Comparison

Foqos vs Artifacto

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

Head to head
About

Foqos

Features
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An on-device AI workspace for your ideas. Foqos brings powerful language models directly to your iPhone, iPad and Mac. Chat with your notes, understand images, improve your writing and connect ideasβ€”with local AI processing on your device. Download your models once and use local AI offline. Web research and iCloud syncing require an internet connection. β€’ Ask your notes Have a conversation with your notes and documents. Find answers, summarize information and discover connections across your library. β€’ Give your AI vision Ask questions about images, describe what is visible and extract text from photosβ€”all with on-device image understanding. β€’ Write with your local language model Develop ideas, rewrite passages, suggest headings and turn rough notes into structured summaries. Your AI tools live alongside your writing. β€’ Turn ideas into visual thinking Generate mind maps from your notes, explore your knowledge map and organize related ideas on Canvas. β€’ Transcribe on device Turn recordings and imported audio into text with Talk Tiny or Talk Base. Choose automatic language detection or select the spoken language. Supported languages include English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish. β€’ Listen and follow along Read your notes aloud, follow highlighted words during playback and export spoken audio. β€’ A complete writing workspace Work with Markdown, tables, LaTeX equations and PlantUML diagrams. Import PDFs, paste images and documents, sketch across multiple pages and sync your library with iCloud. Choose white, dark or sepia and personalize your fonts. Start free with 20 AI actions, 3 speech generations and 5 minutes of audio-file transcription daily. Live transcription includes 60 seconds every 2 hours. Basic notes, drawing, model downloads and saved results remain free. Foqos Pro unlocks unlimited AI actions, transcription and speech generation, plus advanced exports, portable backups and unlimited folders and images per note. Pro subscriptions renew monthly or yearly. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://foqos.netlify.app/#privacy Terms of Service: https://foqos.netlify.app/#terms foqos isn't just a note-taking app. It’s a tool for better thinking.

About

Artifacto

Features
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Artifacto is a terminal for your artifacts β€” a fast, beautiful viewer that renders HTML, Markdown, Mermaid, SVG, JSON and CSV right on your phone. Got an AI-generated dashboard, a chart, a report, a webpage, a snippet of Markdown? Paste it in, or share it straight from any app, and Artifacto renders it full-screen in seconds β€” fonts, colours, layout and all β€” inside a clean pixel-terminal shell. WHAT YOU CAN DO β€’ Render HTML, Markdown, Mermaid diagrams, SVG, JSON and CSV β€” instantly β€’ Paste from the clipboard, open a file, or share from any app β€’ Pinch or tap Β± to zoom into any detail β€’ Phone and Desktop width modes β€” see it the way it was designed β€’ Your recents are kept locally so you can reopen anything in a tap BUILT FOR β€’ Anyone working with AI artifacts β€” dashboards, mockups, reports, charts β€’ Developers previewing HTML, Markdown, Mermaid and SVG on the go β€’ Reading and sharing rendered content without a laptop PRIVATE BY DESIGN Artifacts you open stay on your device. No tracking, no ads, no accounts required β€” "Continue as guest" and you're rendering in seconds. ARTIFACTO PRO Render up to 10 artifacts free, then go unlimited with Artifacto Pro β€” available as an auto-renewing monthly subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the app before any purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation; the monthly subscription automatically renews unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and it can be managed or cancelled anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://artifactohtml.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://artifactohtml.com/privacy A terminal for your artifacts.

Screenshots

Foqos4 screens
Artifacto2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Artifacto at every 2 months against Foqos's every 3 months. Foqos's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Foqos sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Artifacto sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Foqos ships an update every 3 months, Artifacto every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Foqos versus Artifacto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFoqosArtifacto
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size135 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeffrey AsanteRishi Kakde

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Foqos

One-time1
  • Foqos Pro (Lifetime)$14.99
2 purchases

Artifacto

Subscriptions1
  • Artifacto Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Artifacto Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Foqos free?
Foqos is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Artifacto free?
Artifacto is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Foqos or Artifacto have ads?
Neither Foqos nor Artifacto shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Foqos or Artifacto?
Foqos ships an update every 3 months, and Artifacto every 2 months. Most recently, Foqos was updated on October 31, 2026 and Artifacto on October 31, 2026.

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