Comparison

AIStats vs ThinkAloud Notes

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

Head to head
About

AIStats

Monitor your AI subscription limits from a single app. View usage at a glance with home and lock screen widgets, and get detailed breakdowns of your remaining credits and reset times. Supports multiple AI providers and keeps your data private on your device.

Highlights
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Single list view of all AI limits
  • Color-coded usage status
  • Automatic plan detection
  • Multiple account connection methods
  • On-device data storage
  • Refresh button on widgets
Features
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Know how much of your AI subscriptions you have left — without opening five different dashboards. AI Stats tracks the usage limits on the AI accounts you already pay for and puts them where you can actually see them: on your Home Screen, on your Lock Screen, and in a single list in the app. WIDGETS • Home Screen widgets in small and medium sizes • Lock Screen widgets, circular and rectangular • A refresh button right on the widget for when you need the number now • Reset countdowns so you know exactly when your window rolls over EVERY LIMIT IN ONE LIST • See which account is closest to its limit at a glance • Colour-coded from healthy to over limit • Tap any account for a full breakdown of each limit, with progress and reset time • Plans detected automatically — Max, Pro, Plus, Ultra and the rest CONNECT YOUR ACCOUNTS THREE WAYS • Sign in to the provider inside the app • Paste an existing session • Or use an API key Supported: Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Google Gemini, GitHub Copilot and OpenRouter. BUILT TO STAY ON YOUR DEVICE There is no AI Stats account and no AI Stats server. Your credentials are stored in your device's Keychain and sent only to the provider they belong to. Your usage history stays on your device. Nothing is synced anywhere, because there is nowhere to sync it to. A NOTE ON REFRESHING iOS does not let apps poll continuously in the background. AI Stats updates when you open it, when the system grants background time, and when a widget reloads — and every screen tells you how old the number is, so you are never looking at a stale figure that pretends to be live. Tap refresh on the widget any time you want the latest. AI Stats is also available for Mac, where it lives in your menu bar. PRICING • Free: track one AI account, forever — widgets and menu bar included • AI Stats Pro: unlimited accounts, one-time purchase, no subscription • Already bought AI Stats before it went free? You keep everything, automatically.

About

ThinkAloud Notes

Record your thoughts and let on-device AI transform them into structured notes with titles, tags, and links. Your data stays private on your phone, with no accounts or subscriptions required. Access and manage your notes as standard Markdown files.

Highlights
  • Voice, photo, and text input
  • On-device AI note generation
  • Automatic tagging and linking
  • Ask questions about your notes
  • Knowledge graph creation
  • Markdown file export
  • Optional cloud sync
Features
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You think out loud. ThinkAloud writes it down. Hit record and just talk: a passing idea, a meeting, a whole lecture. When you stop, you can play the recording back and decide whether it's worth keeping before anything happens to it. Only then does the on-device AI turn it into a real note, with a title, some structure, tags, and links to the related notes you already have. Here's the part that matters. All of this happens on your phone. ThinkAloud runs Google's Gemma model locally, so your voice and your notes never get uploaded anywhere. There's no account to create, no server in the middle, and nothing to pay every month. You download the model once, and after that it works offline. Your notes are just Markdown files in an ordinary folder, the same format Obsidian uses. Point ThinkAloud at a vault you already have, or let it keep one for you. Either way you can open, edit, or back them up with any app you like. Nothing is trapped inside. What it's good at: - Voice, photos, or quick text go in; clean, tagged notes come out - Ask your notes a question in plain language and get an answer with its sources listed, so you can tap straight through to where each fact came from - A knowledge graph that builds itself as your notes start linking up - Full-text search, tags, folders, and checklists - Optional sync to your own Google Drive or iCloud. Your account, a private folder, no servers of mine in between. No ads, no analytics, no tracking, no accounts. I made ThinkAloud because I wanted a notebook that was actually mine. That's the whole idea. The on-device model needs around 3 GB of free space and a fairly recent device.

Screenshots

AIStats4 screens
ThinkAloud Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: ThinkAloud Notes at free against AIStats's paid. ThinkAloud Notes also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

AIStats ships an update every 2 months, ThinkAloud Notes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
AIStats versus ThinkAloud Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAIStatsThinkAloud Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKuray OGUNGhanashyam Vinod Tatti

Customer experience

AIStats

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ThinkAloud Notes

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

AIStats

No in-app purchases

None

ThinkAloud Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AIStats free?
AIStats is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ThinkAloud Notes free?
ThinkAloud Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AIStats or ThinkAloud Notes have ads?
Neither AIStats nor ThinkAloud Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AIStats or ThinkAloud Notes?
AIStats ships an update every 2 months, and ThinkAloud Notes every 2 weeks. Most recently, AIStats was updated on October 31, 2026 and ThinkAloud Notes on October 24, 2026.

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