Selmin AI vs Compass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Selmin AI
This AI assistant app offers chat, image understanding, and web-based answers with sources. It features distinct modes for quick or in-depth responses, all within a simple mobile interface.
- AI chat assistant
- Image understanding
- Source-backed web answers
- Fast Auto mode
- Thinking mode for detailed answers
- iPhone-exclusive experience
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Selmin AI is an iPhone-only AI assistant app for chat, image understanding, and source-backed web answers. Features include: • Free access for everyday questions • Premium access for deeper, more detailed answers • Image understanding and photo-based questions • Web answers with sources when relevant • Premium subscription options for expanded access Selmin AI is designed to help users ask questions, explore information, and interact with AI in a simple mobile experience. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/selmin-ai-privacy-policy/home Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Compass
This AI assistant processes all your questions and attached screenshots locally on your device. Enjoy private, real-time answers without data collection or cloud transmission.
- On-device AI processing
- Screenshot and photo analysis
- Notes-style chat interface
- Private by design
- No data collection
- Streaming answers
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Compass is a professional, privacy‑first on‑device assistant. Ask questions, attach screenshots, and get clear answers with everything processed locally on your iPhone, no data collection, no analytics, and no cloud transmission. What you can do with Compass • Ask quick questions in a clean, Notes‑style chat interface • Attach screenshots or photos and let Compass read them with on‑device OCR • Get focused, streaming answers that feel like a real conversation • Reopen or delete recent chats from a simple home screen Private by design • Your questions and answers stay on your device • Images and extracted text are processed using Apple’s on‑device frameworks • No analytics SDKs, no tracking, no external servers Compass is built for people who want the comfort of AI help without giving up control of their data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Compass at none against Selmin AI's 2. Selmin AI's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Selmin AI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Compass asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Selmin AI against 5.0 for Compass. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Selmin AI ships an update every 2 weeks, Compass fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Selmin AI | Compass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Selanmon Cherian | Shryas Bhurat |
Customer experience
Selmin AI
Compass
In-app purchases
Selmin AI
- Selmin Auto$9.991 Month
- Selmin Premium$14.991 Month
Compass
No in-app purchases
