Comparison

Vellum Assistant vs Context Panel

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

Head to head
About

Vellum Assistant

This AI assistant learns your work habits and thought processes to help you stay on top of tasks. It syncs across devices, providing quick summaries of communications and access to past notes. Over time, it becomes an indispensable teammate.

Highlights
  • Learns user work habits
  • Syncs across Mac, iPhone, and web
  • Summarizes Slack, email, and meetings
  • Remembers forgotten tasks and follow-ups
  • Accesses past notes and thoughts
  • Improves with continued use
Features
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vellum is your personal AI for work and life. It learns how you think, remembers what matters, and helps with the things you care about. With vellum, you're always in control: • Choose where your data lives: vellum Cloud or your own self-hosted vellum • Use any model, bring your own API key, or use vellum-optimized models • Decide what your assistant can access and remember Talk, text, or show vellum what you see with your camera, then use it to: • Catch up on email, Slack, and meetings • Remember follow-ups, tasks, and important details • Plan your day, trips, meals, or workouts • Find old notes, files, and saved links • Think through work and personal decisions • Get help with whatever is in front of you One assistant across iPhone, Mac, and web. Always caught up on what matters to you.

About

Context Panel

Features
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Context Panel companion lets you view AI usage limits synced from your Mac on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro. It shows remaining capacity, provider/account status, reset timing, and stale or unavailable sync states from the same local-first Context Panel setup on your Mac. Use the companion app and widgets as glanceable surfaces while setup, diagnostics, provider credentials, and detailed history stay on the Mac app.

Screenshots

Vellum Assistant4 screens
Context Panel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Context Panel at 6 against Vellum Assistant's 2. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vellum Assistant ships an update every 4 days, Context Panel every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Vellum Assistant versus Context Panel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVellum AssistantContext Panel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB38 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperVocify Inc.Shiny Computers

In-app purchases

None

Vellum Assistant

No in-app purchases

None

Context Panel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vellum Assistant free?
Vellum Assistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Context Panel free?
Context Panel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vellum Assistant or Context Panel have ads?
Neither Vellum Assistant nor Context Panel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vellum Assistant or Context Panel?
Vellum Assistant ships an update every 4 days, and Context Panel every 5 days. Most recently, Vellum Assistant was updated on October 28, 2026 and Context Panel on October 28, 2026.

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