Comparison

LumiBud vs WhattaRAG

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

Head to head
About

LumiBud

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LumiBud keeps your day in one place. Tell Lumi one sentence. It can become a task, a plan, a journal note, or something on your list. Nothing is saved until you say so. ONE CALM PLACE Stop switching between a planner, a habit tracker, a journal, and a mood diary. LumiBud brings the day together without the noise of a social feed. WHAT YOU CAN DO β€’ Daily planner β€” a plan you can actually keep β€’ Tasks and goals β€” what needs doing, and what you’re working toward β€’ Habits and routines β€” little things, done often β€’ Journal β€” a private place to look back β€’ Mood diary β€” notice how the week felt β€’ Meals β€” plan the week, then shop once β€’ Book club β€” read the same book together β€’ Watch together β€” stay in sync with the people you’re with β€’ Notes, lists, and expenses β€” the rest of the day, in the same app YOURS Your journal, notes, and personal details stay yours. LumiBud does not sell them. Download LumiBud and keep the day in one place.

About

WhattaRAG

Features
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WhattaRAG answers questions about your own documents, entirely on your iPhone. Add a document β€” a PDF, a Markdown or text file, a link to an article, or text you paste in β€” and ask about it in plain language. Answers come back with citations to the exact passages they came from, so you can check the source rather than trust the model. Everything runs on the device The model, the search, and the document database all live on your iPhone. There are no accounts, no sign-in, no analytics, no crash reporters, and no advertising SDKs. Your documents and conversations are never uploaded, and the app works in airplane mode. The one exception is Add by URL: when you paste a link, the app fetches that page so it can read it. That is the app's only outbound network request, it happens only when you ask for it, and the fetched text is then stored on device like any other document. What it's good at β€’ Finding a specific fact in a long document and citing where it came from β€’ Questions about one section, one clause, one table, one paragraph β€’ Reference material you return to β€” handbooks, papers, contracts, manuals, documentation β€’ Working offline, on a plane, or anywhere you would rather not send a document to a server What it isn't It isn't a general chatbot, and it won't answer from outside your documents. Broad questions across an entire document β€” "summarize everything", "which is best", "how many in total" β€” are the weakest case, because the app reads the most relevant passages rather than the whole text. It tells you when an answer may be incomplete rather than pretending otherwise. Built native 100% native Swift and SwiftUI, around 4 MB. No web view, no bundled runtime, no JavaScript bridge. That's why it launches instantly and why it's small. Now in English and Spanish.

Screenshots

LumiBud4 screens
WhattaRAG4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: WhattaRAG at every 3 weeks against LumiBud's every 4 months. LumiBud's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LumiBud ships an update every 4 months, WhattaRAG every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
LumiBud versus WhattaRAG: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumiBudWhattaRAG
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size55 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnuoluwapo AdanikeFernando Putallaz

In-app purchases

None

LumiBud

No in-app purchases

None

WhattaRAG

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LumiBud free?
LumiBud is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WhattaRAG free?
WhattaRAG is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LumiBud or WhattaRAG have ads?
Neither LumiBud nor WhattaRAG shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LumiBud or WhattaRAG?
LumiBud ships an update every 4 months, and WhattaRAG every 3 weeks. Most recently, LumiBud was updated on October 28, 2026 and WhattaRAG on October 28, 2026.

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