Comparison

Synapse Notes vs Local Inference OnDevice Agent

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

Head to head
About

Synapse Notes

Features
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Synaps Notes is a private, on-device note app built for local AI. Write and organize notes directly on your iPhone. Chat with your own notes and documents using local AI models. Import PDFs, images, and text files with OCR support. Keep your data on-device by default, with optional Google Drive backup. No account is required to use the core features

About

Local Inference OnDevice Agent

This app provides an AI chat experience that runs entirely on your device, ensuring your conversations remain private and offline. It offers various AI models, integrates with device tools, and allows for custom API key usage.

Highlights
  • Runs entirely on-device
  • Fully offline functionality
  • Zero data collection
  • Optional API key integration
  • Tools: calculator, web search, webpage reading
  • Contacts & calendar integration
  • Vision models for photo analysis
  • On-device text-to-speech
Features
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Your AI. Your phone. Nobody else's business. LocalInference runs powerful open AI models entirely on your device. Your conversations never leave your phone — no account, no cloud, no analytics, no tracking. Ever. PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE, NOT BY PROMISE • Everything runs on-device; works fully offline after a one-time model download • Zero data collection — we couldn't read your chats if we wanted to • API keys (optional) stored in the secure keychain, sent only to the provider you chose A REAL ASSISTANT, NOT JUST A CHATBOT • Tools: calculator, web search, date & time, webpage reading • Contacts & calendar integration — every write action asks you first • Ask about photos with vision models • Reads answers aloud with on-device voices BUILT FOR TINKERERS • 16 curated models from 0.5B to 8B — Qwen3, Llama, Gemma, DeepSeek R1, Phi, SmolVLM • Only models that fit your device's memory are offered • Live tok/s, time-to-first-token, and token counts per response • Thinking models show their reasoning in collapsible blocks • Bring your own keys: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google — or any OpenAI-compatible server (llama.cpp, LM Studio, Ollama) on your own network Built with Llama. Gemma models provided under the Gemma Terms of Use.

Screenshots

Synapse Notes4 screens
Local Inference OnDevice Agent3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Synapse Notes at every 2 days against Local Inference OnDevice Agent's every 2 weeks. On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Synapse Notes ships an update every 2 days, Local Inference OnDevice Agent every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Synapse Notes versus Local Inference OnDevice Agent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSynapse NotesLocal Inference OnDevice Agent
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB52 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCan Ahmet OzguvenSameer Shanbhag

In-app purchases

None

Synapse Notes

No in-app purchases

None

Local Inference OnDevice Agent

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Synapse Notes free?
Synapse Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Local Inference OnDevice Agent free?
Local Inference OnDevice Agent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Synapse Notes or Local Inference OnDevice Agent have ads?
Neither Synapse Notes nor Local Inference OnDevice Agent shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Synapse Notes or Local Inference OnDevice Agent?
Synapse Notes ships an update every 2 days, and Local Inference OnDevice Agent every 2 weeks. Most recently, Synapse Notes was updated on October 25, 2026 and Local Inference OnDevice Agent on October 31, 2026.

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