Comparison

Onda vs Rune Secure Notes

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

Head to head
About

Onda

Features
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Private AI that runs locally on your iPhoneβ€”no account or cloud required. Chat offline with downloaded models. Ask questions about PDFs and documents, analyze photos, and let Smart Match choose the best model for your device. For larger models, connect to your own Mac. Your prompts stay on devices you control. WHY ONDA β€’ Private by design β€” local conversations are processed on your device. β€’ Works offline β€” use downloaded models without an internet connection. β€’ No account or sign-up. β€’ Choose from supported open models, including Llama, Mistral, Qwen, Phi, and more. LOCAL AI CHAT β€’ Fast, streaming responses in a clean native interface. β€’ Markdown, code blocks, copy, retry, and edit. β€’ Search, pin, and archive conversations. SMART MATCH β€” ONDA PRO Onda benchmarks your device and recommends a model for speed, quality, or balance, with clear scores for memory and performance. PDFS, DOCUMENTS & PHOTOS β€” ONDA PRO Attach an image or document and ask questions without sending it to a third-party cloud service. PERSONALIZE ONDA β€” ONDA PRO Create personas and store response preferences locally. USE YOUR MAC β€” ONDA PRO Pair with Onda on your Mac to run larger models over encrypted HTTPS or Tailscale. Processing happens on devices you control. ONDA PRO Models remain free to download and run. Pro unlocks Smart Match, benchmarking, vision, document chat, personas, remote Mac access, and unlimited history. Monthly and annual subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before renewal. A lifetime unlock is also available as a one-time purchase. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. No ads. No trackers. No Onda account. Terms of Use (EULA): https://jtrlabs.com/Onda/terms Privacy Policy: https://jtrlabs.com/Onda/privacy

About

Rune Secure Notes

Features
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Rune is a calm, fast notes app for people who don't want to trust an app with their data. Your notes never leave your device, they are encrypted at rest, and the app makes no network connections at all. There is no account, no cloud, and no sign-up. Privacy by construction, not by promise: β€’ No telemetry, no analytics, no crash reporting, no advertising, no tracking, none, not "anonymised", not "aggregated". β€’ No networking code. Put your device in airplane mode and everything still works. If anything ever tries to reach the network, that is a bug. β€’ No account and no server. There is no "we" that could hold your data. Real encryption: β€’ Your passphrase derives a key with Argon2id; notes are sealed with XChaCha20-Poly1305 authenticated encryption. Only ciphertext is ever written to disk. β€’ The passphrase is never stored and is not recoverable. If you forget it, your notes are gone, no reset, no backdoor. That is the price of real privacy. β€’ A wrong passphrase simply cannot decrypt your notes. β€’ Optional Face ID / Touch ID unlock: opt in to unlock with biometrics. Even then the passphrase is never stored β€” only the in-memory key is cached behind the biometric prompt. What you can do: β€’ Create, edit, search, and organise plain-text notes with a clean, calm layout. β€’ Auto-lock on inactivity and lock-on-background; the app starts locked. β€’ Export an encrypted backup (safe to keep anywhere); plaintext export is gated behind an explicit warning. β€’ Capture voice notes and transcribe them to text entirely on your device with on-device speech recognition β€” no audio and no transcript ever leaves your phone. Free and open source under the GNU GPLv3. The security-critical code is a small, dependency-light core so it can be read and audited. Releases ship with cryptographic provenance and are built reproducibly, so you can verify the binary was built from this source.

Screenshots

Onda4 screens
Rune Secure Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rune Secure Notes at none against Onda's 3. Rune Secure Notes also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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

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

Both are free to download. Onda sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Rune Secure Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Onda ships an update every 4 days, Rune Secure Notes every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Onda versus Rune Secure Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOndaRune Secure Notes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS17.015.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size40 MB58 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperJTR Labs LLCRory Standley

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Onda

Subscriptions2
  • Onda Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Onda Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Onda Pro Lifetime$79.99
None

Rune Secure Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Onda free?
Onda is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rune Secure Notes free?
Rune Secure Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Onda or Rune Secure Notes have ads?
Neither Onda nor Rune Secure Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Onda or Rune Secure Notes?
Onda ships an update every 4 days, and Rune Secure Notes every 2 days. Most recently, Onda was updated on November 11, 2026 and Rune Secure Notes on November 5, 2026.

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