Sage vs Codex Mate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sage
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Sage is an AI assistant that runs entirely on your iPhone. All processing — chat generation, image understanding, speech recognition, text recognition — happens locally on your device. Nothing is ever sent to any server. WHY SAGE IS DIFFERENT • Fully offline: works in airplane mode • Zero tracking: no third-party analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs • No subscriptions: one-time in-app purchase unlocks every pro feature • Fully transparent: models are downloaded from public sources like Hugging Face WHAT'S INSIDE Smart Chat • 8 dedicated templates: free chat, translator, writing polish, code review, email draft, weekly report, tutor, brainstorm • Image understanding (vision model required) • Document analysis (PDF / Word / Markdown / plain text) with automatic RAG retrieval • Streaming output, read-aloud, copy, re-edit AI Tools • Image Playground: generate images from a sentence (requires iPhone 15 Pro or newer with Apple Intelligence) • AI Cutout: auto-lift the subject, swap background, or export as 512×512 sticker for iMessage • Photo Search: find photos in plain language — "sunset at the beach", "dog with a ball" • Privacy Redaction: auto-detect faces, emails, card numbers, ID numbers; mosaic them in one tap; manual region also supported • Meeting Recorder: record → on-device transcription → AI summary as Markdown • Handwriting OCR: scan multiple pages → recognize → AI-polish into clean Markdown • Live Translation: hands-free two-way conversation, hit the mic and speak Models & Backends • Defaults to Apple Foundation Models (auto-enabled on iPhone 15 Pro+ with Apple Intelligence) • Open-source MLX models supported: Llama 3.2 1B, Qwen2.5 1.5B / 3B, Qwen2-VL 2B, and more • Models range from 0.7 GB to 2 GB — pick what fits your device System Integration • Fully localized: English, Simplified & Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese • Liquid Glass design (iOS 26+), graceful fallback on older systems • Home-screen widget for quick access • Share Extension: send text from any app into Sage • Siri / App Intents: "Hey Siri, ask Sage to translate this" PRIVACY We do not collect, upload, or store any of your data. See in-app Settings → Privacy Policy for details. CONTACT Questions or feedback? Reach the developer via the App Store reviews.
Codex Mate
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Codex Mate 是一个轻量的应用,用来查看你在电脑上同步到 iCloud 的 Codex 使用快照。 你可以快速查看: 当前套餐 5 小时余量 本周余量 重置时间 用量统计 主题偏好 通过 iCloud 在你的设备间保持一致 Codex Mate 采用 iCloud 同步方式工作。 当你的个人电脑完成最新一次额度同步后,你的移动设备会自动读取这份最新快照,方便你在外出、通勤或不开电脑时随时确认当前余量状态。 使用方式 在你的电脑上使用 Codex Mate 同步最新数据 在你的移动设备上登录同一个 iCloud 账号 打开 Codex Mate 查看最近一次同步结果 隐私说明 移动端不会读取你的本地命令行工具 移动端不会获取第三方登录凭证 移动端不会读取你的代码、项目内容或文件内容 你的数据通过你自己的 iCloud 私有数据库同步
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Codex Mate at daily against Sage's every 4 months. On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Sage sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Codex Mate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sage ships an update every 4 months, Codex Mate daily. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Sage | Codex Mate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 利莎 甘 | 阳 张 |
In-app purchases
Sage
- Unlock Open-Source Models$2.99
Codex Mate
- 永久会员$9.99









