Secure Notes AI vs LocalMind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Secure Notes AI
Securely store and encrypt your notes with advanced on-device protection. Utilize built-in AI for summaries and insights without data leaving your phone. Enjoy offline access and precise search for all your information.
- Advanced on-device encryption
- Built-in AI for summaries and insights
- Precision search
- Full offline support
- Starred notes for quick access
- No ads or tracking
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Advanced encryption protects every note you write, right on your device. Your private data stays hidden from everyone but you. The built-in AI runs entirely on your device. Ask questions, get summaries, pull insights from your notes -- all without anything leaving your phone. Precision search jumps you straight to the exact word or phrase you're looking for. Full offline support means your notes are always available, connection or not. And star your most important notes to keep them right at the top. No ads. No tracking. No cloud AI. Just your notes, your device, your privacy.
LocalMind
This app provides a private, on-device AI chat experience with zero latency. It functions as a native inference engine and a client for external LLM deployments, offering offline execution and secure connections to your servers.
- On-device LLM inference
- Offline AI execution
- Connects to Ollama & LM Studio
- Zero tracking and telemetry
- Markdown and code rendering
- Custom persona management
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Your AI. Your choice. LocalMind brings Ollama, LM Studio and on-device AI models to your iPhone or iPad. Choose where your AI runs and keep control of your conversations. CONNECT OR RUN LOCALLY Connect your Ollama or LM Studio server, use OpenRouter, Requesty or an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, or download a supported model to run on your device. On-device chat works offline after the model is downloaded. TOOLS FOR EVERYDAY WORK • Voice conversations, dictation and text-to-speech. • Markdown, highlighted code, tables and LaTeX math. • Custom AI personas and adjustable generation settings. • Temporary chats, saved messages and searchable chat history. • Optional MCP tools and end-to-end encrypted sync to your own S3-compatible storage. PRIVACY YOU CONTROL Chat history is stored on your device. LocalMind has no analytics or ad trackers. When you use a remote server or cloud provider, your messages go directly to that service. Optional cloud sync uses storage you control. Model availability, speed and features depend on your device and the selected model or server. Cloud services may require your own API key and charge their own fees. Open source: https://github.com/abdulmominsakib/localmind
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Secure Notes AI at 5.0 against LocalMind's 4.5. Secure Notes AI also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). LocalMind's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Secure Notes AI holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LocalMind has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Secure Notes AI ships an update every 3 days, LocalMind fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Secure Notes AI | LocalMind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.5 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Martins | Abdul Momin Sakib |
Customer experience
Secure Notes AI
LocalMind
In-app purchases
Secure Notes AI
No in-app purchases
LocalMind
No in-app purchases
