Vanta vs MobileDB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vanta
Connect to multiple AI models and APIs from a single interface. Run local models on your device for offline use, or integrate with cloud providers. Enhance conversations with tools and group intelligence.
- Connect to all major AI providers
- Run local models offline
- Integrate AI with external tools
- Group multiple LLMs in one chat
- Web-scale research within conversations
- On-device voice input
- Automated prompt generation
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Bring your own AI to iPhone and iPad. Connect to Ollama, vLLM or LM Studio, download supported models to run on-device, or use cloud providers with your own API keys. Ask questions about PDFs, compare models and switch models without switching apps. Buy Vanta once. No Vanta account. No Vanta subscription. Your purchase covers the app; cloud APIs and optional third-party services may charge separately. CONNECT TO YOUR SELF-HOSTED MODELS Use Ollama, vLLM, LM Studio or any compatible chat API endpoint on your computer, homelab or remote server. Add its address and any required API key, choose a model, and chat from your phone or tablet. Your server does the processing, so you can use models that do not fit on your phone. Vanta gives you a mobile interface for chatting, working with files and using tools. RUN MODELS DIRECTLY ON YOUR IPHONE OR IPAD No server required. Browse Hugging Face inside Vanta and download supported GGUF and MLX models, or import your own GGUF file. Run models from families including Llama, Qwen, Gemma, Phi and Mistral, plus DeepSeek distills. Once downloaded, on-device models work offline with no API key or per-token fees. Model compatibility and performance depend on your device and available memory. You can also chat with the existing Apple Intelligence on-device model when available, without a separate model download in Vanta. CONNECT CLOUD APIS AND CUSTOM ENDPOINTS Add your own API keys for your cloud providers. You are not limited to a fixed provider list: Vanta supports custom compatible chat API endpoints. Switch providers and models mid-conversation. CHAT WITH PDFS, DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOS Ask questions about a PDF, summarize documents, compare files, or analyze photos and screenshots with a compatible vision model. Use on-device or self-hosted models, or choose a cloud provider. CONNECT TOOLS AND SEARCH THE WEB Add Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for web search, documentation, live data and your own custom tools. Choose which servers to connect and use their tools with compatible models. Deep Search researches a topic across web sources and brings back answers with citations inside your conversation. PUT MULTIPLE MODELS IN ONE CONVERSATION Assign roles, compare answers and let models challenge each other. Build a panel from on-device, self-hosted and cloud models instead of copying questions between separate apps. MEMORY AND VOICE Let Vanta remember useful details across conversations. Keep memory on-device, configure how it works, or turn it off. Speak instead of typing with Whisper-based, on-device speech recognition. Transcription works offline. Optional ElevenLabs text-to-speech adds spoken replies. CONTROL YOUR PROMPTS AND CONTEXT Generate system prompts from plain English, then edit, save and reuse them. Adjust temperature, top-p, penalties and context limits where supported. Inspect message, tool and system token usage, and automatically summarize long conversations to manage context. Markdown, syntax-highlighted code, themes and appearance controls are included. KNOW WHERE YOUR DATA GOES For offline chats with on-device models, your prompts and responses stay on your device. Server and cloud chats go to the endpoints you choose, with no Vanta AI server in between. External tools and online services receive the data needed to handle your requests. GETTING STARTED Choose an on-device model, connect a reachable server, or add a provider API key. You only need one of these to start. Apple Intelligence requires a supported device and an available system model. Features such as vision and tools depend on your selected model and provider.
MobileDB
Access and manage PostgreSQL databases directly from your iPhone or iPad. Browse, query, and edit data securely over TLS or SSH. Build custom dashboards and work safely in production environments.
- Connect to any Postgres database
- Browse, query, and edit data
- Secure TLS and SSH tunneling
- SQL editor with autocomplete
- Build native dashboards
- Production safety features
- Demo mode for instant exploration
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MobileDB is a native PostgreSQL client for iPhone and iPad. Connect straight from your device to any Postgres database - over TLS or through an in-app SSH tunnel - and browse, query, and edit your data from anywhere. There is no backend and no account: your credentials live in the iOS Keychain and your data travels only between your device and your own servers. TRY IT INSTANTLY • Tap "Try the Demo" for a built-in sample database - browse tables and explore live dashboards with no account, no server, and no setup CONNECT YOUR WAY • Save multiple connections with passwords and SSH keys secured in the Keychain • TLS modes: require & verify, allow self-signed, or disable for local networks • Built-in SSH tunneling (the app does the ssh -L for you) with trust-on-first-use host-key pinning for databases behind a bastion BROWSE • Schema → table → row navigation with search • Structure view: columns, types, primary-key badges, defaults • Paginated data grid with sorting, sticky column headers, and one-tap refresh • Tap any cell to inspect and copy the full value • Filter by a value, or jump along a foreign key to the referenced row QUERY • SQL editor with autocomplete (tables, columns, keywords) • Query history and saved queries • Export results to CSV or JSON EDIT • Type-aware row editor - toggles for booleans, number pads, date pickers, UUID helpers • Insert, update, and delete keyed on the primary key • Unsaved-changes guard so you never lose an edit by accident DASHBOARDS • Build quick, native dashboards right on your phone - no SQL required • "Total count" for a big-number metric (e.g. total users) • "Count over time" - pick a date column and a window (24h to 12 months) for a trend chart • "Count by category" - a bar chart broken down by any column • Or write custom SQL and pick how to chart it (number, bar, line, or table) • Charts render natively with Swift Charts; refresh a whole dashboard with one tap WORK SAFELY IN PRODUCTION • Tag a connection as Development, Staging, or Production • Production shows an always-on red banner so you always know where you are • Open any connection read-only - the session is read-only and all write UI is hidden • A destructive-statement guard warns before UPDATE/DELETE without WHERE, and TRUNCATE / DROP / ALTER Postgres-only today, with an engine-agnostic core so more databases can follow. MobileDB collects no analytics and shows no ads. It has no servers of its own.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MobileDB at Free against Vanta's $5.99. MobileDB also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 10 days). Vanta's advantage is chart position (#47 vs unranked). On review sentiment, ads, 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
MobileDB is free to download; Vanta costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Vanta ships an update every 10 days, MobileDB daily. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vanta | MobileDB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #47 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EZEL BAYRAKTAR | Rinat Maltsev |
Customer experience
Vanta
MobileDB
In-app purchases
Vanta
No in-app purchases
MobileDB
No in-app purchases









