Comparison

ThinkAloud Notes vs Hermes AI

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

Head to head
About

ThinkAloud Notes

Record your thoughts and let on-device AI transform them into structured notes with titles, tags, and links. Your data stays private on your phone, with no accounts or subscriptions required. Access and manage your notes as standard Markdown files.

Highlights
  • Voice, photo, and text input
  • On-device AI note generation
  • Automatic tagging and linking
  • Ask questions about your notes
  • Knowledge graph creation
  • Markdown file export
  • Optional cloud sync
Features
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You think out loud. ThinkAloud writes it down. Hit record and just talk: a passing idea, a meeting, a whole lecture. When you stop, you can play the recording back and decide whether it's worth keeping before anything happens to it. Only then does the on-device AI turn it into a real note, with a title, some structure, tags, and links to the related notes you already have. Here's the part that matters. All of this happens on your phone. ThinkAloud runs Google's Gemma model locally, so your voice and your notes never get uploaded anywhere. There's no account to create, no server in the middle, and nothing to pay every month. You download the model once, and after that it works offline. Your notes are just Markdown files in an ordinary folder, the same format Obsidian uses. Point ThinkAloud at a vault you already have, or let it keep one for you. Either way you can open, edit, or back them up with any app you like. Nothing is trapped inside. What it's good at: - Voice, photos, or quick text go in; clean, tagged notes come out - Ask your notes a question in plain language and get an answer with its sources listed, so you can tap straight through to where each fact came from - A knowledge graph that builds itself as your notes start linking up - Full-text search, tags, folders, and checklists - Optional sync to your own Google Drive or iCloud. Your account, a private folder, no servers of mine in between. No ads, no analytics, no tracking, no accounts. I made ThinkAloud because I wanted a notebook that was actually mine. That's the whole idea. The on-device model needs around 3 GB of free space and a fairly recent device.

About

Hermes AI

Features
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AI Agent is a personal AI assistant designed to help you manage conversations, projects, tasks, and important information in one organized workspace. Ask questions, plan your schedule, research topics, create structured workflows, and manage everyday activities through a simple chat interface. Aqvero: AI Agent keeps related information together, making it easier to return to your work and continue where you left off. Key Features: • Chat with your personal AI assistant • Create and organize projects • Keep chats, tasks, files, and automations together • Use persistent context for more relevant conversations • Review and manage saved memory • Track running, completed, waiting, and failed tasks • Approve or deny actions that require confirmation • Monitor task progress from the Task Center • Connect your own API key directly in the app • Access previous conversations and project information Whether you are planning your week, researching a topic, organizing a project, or managing multiple tasks, Aqvero: AI Agent provides a convenient space for keeping your work structured and accessible. Subscription Information: Subscription Payment: Subscription payments will be charged to your iTunes Account upon confirmation of purchase and at the beginning of each subsequent renewal period. Your subscription will automatically renew unless it is canceled. Subscription Cancellation: You can cancel your subscription through your iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Cancellation will take effect the day after the final day of the current subscription period, and your account will be downgraded to the free version of the service. Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EW_DDg858ASkFNVFna9QO0uRwOt4cRoqSIzYQf3mmEk/edit?usp=sharing Terms and Conditions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QYWa5bu3NsYpIHqjSUMhISUjt9CUiOr3imtFGzpOfO8/edit?usp=sharing

Screenshots

ThinkAloud Notes4 screens
Hermes AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ThinkAloud Notes at none against Hermes AI's 9. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Hermes AI sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. ThinkAloud Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ThinkAloud Notes ships an update every 2 weeks, Hermes AI every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ThinkAloud Notes versus Hermes AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThinkAloud NotesHermes AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB18 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGhanashyam Vinod TattiPepislav Milachkov

In-app purchases

None

ThinkAloud Notes

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Hermes AI

Subscriptions4
  • AI Agent Pro$4.997 Days
  • AI Agent Pro$9.997 Days
  • AI Agent Pro$19.991 Month
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  • AI Agent Pro$59.991 Year
One-time5
  • Tokens$9.99
  • Tokens$19.99
  • Tokens$34.99
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  • Tokens$59.99
  • Tokens$99.99

Questions

Is ThinkAloud Notes free?
ThinkAloud Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hermes AI free?
Hermes AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ThinkAloud Notes or Hermes AI have ads?
Neither ThinkAloud Notes nor Hermes AI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ThinkAloud Notes or Hermes AI?
ThinkAloud Notes ships an update every 2 weeks, and Hermes AI every 10 days. Most recently, ThinkAloud Notes was updated on October 7, 2026 and Hermes AI on October 15, 2026.

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