Comparison

Portbase vs VAYS

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

Head to head
About

Portbase

A native mobile client for MySQL and PostgreSQL, enabling quick production data lookups and database management on the go. It offers features like syntax highlighting, autocomplete, schema browsing, row editing, and data visualization.

Highlights
  • Connect to MySQL and PostgreSQL
  • SQL syntax highlighting and autocomplete
  • Live database and schema browsing
  • Inspect and edit query results
  • Build charts from SQL results
  • Save chart presets
Features
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Portbase is a database client for MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQLite, Redis, ClickHouse and Elasticsearch on iPhone and iPad. • SQL consoles with autosaved drafts, completion, formatting, Explain and execution at the cursor. • Browse supported schemas, views, indexes, keys and DDL; follow related SQL rows. • Resize, pin, hide and sort result columns. Select and copy cell ranges. • MongoDB Find, Aggregation and Command editors with typed BSON document editing, table views and charts. • Create local SQLite databases or import a consistent snapshot. Files stay on this device. • Browse Redis keys with SCAN; inspect strings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets and streams; manage expiration and reviewed writes. • Query ClickHouse over HTTP(S). Inspect Elasticsearch mappings, search documents and aggregations. • Inspect chart points, filter dates, open matching loaded rows and export PNG/PDF. • Save unlimited connections, queries and charts, with Trash and recovery. • TLS and SSH connection options. Connection secrets stay in this device’s Keychain. Operations vary by engine. Manual Commit/Rollback is available for MySQL, MariaDB and PostgreSQL. CSV/JSON import and full query export are available for MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MongoDB and SQLite; other engines export loaded results. Tables display up to 10,000 rows. Charts inspect loaded results; full exports respect the query’s filters and limits. MongoDB document editing requires MongoDB 4.2 or later and a transaction-capable replica set or sharded cluster. Redis supports standalone endpoints, without Cluster/Sentinel discovery or scripting. SQLite commands commit individually; manual console transactions and temporary objects are unavailable.

About

VAYS

Features
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Vays is a FOREVER FREE voice notes app built around your voice and your privacy. Record a thought, a meeting, a task, or a conversation with multiple people. Vays transcribes directly on your device, using models tuned for Polish and English. Your audio is not sent to the cloud. Built for people who think out loud: • Construction and site managers capturing decisions in the field • Medical and clinical professionals, where accurate Polish transcription matters • Product managers turning meetings into tasks • Anyone whose best ideas come while walking, driving, or moving between meetings What’s inside • On-device transcription: your audio stays on your phone unless you decide otherwise • Sessions (BETA): multi-speaker recordings with speaker recognition. Your own voice is recognized from a one-time voice profile, and other speakers can be named with a single tap • Vays Dictation Keyboard: dictate in any app with on-device transcription • Local Gemma AI: chat with your notes offline, without an account • Polished transcripts: turn messy spoken language into clean, readable text • Voice tasks: dictate a task and Vays turns it into a title, notes, and category • Improve transcript: re-transcribe a memo using a larger Whisper model • Device sync: notes from your iPhone can appear on your Mac • No ads, no tracking, no account Privacy by default Vays is designed so your recordings stay yours. Recording, transcription, speaker separation, transcript polishing, and AI chat all run locally on your iPhone. There is no external AI service in the iOS data path. AI runs locally using Apple Neural Engine and the Gemma model. The only network features are optional iCloud sync, without audio recordings, and optional pairing with your own Mac running Vays on your local network. Optional companion: Vays for Mac Vays for Mac is a paid desktop companion for people who want richer analysis, support for long recordings, and system-wide dictation mode. Notes recorded on your iPhone can automatically appear on your Mac. Vays is built by one developer. Every piece of feedback is read, and every bug report is taken seriously.

Screenshots

Portbase4 screens
VAYS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Portbase at none against VAYS's 3. On price, update cadence, ads 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. VAYS sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Portbase asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Portbase ships an update every 10 days, VAYS weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Portbase versus VAYS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPortbaseVAYS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKitta Co.ARVIND JUNEJA OUMM

In-app purchases

None

Portbase

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

VAYS

One-time3
  • Hi five$1.99
  • Buy me a coffee$3.99
  • Patron$9.99

Questions

Is Portbase free?
Portbase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VAYS free?
VAYS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Portbase or VAYS have ads?
Neither Portbase nor VAYS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Portbase or VAYS?
Portbase ships an update every 10 days, and VAYS weekly. Most recently, Portbase was updated on October 15, 2026 and VAYS on October 7, 2026.

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