Compass vs AiQuest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
AiQuest
This AI assistant runs entirely on your device, offering powerful LLM capabilities without sending your data to the cloud. Experience fast, private AI interactions powered by local processing.
- On-device AI processing
- Privacy-centric design
- High-performance LLM integration
- Local data storage
- Fast response times
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Experience the future of AI that lives on your device—not in the cloud. AIQuest is a high-performance, privacy-centric AI assistant designed to give you the power of advanced Large Language Models (LLMs) like Google’s Gemma, running entirely locally on your iPhone. By leveraging Apple’s Metal GPU via MLX, AIQuest delivers lightning-fast responses while ensuring your sensitive data never leaves your device Thanks karthik juluri
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: AiQuest at 18.0 against Compass's 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Compass against 5.0 for AiQuest. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Compass ships an update fortnightly, AiQuest every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Compass | AiQuest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shryas Bhurat | Brahmani Mekala |
Customer experience
Compass
AiQuest
In-app purchases
Compass
No in-app purchases
AiQuest
No in-app purchases
