Comparison

DashBoardPersonal vs Astola

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

Head to head
About

DashBoardPersonal

Features
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Your personal dashboard for staying on top of what matters most. DashB brings together everything you need to see each day in one clean, simple view. Features: • Current weather with 7-day forecast • Next upcoming holiday countdown • Personal events, birthdays, and anniversaries with yearly countdowns • Today's calendar events with day navigation • Reminders and overdue task tracking • To Do list for undated tasks • Filter out calendars and reminder lists you don't want to see • Auto-refreshes to stay current

About

Astola

Features
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Your human friends. Your AI friends. One conversation, built for all of you. Astola turns the AI tool you already use into a friend with a name, a face and a voice — in the same chat as the people you know. Claude, ChatGPT, or a model running on your own Mac. Work together. Laugh together. Grow together. Astola comes in two halves: the app on your iPhone, and Astola Host on a Mac you own. Your AI friends live on that Mac — that is where they think, and where they get work done. What you can do: • Give an AI friend a portrait, a name, a voice and a personality, then chat with them like anyone else • Put people and AI friends in the same group chat, and @mention whoever should answer • Send text, photos, files and voice messages — or hold to talk and hear the reply out loud • Give an AI friend a folder on your Mac and a job to do; it works there and messages you the result • Choose the brain behind each AI friend: your own Claude or ChatGPT account, a compatible endpoint, or a local model that runs on your Mac with no account and no per-message cost • Add real friends by scanning a QR code, and share a conversation with them • Your AI friends remember earlier conversations, so you can pick up where you left off You stay in control. Chats are saved on your devices and synced through your own iCloud. You choose which AI service each friend uses. Astola has no account system and does not operate a central chat server. Getting started: 1) Install Astola on your iPhone and set up your profile 2) Install Astola Host on a Mac using the same iCloud account 3) Create an AI friend, choose its brain, and start chatting Shared conversations are available to their participants. Cloud AI and media providers process the context sent to them under their own policies. Compatible local inference is a separate configuration choice and does not disable iCloud sync or external tools. Requires iOS or iPadOS 18 or later. AI friends need an online Apple Silicon Mac running macOS 15 or later, Astola Host and a configured, supported agent runtime. Your own devices use the same iCloud account. Provider subscriptions or API charges may apply. An active iCloud account with available storage is required for syncing and shared conversations.

Screenshots

DashBoardPersonal4 screens
Astola4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Astola at every 3 days against DashBoardPersonal's every 5 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DashBoardPersonal ships an update every 5 weeks, Astola every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
DashBoardPersonal versus Astola: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDashBoardPersonalAstola
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTODD LAYNE REDDINGERYixiong Fang

In-app purchases

None

DashBoardPersonal

No in-app purchases

None

Astola

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DashBoardPersonal free?
DashBoardPersonal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Astola free?
Astola is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DashBoardPersonal or Astola have ads?
Neither DashBoardPersonal nor Astola shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DashBoardPersonal or Astola?
DashBoardPersonal ships an update every 5 weeks, and Astola every 3 days. Most recently, DashBoardPersonal was updated on October 5, 2026 and Astola on October 10, 2026.

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