Comparison

AgentPad vs ownAI

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

Head to head
About

AgentPad

Features
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AgentPad is a collaborative Markdown workspace where people and AI agents work in the same document. Write and review from iPhone or iPad, follow agent activity, and keep every conversation connected to the work itself. โ€ข Create, read, and edit Markdown documents โ€ข Comment, reply, and resolve discussions โ€ข Review proposed agent edits before they change a document โ€ข See who is active and track document revisions โ€ข Search, tag, favorite, and organize your workspace โ€ข Keep working through brief connection problems with offline sync โ€ข Sketch with Apple Pencil or your finger and add drawings to documents Your documents also remain available on the web. External agents and tools can collaborate through AgentPad's REST API and MCP server, using the same permissions and review controls as the app. AgentPad does not sell your data, run advertising, or use third-party analytics. An AgentPad account is required for synced collaboration; demo mode is available for exploring the app offline.

About

ownAI

Features
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ownAI is a personal AI that belongs to you โ€” not to a platform. It remembers what you talk about and gets smarter over time. If it is missing a capability, it builds one itself. The more you use it, the more it becomes yours. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Conversations, memories, and settings are stored locally on your iPhone. When you use an external language model, only what is needed for a given request is transmitted โ€” nothing else. No ads, no tracking, no data mining. ownAI is open source. ONE CONTINUOUS CONVERSATION No chat sessions to manage: ownAI is one flowing dialogue. A layered memory keeps what matters โ€” recent context, summaries, and long-term memories you can browse and edit at any time. AN AI THAT EXTENDS ITSELF Ask for a new capability and ownAI builds it: small reusable helpers for everyday automation, or interactive mini-apps that run right inside the app, safely sandboxed. YOUR CHOICE OF MODEL - Entirely on your device: run an open-source model locally โ€” private and able to work offline. ownAI checks your iPhone and recommends a model that fits it. - Via ownAI Credits: powerful models from leading providers with a single balance โ€” you choose the region that processes your requests (EU, Switzerland, US). - Via your own API key: connect Anthropic, OpenAI, or your own Ollama server directly. ALWAYS WORKING FOR YOU Schedule recurring tasks and get a notification when they finish. IN YOUR LANGUAGE ownAI speaks English and German.

Screenshots

AgentPad4 screens
ownAI4 screens

Verdict

The call

AgentPad and ownAI are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
AgentPad versus ownAI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAgentPadownAI
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size10 MB43 MB
Age rating+412+
DeveloperFactoria Elcano SLJan Pawellek

In-app purchases

None

AgentPad

No in-app purchases

None

ownAI

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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