Comparison

Nekoni vs Kioku

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

Head to head
About

Nekoni

Features
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Nekoni connects your iPhone to an AI agent running on your own hardware - no cloud, no subscription, no data leaving your home. Most AI assistants send everything you type to a third-party server. Nekoni is different. You run the AI yourself, on your own machine, and your phone connects directly to it over an encrypted P2P channel. HOW IT WORKS Install the agent on any computer at home, scan a QR code to pair your phone, and start chatting. The connection goes device-to-device - your messages never touch an external server. FEATURES Chat - Talk to any model you run locally via Ollama: Llama, Mistral, Gemma, and more. Full conversation history with the ability to continue past sessions. Knowledge Base - Upload documents (PDF, text, markdown) and ask questions about them. The agent retrieves relevant context automatically before answering. Skills - Create named prompt templates for tasks you repeat often. Run them on demand or schedule them to run automatically on a schedule. Privacy by Design - Your identity is an Ed25519 key pair generated on your device and never shared. Pairing requires explicit approval from your dashboard. Every message is signed and authenticated. Works Anywhere - The connection uses WebRTC, the same technology behind video calls. Once paired, you can reach your home agent from anywhere in the world. REQUIREMENTS Nekoni requires the agent software running on a computer you control. Setup instructions and the open-source agent are available at https://github.com/nekonihq/nekoni.

About

Kioku

Features
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Kioku is a personal knowledge library for Mac. Save articles, PDFs, websites, and your own Markdown notes into organized vaults you can read, search, annotate, and keep with you offline. Use Kioku to turn scattered research into a calm, durable library. Paste a URL to archive a single page, save a PDF from your Mac, or crawl more of a site when you want a deeper reference vault. Kioku stores your content as Markdown with downloaded assets, so your library stays portable and readable outside the app. Write your own notes with a focused Markdown editor, add images, create internal links, and keep authored notes separate from saved web pages. While reading, select passages to save excerpts and notes so important ideas do not disappear after the first pass. Kioku also includes optional local AI features for summaries, retrieval, chat, and study cards. Supported models run on your Mac, keeping those experiences local to your device. Features: Save articles, PDFs, pages, and websites into Markdown vaults Read saved content offline in a native Mac interface Write and edit Markdown notes Organize saved pages into vaults Search your library Annotate passages and save excerpts Generate summaries with optional on-device AI Create study cards from saved pages and notes Store content in a local or iCloud Drive-backed folder Keep your library portable with Markdown files and assets Kioku is for readers, researchers, students, builders, and anyone who wants a quieter place to collect what matters.

Screenshots

Nekoni4 screens
Kioku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Nekoni at 15.1 against Kioku's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Nekoni versus Kioku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNekoniKioku
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size46 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDENYS MALYKHINKai Kang

In-app purchases

None

Nekoni

No in-app purchases

None

Kioku

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nekoni free?
Nekoni is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kioku free?
Kioku is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nekoni or Kioku have ads?
Neither Nekoni nor Kioku shows ads.

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