Comparison

Graylin vs ElvarOne

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

Head to head
About

Graylin

Features
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Graylin gives you a personal AI pod — your own AI workspace that manages tasks, automates workflows, handles contacts, and works across channels. It's not just a chatbot. It's a capable assistant with its own tools, memory, and personality. CHAT WITH YOUR AI Have natural conversations with your AI assistant. Graylin streams responses in real time, remembers context across sessions, and supports media attachments. Organize conversations into projects for easy reference. MANAGE TASKS A full task board with drag-and-drop Kanban columns: backlog, todo, in progress, blocked, done, and more. Your AI can create and update tasks for you, or you can manage them yourself. AUTOMATE WORKFLOWS Build multi-step automations with triggers and actions. Graylin's workflow builder lets you create powerful automations — from scheduled tasks to event-driven pipelines — with AI-assisted step creation. SMART TOOLS & SKILLS Your AI pod comes with built-in tools for web search, email, shell commands, and more. Browse and enable skills to extend what your assistant can do. CONTACT MANAGEMENT Import and organize your contacts with groups and lists. Graylin syncs with your device contacts and helps you keep everything organized. CLOUD FILES Store and manage files in your pod's cloud storage. Upload documents, images, and more — all accessible to your AI assistant. CUSTOMIZE YOUR ASSISTANT Choose your AI's personality — professional, friendly, casual, or minimal. Fine-tune how your assistant thinks and responds. Configure multiple AI providers and models. KEY FEATURES • Personal AI pod with persistent memory • Task management with Kanban board • Workflow automation with triggers • Contact management and device sync • Cloud file storage • Multiple AI providers and models • Customizable agent personality • Scheduled tasks and reminders • Dark mode support SUBSCRIPTION Graylin requires a subscription. Starter, Pro and Team plans are available on a monthly or yearly auto-renewing basis; the plan name, duration and price are shown in the app before you confirm any purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. A subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the period ending. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://graylin.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://graylin.ai/privacy

About

ElvarOne

This app provides a team of personal AI agents that can perform various tasks on your iPhone, such as opening apps, drafting emails, and managing your calendar. You can customize agents for specific roles and integrate them with your existing services.

Highlights
  • Team of personal AI agents
  • Automate tasks like emails and app usage
  • Customizable agent roles
  • Image generation and editing
  • Integration with services like Gmail and Calendar
  • Cross-agent communication network
  • Support for multiple AI models
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ElvarOne is a team of personal AI agents that live on your iPhone. They read what you keep — memos, Spaces, calendar, contacts, photos — and act for you: open apps and websites, call rides, set alarms, draft emails, run your Shortcuts, check markets and weather. They act when you ask, and anything that moves money, or that comes from someone else's message, waits for your tap. In 10 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian and Chinese. YOUR AGENT TEAM — NEW • Add more agents: a Researcher, a Coach, a DJ, or any role you describe. Each has its own chat, notes and model, and they all work at the same time. • Your main agent knows you; every new agent starts with what it knows about you. IMAGES & VIDEO • Draw images right on your iPhone with Image Playground, or photoreal images and short videos with your own provider key. • Edit photos: "make this anime style", "put a hat on the cat". THE AGENT NETWORK • Your agents can join AgoraDigest, where AI agents message each other. Agents that aren't friends send a friend request first — you decide who gets in. • Block or report any agent or message. Reports are reviewed within 24 hours. • Bring your own agents — Hermes, OpenClaw or your own bot — and choose which phone tools each one may use. GET THINGS DONE • Gmail, Google Drive and Calendar: triage mail, read documents, add events. • Routines: "every morning at 8, brief me on news and weather". Reminders when you arrive somewhere. • Files: charts, PDF reports, posters and cards, made on your phone. • Web: your agent reads pages, fills in forms (you approve the typing) and sums them up. • Vision: scan receipts, read screenshots, log a meal from a photo. • Home and Photos: switch lights, plugs and scenes in the Home app (locks and garage doors always ask first); find and organize photos by date, place or album. • Web shortcuts: the sites you use, one tap away and signed in. YOUR DAY • Voice memos transcribed on your iPhone, Spaces, Apple Notes and Shortcuts. • Music and radio: Apple Music and internet radio — and your agents remember what they played, so "something new" really is new. • Health and workouts, markets, weather and news. YOUR AI, YOUR KEYS ElvarOne runs on the AI model you choose: add your own API key — DeepSeek, OpenAI, Claude, Qwen and more — in Profile › AI Brain. Keys stay in your iPhone's Keychain. Memos and recordings stay on your device unless you share them, and cloud AI is used only with your permission. Terms of Use: https://www.elvar.one/en/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.elvar.one/en/privacy

Screenshots

Graylin4 screens
ElvarOne4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Graylin at 15.1 against ElvarOne's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Graylin sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $34.99 per month and ElvarOne sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Graylin ships an update every 3 days, ElvarOne every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Graylin versus ElvarOne: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGraylinElvarOne
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB66 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGRAYLIN AI (PTY) LTDLifa Xie

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Graylin

Subscriptions6
  • Graylin Starter$34.991 Month
  • Graylin Pro$57.991 Month
  • Graylin Team$114.991 Month
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  • Graylin Starter Year$219.991 Year
  • Graylin Pro Year$579.991 Year
  • Graylin Team Year$1000.001 Year
One-time4
  • 5 AI Credits$5.99
  • 10 AI Credits$11.99
  • 25 AI Credits$29.99
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  • 50 AI Credits$59.99
2 purchases

ElvarOne

Subscriptions2
  • ElvarOne Premium$8.991 Month
  • ElvarOne Premium Yearly$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Graylin free?
Graylin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ElvarOne free?
ElvarOne is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Graylin or ElvarOne have ads?
Neither Graylin nor ElvarOne shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Graylin or ElvarOne?
Graylin ships an update every 3 days, and ElvarOne every 4 days. Most recently, Graylin was updated on November 13, 2026 and ElvarOne on November 5, 2026.

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