Comparison

Oscilla vs SageGate

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

Head to head
About

Oscilla

This app offers private AI capabilities on your iPhone and Mac, allowing you to write, brainstorm, and analyze documents with AI models that run locally on your device. It supports offline use, voice conversations, and personalized assistants.

Highlights
  • Local AI models for offline use
  • Voice conversations with AI
  • Built-in memory for personalized context
  • Project organization for related chats and files
  • Personalized AI assistants
  • Web search for current information
  • File and image understanding
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Private AI. Built Around You. Oscilla brings local AI to your iPhone and Mac. Write, brainstorm, understand documents, and talk things through with AI models that run on your own device. Choose your models, make them your own, and build a workspace around the way you think. - Local AI — Download models and chat offline. - Voice conversations — Speak naturally and hear responses with Voice Mode. - Built-in memory — Keep useful context for more personalized conversations. - Projects — Bring related chats, instructions, and reference files together. - Personal Assistants — Create focused helpers with their own instructions and knowledge. - Web Search — Find current information with sources. - File and image understanding — Ask questions about documents, screenshots, and images with supported models. - OS Bridge — Chat from your iPhone while your Mac runs the model, including models your iPhone couldn’t run on its own. Your AI. On your devices. Under your control. Web Search requires internet access and setup. Features vary by device and model.

About

SageGate

Consolidate access to over 15 AI providers in a single application. Connect your own API keys and pay only for the conversations you have, significantly reducing costs. Your data remains private, stored locally or on your iCloud, with API keys secured by Face ID.

Highlights
  • Connect to 15+ AI providers
  • Pay-per-conversation pricing
  • Local data storage and privacy
  • API key protection with Face ID
  • Spending dashboards
  • Reusable prompt templates (Skills)
  • Document analysis
Features
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Stop paying $20/month for each AI subscription. SageGate connects you directly to your AI providers through one beautiful app — and you only pay for what you actually use. HOW IT WORKS Connect your own API keys and pay per conversation instead of $20/month per service. Many users spend under $5/month for heavier usage than any single subscription offers. SageGate shows you exactly what each message costs — no surprises, no waste. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS The free app has no accounts and no sign-ups, and your chats never pass through our servers. Your conversations live only on your device or your personal iCloud. Your API keys are stored in the iOS Keychain, and you can lock the whole app behind Face ID. Chats run over Apple's encrypted networking (TLS) straight to the provider you chose — SageGate is never in the connection, so we can't read or decode them. We never see your messages. Period. AI PROVIDERS, DOZENS OF MODELS IN ONE PLACE Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, GLM, Doubao, ERNIE, HunYuan, MiniMax, Spark and more. Ask ChatGPT for writing, switch to Claude for code, then check with Gemini — all in one thread. ONE KNOWLEDGE BASE ACROSS EVERY MODEL (SAGEGATE CLOUD — OPTIONAL) Your documents shouldn't be trapped inside one AI. SageGate Cloud gives you your own private vector database that every model can search — pulling back only what's relevant. Switch models and they all reach the same knowledge; nothing is siloed. Upload from your iPhone, or from any browser at portal.sagegate.ai. Upgrade only if you want the shared cloud brain. Still no accounts: - T4 Managed Cloud ($19.99/mo) — we host your encrypted vault; zero setup. - T3 Private Cloud ($5.99/mo) — your documents live in your own AWS. Our pipeline processes your documents during ingestion and search, and nothing is retained. - T2 Self-Host ($1.99/mo) — your AWS only, extracted on your device; we never touch a byte. The app itself stays completely free — and giving back is built in: 10% of every App Store purchase goes to 501(c)(3) animal-welfare nonprofits (records published at sagegate.ai). SEE WHAT YOU SPEND Every message shows exactly how many tokens were used and what it cost. The Cost Dashboard breaks down tokens and spending by provider and model. Think of it as a budgeting app for your AI usage. AUTOMATE YOUR BUSYWORK Set up Skills — reusable prompt templates for tasks you do every day, like summarizing emails or translating documents. Schedule tasks to run automatically when you open the app. BRING YOUR OWN FILES Drop PDFs, Word docs, spreadsheets, or presentations into the app. SageGate reads them on-device and lets any AI answer questions about them. Stay fully local for free, or add SageGate Cloud to index them for search. Drag files into iCloud Drive from your Mac and they appear instantly. CUBICLES (BETA) Give each project its own workspace with its own chats, documents, instructions, and model; chats inside a Cubicle see only that Cubicle's material. Cubicles use models that pass our tool test. REMEMBER WHAT MATTERS Tap "Save to Memory" on any helpful AI response. That knowledge carries across every future conversation with every provider — your personal AI memory that grows with you. RUN AI ON YOUR OWN COMPUTER Connect to a model server on your Mac or network, such as LM Studio or llama.cpp, for work that should never touch the internet. WORKS IN YOUR LANGUAGE Full support for 13 languages: English, Simplified & Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Hindi, and Indonesian. ADDITIONAL FEATURES - Watch AI models "think" in real-time with visible reasoning streams - Export any AI response as a formatted PDF with one tap - Organize chats with folders, pins, search, and smart sorting - Full VoiceOver accessibility support, light & dark mode Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Oscilla4 screens
SageGate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Oscilla at none against SageGate's 9. Oscilla also leads on ratings volume (36 vs 2). SageGate's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SageGate sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Oscilla asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SageGate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Oscilla has 36 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Oscilla ships an update every 8 days, SageGate weekly. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Oscilla versus SageGate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOscillaSageGate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (36 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings36 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB23 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperMatthew David FuscoHT Holding

Customer experience

Oscilla

All ratings32 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%

SageGate

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Oscilla

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

SageGate

Subscriptions6
  • Self‑Host (Monthly)14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Private Cloud (Monthly)14 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Self‑Host (Yearly)1 Year trial$19.991 Year
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  • Managed Cloud (Monthly)14 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Private Cloud (Yearly)1 Month trial$59.991 Year
  • Managed Cloud (Yearly)1 Month trial$199.991 Year
One-time3
  • 1,000 Pages$2.99
  • 5,000 Pages$12.99
  • 10,000 Pages$19.99

Questions

Is Oscilla free?
Oscilla is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SageGate free?
SageGate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Oscilla or SageGate?
SageGate is rated higher. Oscilla averages 4.6 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while SageGate averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Oscilla or SageGate have ads?
Neither Oscilla nor SageGate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Oscilla or SageGate?
Oscilla ships an update every 8 days, and SageGate weekly. Most recently, Oscilla was updated on November 13, 2026 and SageGate on November 13, 2026.

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