Overlay One vs Marginalias
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Overlay One
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Overlay is an AI assistant with a memory. Capture anything β a note, a task, a link, a half-formed idea β and Overlay's brain organizes it, connects it, and remembers it. Then you can chat with everything you know. Most apps make you file things away and dig them back out. Overlay does the filing for you and brings the right context back the moment you need it. WHAT YOU CAN DO β’ Capture in one tap β Jot a quick note from anywhere. Overlay's brain decides whether it's a note, a task, or something worth remembering, so you never stop to choose. β’ Chat that actually knows you β Ask questions and get answers grounded in your own notes, tasks, and saved pages β not a blank-slate chatbot. β’ Tasks, automatically β Action items are pulled out of what you capture. No separate to-do ritual. β’ A brain that grows β Overlay builds a living memory from what you save: the people, projects, and topics you care about, and how they connect. β’ Your best prompts, saved β Keep the prompts you rely on a tap away. ONE BRAIN, EVERYWHERE Overlay works on iPhone, in your browser, and on the web β all synced. Save a page from your laptop and it's waiting in your pocket. Every capture is tagged with where it came from, so nothing gets lost. BUILT ON THE BEST MODELS Overlay runs on leading AI models, including Anthropic's Claude and Google Gemini, choosing the right one for the job. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your knowledge is yours. Everything is secured per-account, and you stay in control of what Overlay remembers. Stop losing your best thinking. Scale your brain.
Marginalias
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Keep the quote with its source Evidence Board collects exact passages across your documents, with topics and notes. Verify each clip against the local source and share a focused Markdown evidence sheet. β’ Open a document β Clip evidence. Enter an exact passage of at least three characters and choose its occurrence. β’ Save a topic and note with the clip. Open Evidence Board from the library to find and review clips. β’ Open a clip to verify its quote and source hash, edit notes, or share the visible board. Exact case-sensitive matching shows up to 32 occurrences. A source hash identifies the local text version; it is not proof of authorship or truth. Up to 256 clips and 1 MiB are retained. Unavailable or changed sources are reported. Marginalias is a private reading companion for your own documents. Import text-based PDFs, plain text, or Markdown notes, then use on-device intelligence to summarize, ask questions, and pull out useful structure without sending your content to a developer server. Build a local library of documents, open the source text whenever you need it, and keep AI output close to the material it came from. Marginalias is designed for focused review, research, note cleanup, study, and document triage. Features: - Import text-based PDFs, plain text, and Markdown - Keep a searchable local document library - Generate concise document summaries - Ask questions grounded in document excerpts - Inspect exact evidence excerpts, character ranges, and PDF pages behind generated claims - See the retrieved context used for each answer - Extract key points, action items, outlines, and glossary terms - Copy and share generated output - Use light, dark, or system appearance - Review a bundled sample document before importing your own files Privacy: Marginalias does not require an account, does not include analytics or advertising SDKs, and does not collect your documents or AI output. Documents and generated output stay on your device. Device note: AI features use Apple on-device intelligence. If Apple Intelligence is unavailable or not enabled, importing and reading documents still work and the app explains the requirement.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Overlay One at Free against Marginalias's $3.99. Overlay One also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Overlay One is free to download; Marginalias costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Overlay One ships an update fortnightly, Marginalias every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Overlay One | Marginalias |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free β better | $3.99 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly β better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 β better | 26.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ηθη«ζ± θΎθ₯Ώηη« | Robert Corbin |
In-app purchases
Overlay One
No in-app purchases
Marginalias
No in-app purchases









