Comparison

Helper One vs Swonk.

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

Head to head
About

Helper One

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Meet your personal AI assistant — one that actually looks at you and speaks to you. HelperOne gives you a real-time AI companion with a lifelike avatar. Ask questions, get help with tasks, or set up a specialised coach that calls your phone throughout the day to keep you on track. TALK, DON'T TYPE Speak naturally to your assistant. She listens, thinks, and responds with natural speech and facial expressions — not just text on a screen. CHOOSE YOUR ROLE Set up a Movement Coach who calls you for exercise breaks, a Nutrition Coach who tracks your meals from food photos, a Wellbeing Coach for daily check-ins, a Job Search Coach who finds listings every morning, or a General Assistant for anything else. SHE CALLS YOU Your assistant doesn't wait for you to open the app. She rings your phone at the times you agree on, with personalised reminders, check-ins, and encouragement. REAL-TIME VIDEO AVATAR Your assistant has realistic facial expressions, lip-sync, and natural body language — streamed live to your device. REMEMBERS EVERYTHING Your assistant writes her own memory after every conversation. She remembers your preferences, your schedule, your goals, and your progress — getting better the more you use her. SEARCHES THE WEB Need real-time information? Your assistant searches the web, analyses results, and gives you clear, concise answers with sources. YOUR KEYS, YOUR CHOICE Use the included AI model or bring your own API key from OpenAI, Anthropic, or OpenRouter. Full control over which model powers your assistant. Start with a free 3-day trial — no subscription required. — Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel subscriptions anytime in your Apple ID settings. Privacy Policy: https://helperone.ai/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Swonk.

Capture thoughts, to-do lists, and calculations by speaking them aloud. The app intelligently structures your spoken input into organized lists, budgets, and answers, then allows for easy editing and deletion.

Highlights
  • Voice-to-text input
  • Automatic list and budget creation
  • Real-time currency conversion
  • Integrated stopwatch
  • Receipt scanning
  • Mathematical calculations
  • Editable notes and lists
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Swonk - speak it, sort it, done? trash it. You're rushing out the door. Flight tomorrow morning. But you need groceries now because when you get back Sunday night you want to actually cook, not order takeout again. So you're walking to Trader Joe's, head full of everything: "Okay so Trader Joe's run right now, need olive oil, pasta, that frozen orange chicken, spinach, eggs, garlic, and the good bread. Budget like 60 bucks. Then tonight pack for Austin, charge the headphones, print the Airbnb confirmation, set alarm for 5am. Flight lands 11, uber to hotel probably 30 bucks, hotel is 180 a night for two nights, dinner with Jake Friday around 50, maybe rent a bike Saturday..." You just said all of that into Swonk. When you look at your phone, it's not a wall of text. It's this: TRADER JOE'S olive oil pasta frozen orange chicken spinach eggs garlic bread budget: $60 TONIGHT [ ] Pack for Austin [ ] Charge headphones [ ] Print Airbnb confirmation [ ] Set alarm 5am AUSTIN TRIP uber_to_hotel: $30 hotel_per_night: $180 nights: 2 hotel_total = $360 dinner_friday: $50 bike_rental: $25 = $465 Everything separated. Nothing forgotten. Check things off as you go. Sunday night you land, you're exhausted, you open Swonk. Trader Joe's list is still there. Eggs. Spinach. Garlic. You didn't forget. Trip over? Trash the card. That's Swonk. Not a notes app. Not a planner. Not another thing to maintain. Just a place to dump your brain when it's moving too fast. Structure it. Use it. Trash it. Your friend Venmos you for concert tickets. "Hey what's 240 split 6 ways?" You don't open calculator. You say "240 split 6" into Swonk. $40 each. Done. You're texting your boss but you're walking and can't type. "Message to Sarah, running about ten minutes late, subway was stuck, starting the call from my phone." Swonk cleans it up. You copy, paste, send. You're traveling and everything is in dollars but you're paying in euros. "What's 100 dollars in euros?" Swonk gets the live rate. What about that Airbnb in pounds? "350 pounds to dollars." Live rate. You're timing yourself on a task. "Stopwatch." A timer appears in your note. Tap play. That's it. You're at dinner, everyone's throwing cards down. "Dinner was 186, split 5 ways, plus 20 percent tip." Swonk does the math before the server comes back. You're planning your friend's birthday. 30 people. Venue. Catering. Cake. Decorations. You say it all in one breath. Swonk turns it into a budget with a checklist. Things change? Edit one number and everything recalculates. You've got a crumpled receipt from last night. Point your camera at it. Swonk reads it, pulls out the items, adds up the total. No typing You're watching a YouTube recipe video but don't want to keep rewatching it. Paste the link into Swonk. It pulls the ingredients into a shopping list, steps into a checklist. Same for workout videos, coding tutorials, travel guides. Notes from the video, ready to use. Secure Credentials: auto-masks passwords, PINs, WiFi codes — lock with Face ID This is not about keeping notes forever. This is about getting things out of your head, organized, and handled. Then moving on. No account. No sign up. No cloud sync. Your notes stay on your phone. We don't know you exist. FREE 1 card at a time, 5 voice captures a day, all features unlocked PRO - $1.99/mo or $9.99/yr Unlimited cards, unlimited voice, camera + receipts, 7 day free trial Swonk. Speak it. Sort it. Done? Trash it. Privacy Policy: https://hashsecure.us/#/privacy Terms of Use: https://hashsecure.us/#/terms

Screenshots

Helper One4 screens
Swonk.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Swonk. at none against Helper One's shown. Swonk. also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days). Helper One's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. Helper One sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month and Swonk. 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

Helper One ships an update every 9 days, Swonk. every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Helper One versus Swonk.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHelper OneSwonk.
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB4 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPeter DoveHashsecure Technologies LLC

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Helper One

Subscriptions4
  • Bring Your Own Key$17.991 Month
  • Pro$29.991 Month
  • Pro "Max 5x"$59.991 Month
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  • Pro "Max 20x"$124.991 Month
2 purchases

Swonk.

Subscriptions2
  • Swonk Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Swonk Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Helper One free?
Helper One is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Swonk. free?
Swonk. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Helper One or Swonk. have ads?
Helper One shows ads; Swonk. does not.
Which is updated more often, Helper One or Swonk.?
Helper One ships an update every 9 days, and Swonk. every 2 days. Most recently, Helper One was updated on October 12, 2026 and Swonk. on October 18, 2026.

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