Comparison

PageVault vs Mini Compute

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

Head to head
About

PageVault

Features
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PageVault is a private offline reader that saves articles to your device. Read them later, even if the page goes down. Clean reader, full-text search, and export to PDF, EPUB, or Markdown. No account. No cloud. No ads. SAVE ANYTHING Paste a URL inside PageVault and we'll extract the article, hero image, and metadata in seconds. READ THE WAY YOU WANT A hand-tuned reader with adjustable typography (serif Newsreader or sans Inter), light and dark themes, and zero distractions. No popups, no banners, no chrome. Just the text. TAGS & FULL-TEXT SEARCH Color-coded tags for the topics you care about. Search every word of every article you ever saved, with snippet previews that show why each match hit. EXPORT ANYWHERE Send any article to PDF, EPUB, or Markdown for archiving, sharing, or reading on another device. Bulk-export your entire library as a backup ZIP and re-import it whenever you like. TRULY OFFLINE Once an article is saved, it's yours forever. No signal needed to read. Save on Wi-Fi, read on a plane, the metro, or anywhere. LOCAL-FIRST BY DESIGN Your articles, tags, and reading progress live in a local database on your device. They are never sent to our servers. There is no PageVault account. PRIVACY YOU CAN VERIFY - No advertising SDKs. No ads. - Saved articles never leave your device. - Anonymous crash reports and aggregate analytics are off by default in the EU, UK, Switzerland, Brazil, South Korea, India, and China, and can be turned off in Settings anywhere else. Full details in our Privacy Policy. WHO IS PAGEVAULT FOR - People who lost their library when Pocket shut down. - Researchers and writers who keep articles for years, not days. - Anyone who wants to read more deeply, on their own terms, without algorithms in the loop. PRICING PageVault is free, with no ads and no subscription gates. PRIVACY POLICY https://codeensis.com/pagevault/privacy TERMS OF SERVICE https://codeensis.com/pagevault/terms Built in Cyprus, EU, by Codeensis Ltd.

About

Mini Compute

Features
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Mini Compute runs open-source AI language models directly on your iPhone — no account, no subscription, and no internet connection required after you download a model. Your conversations never leave your device. WHY MINI COMPUTE • Truly private — every prompt and response is processed on-device. Nothing is sent to a server, ever. • Works offline — once a model is downloaded, chat anywhere, even in airplane mode. • No account, no sign-up, no tracking — open the app and start. • Fast — models run on Apple's Metal GPU with live token streaming. CHOOSE YOUR MODEL • Start in one tap with a model recommended for your exact device. • Pick from a curated list including Llama 3.2, Qwen2.5, Gemma 2, and Phi-3.5. • Bring your own — add any compatible GGUF model from Hugging Face. • Clear "will this fit?" guidance so you only download models your iPhone can run comfortably. CHAT WITH YOUR FILES (On-Device RAG) • Attach a plain-text file and ask questions about it. • On-device retrieval finds the relevant passages — again, without anything leaving your phone. SEE HOW IT PERFORMS • A built-in Stats dashboard shows tokens per second, memory use, storage, and your conversation history at a glance. BUILT FOR IPHONE • Native SwiftUI app, designed for iOS. • Manage multiple conversations, load and unload models to free memory, and tune generation settings. Mini Compute is for anyone who wants the usefulness of an AI assistant with the privacy of keeping everything on their own device. Note: AI-generated responses can be inaccurate. Don't rely on them for medical, legal, financial, or other important decisions. Downloading models requires an internet connection; running them does not.

Screenshots

PageVault4 screens
Mini Compute3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PageVault at 13.0 against Mini Compute's 17.0. 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.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
PageVault versus Mini Compute: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPageVaultMini Compute
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB8 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCODEENSIS LTDJes Naber

In-app purchases

None

PageVault

No in-app purchases

None

Mini Compute

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PageVault free?
PageVault is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mini Compute free?
Mini Compute is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PageVault or Mini Compute have ads?
Neither PageVault nor Mini Compute shows ads.

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