Comparison

SageGate vs Priv AI

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

Head to head
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 20+ 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, no sign-ups, and no servers of ours. 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. 20+ AI PROVIDERS, 40+ MODELS IN ONE PLACE Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, GLM, DouBao, ERNIE, HunYuan, MiniMax, Yi, Spark and more — plus Claude and Amazon Nova models through Amazon Bedrock on your own AWS. Ask ChatGPT for writing, switch to Claude for code, then check with Gemini — all in one thread. Three of the providers are aggregators (OpenRouter, Together AI, SiliconFlow) you can point at your own models, and any provider can use a custom API endpoint of your own. 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. We handle only the transport — converting to Markdown, chunking, embedding, ingesting and retrieval all run transiently in our pipeline — and we keep nothing on our side. - 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. Daily, weekly, and monthly dashboards break down spending by provider. 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. REMEMBER WHAT MATTERS Tap "Remember" 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 local models on your Mac — for work that should never touch the internet — through LM Studio, oMLX, Llama.cpp, and similar tools. 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

About

Priv AI

This AI assistant operates entirely on your device, ensuring your data remains private. It offers offline chat capabilities with downloadable language models, personalized health insights from Apple Health, and automated financial transaction analysis from uploaded statements.

Highlights
  • On-device AI inference
  • Offline AI chat
  • Apple Health integration
  • Financial statement parsing
  • No cloud or data collection
  • Hugging Face model catalog
Features
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Your personal AI assistant that runs 100% locally. No cloud, no accounts, no data collection. PRIVATE BY DESIGN All AI processing happens on your device. Your conversations, health data, and financial information never leave your phone. No internet required after downloading a model. CHAT WITH AI Download language models directly to your device and chat with them offline. Choose from models ranging from 360M to 7B parameters. HEALTH INSIGHTS Connect Apple Health and get AI-powered coaching. Track steps, sleep, heart rate, exercise, and weekly trends with personalized analysis. FINANCE TRACKING Upload bank or credit card statements (PDF or image). AI extracts and categorizes your transactions automatically. See spending breakdowns, monthly trends, and category analysis. OLLAMA SUPPORT Connect to Ollama running on your Mac for access to larger, more capable models over your local WiFi. FEATURES - On-device AI inference via llama.cpp - Built-in model catalog from Hugging Face - Apple HealthKit integration - PDF and image statement parsing with Vision OCR - Monthly spending trends and category breakdowns - Dark and light theme support - No accounts, no telemetry, no tracking

Screenshots

SageGate4 screens
Priv AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Priv AI at every 2 days against SageGate's every 8 days. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SageGate against 5.0 for Priv AI. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SageGate ships an update every 8 days, Priv AI every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and June 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
SageGate versus Priv AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSageGatePriv AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB7 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperHT HoldingMonish Soundar Raj

In-app purchases

None

SageGate

No in-app purchases

None

Priv AI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SageGate free?
SageGate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Priv AI free?
Priv AI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SageGate or Priv AI?
SageGate and Priv AI are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do SageGate or Priv AI have ads?
Neither SageGate nor Priv AI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SageGate or Priv AI?
SageGate ships an update every 8 days, and Priv AI every 2 days. Most recently, SageGate was updated on September 6, 2026 and Priv AI on June 25, 2026.

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