Paseo vs Symbolic.ai
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paseo
This app allows you to run advanced AI coding assistants like Claude Code and Codex directly on your local machine. It provides hands-free voice control and integrates with your development workflow, keeping your code secure and private.
- Run Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode locally
- Voice control for hands-free operation
- Git worktree integration for isolated branches
- Real-time output streaming and notifications
- Self-hosted for enhanced privacy
- Remote access via encrypted relay
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Run Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode on your machine from your phone. Paseo is a self-hosted app that connects to your local dev environment so your agents run with full access to your actual setup - not a cloud sandbox. Key features: - Voice support: talk to your agents hands-free with on-device speech processing - Multi-provider: use Claude Code, Codex, or OpenCode from one interface - Git worktrees: agents work in isolated branches, review diffs and ship from the app - Real-time streaming: live agent output and push notifications when tasks complete - Self-hosted: runs on your laptop, home server, or VPS. Your code stays on your machine - Remote access: optional end-to-end encrypted relay for connecting from anywhere - Open source and free Requires a running Paseo server on your machine. See paseo.sh/docs for setup.
Symbolic.ai
Capture research, record interviews, and send materials directly into your AI publishing projects. This app is designed for newsrooms and corporate communications teams needing fast, secure tools for knowledge work.
- On-device audio recording and transcription
- Capture content via iOS Share Sheet
- Organize research and recordings by project
- Personal library for uncategorized items
- Real-time upload progress and error recovery
- Enterprise-grade AI for research and writing
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Symbolic.ai is the mobile companion to the AI publishing platform built specifically for newsrooms and corporate coomunications and PR teams. Capture research, record interviews, speaches and events, and securely send material straight into your Symbolic projects — from anywhere. Built for publishers, journalists, and communicators who need fast, secure, professional-grade tools. KEY FEATURES • Record audio and transcribe on device — capture interviews, voice memos, and field notes with automatic on-device transcription. • Capture from anywhere via the iOS Share Sheet — send articles, web links, and files from Safari, Mail, or any app straight into a Symbolic project. • Organize by project — keep research, references, and recordings grouped where you need them. • A personal library for everything that doesn't belong to a project yet. • Send any item to a project with one tap, or browse your full document set with tags and previews. • Real-time upload progress and error recovery, so you never lose what you just captured. DESIGNED FOR KNOWLEDGE WORK Symbolic.ai gives publishing teams enterprise-grade AI for research, writing, fact-checking, and packaging for publication — built around editorial integrity. The mobile app keeps the capture step in your pocket, so material flows into your workspace the moment you collect it. SIGN IN Requires a Symbolic.ai account. Visit symbolic.ai to learn more or contact your team admin. PRIVACY Microphone access is used to record audio you choose to capture. Speech recognition runs on device by default. See our privacy policy for full details.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Paseo at 105 against Symbolic.ai's 7. Paseo also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 11 days) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.2). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Paseo against 5.0 for Symbolic.ai. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paseo has 105 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of Paseo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Symbolic.ai's.
Paseo ships an update every 4 days, Symbolic.ai every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paseo | Symbolic.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (105 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 97.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 105 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mohamed Boudra Ziani | Symbolic.ai |
Customer experience
Paseo
Symbolic.ai
In-app purchases
Paseo
No in-app purchases
Symbolic.ai
No in-app purchases
