Stop paying $20/month for each AI subscription. SageGate connects you directly to your AI providers through one beautiful app — and you only pay for what you actually use. HOW IT WORKS Connect your own API keys and pay per conversation instead of $20/month per service. Many users spend under $5/month for heavier usage than any single subscription offers. SageGate shows you exactly what each message costs — no surprises, no waste. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS The free app has no accounts and no sign-ups, and your chats never pass through our servers. Your conversations live only on your device or your personal iCloud. Your API keys are stored in the iOS Keychain, and you can lock the whole app behind Face ID. Chats run over Apple's encrypted networking (TLS) straight to the provider you chose — SageGate is never in the connection, so we can't read or decode them. We never see your messages. Period. AI PROVIDERS, DOZENS OF MODELS IN ONE PLACE Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, GLM, Doubao, ERNIE, HunYuan, MiniMax, Spark and more. Ask ChatGPT for writing, switch to Claude for code, then check with Gemini — all in one thread. ONE KNOWLEDGE BASE ACROSS EVERY MODEL (SAGEGATE CLOUD — OPTIONAL) Your documents shouldn't be trapped inside one AI. SageGate Cloud gives you your own private vector database that every model can search — pulling back only what's relevant. Switch models and they all reach the same knowledge; nothing is siloed. Upload from your iPhone, or from any browser at portal.sagegate.ai. Upgrade only if you want the shared cloud brain. Still no accounts: - T4 Managed Cloud ($19.99/mo) — we host your encrypted vault; zero setup. - T3 Private Cloud ($5.99/mo) — your documents live in your own AWS. Our pipeline processes your documents during ingestion and search, and nothing is retained. - T2 Self-Host ($1.99/mo) — your AWS only, extracted on your device; we never touch a byte. The app itself stays completely free — and giving back is built in: 10% of every App Store purchase goes to 501(c)(3) animal-welfare nonprofits (records published at sagegate.ai). SEE WHAT YOU SPEND Every message shows exactly how many tokens were used and what it cost. The Cost Dashboard breaks down tokens and spending by provider and model. Think of it as a budgeting app for your AI usage. AUTOMATE YOUR BUSYWORK Set up Skills — reusable prompt templates for tasks you do every day, like summarizing emails or translating documents. Schedule tasks to run automatically when you open the app. BRING YOUR OWN FILES Drop PDFs, Word docs, spreadsheets, or presentations into the app. SageGate reads them on-device and lets any AI answer questions about them. Stay fully local for free, or add SageGate Cloud to index them for search. Drag files into iCloud Drive from your Mac and they appear instantly. CUBICLES (BETA) Give each project its own workspace with its own chats, documents, instructions, and model; chats inside a Cubicle see only that Cubicle's material. Cubicles use models that pass our tool test. REMEMBER WHAT MATTERS Tap "Save to Memory" on any helpful AI response. That knowledge carries across every future conversation with every provider — your personal AI memory that grows with you. RUN AI ON YOUR OWN COMPUTER Connect to a model server on your Mac or network, such as LM Studio or llama.cpp, for work that should never touch the internet. WORKS IN YOUR LANGUAGE Full support for 13 languages: English, Simplified & Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Hindi, and Indonesian. ADDITIONAL FEATURES - Watch AI models "think" in real-time with visible reasoning streams - Export any AI response as a formatted PDF with one tap - Organize chats with folders, pins, search, and smart sorting - Full VoiceOver accessibility support, light & dark mode Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Steady Away4 screens
SageGate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: SageGate at none against Steady Away's shown. Steady Away's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Steady Away sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and SageGate sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steady Away ships an update fortnightly, SageGate every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Steady Away versus SageGate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteady AwaySageGate
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB23 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJames BloorHT Holding

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Steady Away

Subscriptions2
  • Steady Away$3.991 Month
  • Steady Away$29.991 Year
9 purchases

SageGate

Subscriptions6
  • Self‑Host (Monthly)14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Private Cloud (Monthly)14 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Self‑Host (Yearly)1 Year trial$19.991 Year
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  • Managed Cloud (Monthly)14 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Private Cloud (Yearly)1 Month trial$59.991 Year
  • Managed Cloud (Yearly)1 Month trial$199.991 Year
One-time3
  • 1,000 Pages$2.99
  • 5,000 Pages$12.99
  • 10,000 Pages$19.99

Questions

Is Steady Away free?
Steady Away is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SageGate free?
SageGate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Steady Away or SageGate have ads?
Steady Away shows ads; SageGate does not.
Which is updated more often, Steady Away or SageGate?
Steady Away ships an update fortnightly, and SageGate every 8 days. Most recently, Steady Away was updated on October 31, 2026 and SageGate on November 5, 2026.

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