Comparison

Aria vs Driftto

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

Head to head
About

Aria

Features
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Aria is an AI assistant that organizes your tasks, calendar and notes as you talk. Say β€œFinish the report by Friday, team meeting tomorrow at 3 pm” and Aria adds both as cards you can check or undo. What you save links together in Synapse. Meet Aria β€’ While an answer is on its way, Aria the mascot shows what it’s doing: recalling, checking tasks, reading the weather, writing. β€’ Pick a tone (Caring friend, Warm & polite, Clean & concise, Supportive coach), each with its own Aria, and what Aria calls you. Say it, and it’s sorted β€’ Type or speak, and Aria files it as tasks, events or scraps. Dictation goes straight into the chat. β€’ Undo what was just saved, right on the card. Answers show the notes they drew on in a References card. β€’ Suggestions for what to do first, what’s next and when to be reminded. On a packed day, Aria proposes a plan and applies it once you confirm. β€’ Aria remembers what you tell it; review, edit or delete memories in Settings. Your day at a glance β€’ The Dashboard briefing keeps to two or three sentences, in large type. Tap a task or event chip to jump straight to it. β€’ Morning briefing and evening day-in-review notifications. β€’ The Weekly Briefing looks back on tasks, routines and mood, plus sleep and steps if you connect Health (calculated on device). Tasks and calendar, together β€’ Today, Upcoming, Someday and Inbox, plus Day, 3-Day, Week and Month calendar views. Drag a task onto the grid to schedule it. β€’ Type β€œtomorrow 3 pm” and the date and time are set as you type. β€’ Repeating tasks, subtasks, categories, and routines with streaks. β€’ Your device calendar appears alongside; timed tasks can be added to it. β€’ Alerts that step up as a deadline nears, and reminders when you arrive at or leave a place. Scraps and Time Capsule β€’ Collect notes, links and files as scraps, or share links and text from other apps. Preview attached files in one place. β€’ Time Capsule brings back what you saved 1 week to 1 year ago today. Letters to your future self stay sealed until the day you pick. Synapse β€’ AI picks out people, topics and ideas and links them in a knowledge graph. Choose Fewer, Medium or More links. β€’ Search by meaning, not just exact words. Tap a person on the Dashboard to see where they appear. Everywhere you are β€’ Home and Lock Screen widgets, and Aria controls for Control Center and the Action button to capture or start dictating in one press. β€’ Live Activities and the Dynamic Island on iPhone. Siri and Shortcuts to ask Aria or add tasks and scraps. β€’ Sign in with Apple to sync iPhone, iPad and Mac. In English and Korean. Your notes stay yours β€’ No ads. No tracking. β€’ Aria asks for your consent before using AI: Anthropic (Claude) handles chat, briefings, organizing and Synapse; OpenAI embeddings power search by meaning. Attached photos and files are included. β€’ Only what a request needs is sent, encrypted, without your account ID or email. Neither Aria nor its AI providers train AI models on your data. β€’ Start without an account, and delete your account and data in the app. Aria Pro subscription β€’ Everything except AI is free, and AI is free up to a daily allowance that refills each day. β€’ Aria Pro raises AI to 200 requests a day (free: 20) and reads attached photos to make tasks. A daily fair-use limit applies. β€’ Monthly or yearly plans that renew automatically. New subscribers get a 7-day free trial (if eligible). Prices appear in your local currency before you buy. β€’ Payment is charged to your Apple Account when the trial ends, or at purchase if there is no trial. A subscription renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and renewal is charged within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://aria.lipson.kr/en/privacy.html Developer: Lipson Inc., Seoul, Republic of Korea Β· contact@lipson.kr

About

Driftto

Features
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Type it, say it or snap it. It lands in Todoist, Notion, Reminders or another app you already use. The thought shows up between meetings, on the way to a client, halfway through something else. It belongs on your list, in the right project. Opening the right app and finding the right list takes too long, so you email yourself, or you forget it. And tonight you move those emails into the right apps, one by one. Driftto is the shorter route. Type it or say it once, pick where it goes, done. It is on your list straight away. Nothing to file tonight. Where it lands Notion Asana Apple Reminders Email Todoist Google Tasks Linear Jira Trello TickTick Airtable Wrike Dart Google Sheets Missing one? Request it in the app. Pick one destination or several at once. Driftto remembers your last choice. Type it, say it, snap it One field, keyboard already up. Speak and the transcription happens on your phone. Add a photo of the whiteboard and it travels with the note to Notion, Asana or email. Your list, or someone else's Most notes are for yourself. Some belong to a colleague. Send it to their project or inbox, or to your list and theirs at once. You can see where it went Every capture shows where it landed. No signal? It waits on your phone and sends itself when you are back. Hands full Say "Hey Siri, new capture in Driftto". Siri asks what the thought is and sends it. The app never opens. Subscription Driftto is a paid app. The yearly plan starts with a free week. Choose monthly, yearly, or pay once for lifetime access. Cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Privacy: driftto.io/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Aria4 screens
Driftto4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Aria at none against Driftto's 3. Aria also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 days) and device support (3 vs 1). Driftto's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price 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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Driftto sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Aria asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aria ships an update daily, Driftto every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences Β· 1 level
Aria versus Driftto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAriaDriftto
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily β€” betterEvery 4 days
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size44 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer(주)립슨Jafa Media B.V.

In-app purchases

None

Aria

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Driftto

Subscriptions2
  • Driftto Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Driftto Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Driftto Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Aria free?
Aria is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Driftto free?
Driftto is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Aria or Driftto have ads?
Aria shows ads; Driftto does not.
Which is updated more often, Aria or Driftto?
Aria ships an update daily, and Driftto every 4 days. Most recently, Aria was updated on October 15, 2026 and Driftto on October 18, 2026.

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