Comparison

Cipher AI vs MindWiki

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

Head to head
About

Cipher AI

Features
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Cipher AI is a private, powerful AI assistant that runs entirely on your iPhone — no cloud, no accounts, no data collection. RUNS 100% ON YOUR DEVICE Download a model and start chatting instantly. No internet required. Your conversations never leave your devices. Privacy isn't a setting. It's the architecture. CIPHER LMBRIDGE — YOUR COMPUTER, IN YOUR POCKET Connect Cipher AI to your own computer via Cipher LMBridge and stream frontier models like Llama 3.3 70B, DeepSeek-R1, Qwen3, and more — directly from your Mac, PC, or Linux machine. Full model capability, zero cloud dependency. 200+ MODELS TO CHOOSE FROM Browse and download from the full Ollama and LM Studio catalogs, including: • Llama 3.2 · Llama 3.3 70B • Qwen3 · DeepSeek-R1 · Gemma 3 • Mistral · Phi-4 · Granite · and many more AI AGENTS THAT WORK FOR YOU Create autonomous AI agents that browse the web, research topics, write code, and automate tasks — 24/7. Monitor every run, review full history, and approve tool calls. Run agents supervised or fully autonomous. SCHEDULED JOBS Set agents to run on a schedule — daily briefings, stock alerts, research reports, fitness plans, and more. Set it and forget it. 45+ TOOLS & MCP INTEGRATIONS On-device tools give Cipher access to your contacts, calendar, location, reminders, and more. Connect Cipher LMBridge to unlock MCP integrations: run terminal commands, control Docker, query databases, browse the web with Puppeteer, connect Slack, GitHub, Notion, and more — all from your phone. DEEP THINKING, VISIBLE Full support for reasoning models like DeepSeek-R1 and Qwen3 with think-block rendering — watch the model reason through a problem, then read the clean answer. CIPHER PREMIUM Upgrade to remove ads and unlock everything: • No ads • All device tools • AI agents and scheduled jobs • MCP integrations via Cipher LMBridge • Document library (PDFs, Word, spreadsheets) • Unlimited conversation history FINE-TUNED CONTROL Adjust temperature, context length, token limits, and extended thinking parameters. Cipher AI is built for users who want real control over their AI. Terms of Use: https://lmbridge.org/terms Privacy Policy: https://lmbridge.org/privacy

About

MindWiki

This app acts as a personal knowledge base, allowing you to capture, organize, and connect your notes. It enables AI assistants to understand your context by accessing your private vault of plain text information. Syncs seamlessly across devices.

Highlights
  • Quick capture of thoughts, links, and photos
  • Voice capture with transcription
  • AI-powered conversations based on your notes
  • Connect any AI assistant to your vault
  • Wikilinks for connecting pages
  • Full-text and semantic search
  • Plain markdown export
Features
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MindWiki is the external memory and knowledge vault for the AI tools you use. Capture ideas, decisions, documents, voice notes, links, photos, and files in one private, searchable system. Connect compatible AI tools and agents when you want them to retrieve approved context or capture new knowledge. Your AI conversations end. Your knowledge does not. BUILD YOUR AI MEMORY • Capture thoughts instantly from the iPhone app • Speak naturally and turn voice into searchable text • Save links, photos, audio, documents, and other files • Keep ideas, decisions, research, and project context together TALK TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE • Ask MindWiki AI questions grounded in your own pages • Open cited sources directly from an answer • Use Live Conversation for spoken questions and responses • Focus AI on a specific file or folder when you need precision CONNECT AI TO YOUR VAULT MindWiki is not another AI assistant. It is the memory layer that gives compatible AI systems useful context from knowledge you control. • Connect compatible AI tools through a secure Model Context Protocol (MCP) endpoint • Let connected tools search and read relevant vault context • Capture new information back into MindWiki during a workflow • Keep access and changes under your control A CONNECTED SECOND BRAIN • Link related pages with [[wikilinks]] and backlinks • Find exact words with full-text search • Find related ideas with semantic search • Organize with folders, properties, and tags • Build a knowledge graph that grows with your thinking ONE KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM, EVERYWHERE Capture on iPhone, edit deeply on Mac, and reach the same synced vault from the web. Your knowledge remains available across supported MindWiki experiences instead of being trapped in one conversation or model. OWN YOUR KNOWLEDGE Every MindWiki page is plain markdown. Export your complete vault when you need it and keep control of the knowledge you build over time. The core vault is free. Optional subscriptions unlock additional AI, voice, transcription, automation, and connector capabilities. Build the memory layer for your AI future. Terms of Use (EULA): https://mindwiki.io/terms End User License Agreement: https://mindwiki.io/eula Privacy Policy: https://mindwiki.io/privacy

Screenshots

Cipher AI4 screens
MindWiki4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: MindWiki at none against Cipher AI's shown. MindWiki also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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. Cipher AI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and MindWiki sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cipher AI ships an update every 10 days, MindWiki every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cipher AI versus MindWiki: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCipher AIMindWiki
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChris BurchettKeaton Williams

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Cipher AI

Subscriptions2
  • Cipher Premium — Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Cipher Premium — Yearly$14.991 Year
4 purchases

MindWiki

Subscriptions4
  • MindWiki Pro (Monthly)$12.991 Month
  • MindWiki Power (Monthly)$29.991 Month
  • MindWiki Pro (Yearly)$129.001 Year
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  • MindWiki Power (Yearly)$299.001 Year

Questions

Is Cipher AI free?
Cipher AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MindWiki free?
MindWiki is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cipher AI or MindWiki have ads?
Cipher AI shows ads; MindWiki does not.
Which is updated more often, Cipher AI or MindWiki?
Cipher AI ships an update every 10 days, and MindWiki every 4 days. Most recently, Cipher AI was updated on October 13, 2026 and MindWiki on October 17, 2026.

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