Comparison

Local AI Notes vs DearWiki

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

Head to head
About

Local AI Notes

This note-taking app organizes your thoughts by topic and sets reminders. It offers features like goal setting, task planning, and a smart mode for local language processing. All data is stored and processed on your device for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • Automatic note clustering by topic
  • Integrated reminders and calendar events
  • Goal and habit tracking with sub-goals
  • Local AI language model for smart features
  • Brain dump for quick note capture
  • Face ID lock and encrypted backups
Features
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local ai notes is a note app for your iPhone that thinks along, entirely on device. Write, paste or speak. Notes on the same topic gather into clusters by themselves, "remind me tomorrow at 9 to call the dentist" becomes a reminder, and /ask answers questions from your own notes. NEW: GOALS Set up projects and habits with sub-goals and checklist steps. Notes and tasks that fit sort in automatically. You decide what counts as progress, like three workouts a week or five hours on your thesis. Plan a weekly focus and look back on what you got done. ALSO • Reminders, calendar events and /plan, which fits your open tasks into today's free time • Brain Dump: say everything at once, get separate notes and reminders • Optional Smart Mode with a local language model • Face ID lock, encrypted backups, Siri and Shortcuts • A refined design, in light and dark No account, no cloud, no tracking. Everything runs on your iPhone, and your notes never leave it.

About

DearWiki

Features
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DearWiki is a local-first notebook and personal wiki for notes, tasks, daily plans, research, and connected ideas. Write in portable Markdown, capture from the share sheet, find backlinks on the knowledge map, organize readable structured views, and export a complete ZIP whenever you want. Attachment OCR runs on the device. No DearWiki account is required. Optional WebDAV sync uses a server you choose.

Screenshots

Local AI Notes4 screens
DearWiki3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DearWiki at every 8 days against Local AI Notes's every 3 weeks. DearWiki also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Local AI Notes ships an update every 3 weeks, DearWiki every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Local AI Notes versus DearWiki: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocal AI NotesDearWiki
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size266 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlorian WachterPedro Brannum

In-app purchases

None

Local AI Notes

No in-app purchases

None

DearWiki

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Local AI Notes free?
Local AI Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DearWiki free?
DearWiki is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Local AI Notes or DearWiki have ads?
Neither Local AI Notes nor DearWiki shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Local AI Notes or DearWiki?
Local AI Notes ships an update every 3 weeks, and DearWiki every 8 days. Most recently, Local AI Notes was updated on October 31, 2026 and DearWiki on October 31, 2026.

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