Ego Chat vs PiggyNotebook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Ego Chat
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Ego Chat is an AI chat app that runs directly on your iPhone without sending your conversations to a cloud server by default. LOCAL-FIRST BY DEFAULT Download a GGUF model, chat offline, and keep history on your device. Built for privacy and trips without connectivity. PICK THE RIGHT MODEL Browse a catalogue (Hugging Face), see size, quantization, and a compatibility estimate based on your iPhoneβs RAM. Gemma, Llama, Qwen, and more. MULTIMODAL Attach photos, files, or documents when your model supports it (vision). MEMORY & SEARCH (OPTIONAL) Save useful facts to personalize answers. Turn on web search (SearXNG, Tavily or Brave) with your own API key. REMOTE SERVER (OPTIONAL) Connect LM Studio, Ollama, or an OpenAI-compatible API on your PC over WiβFi / Tailscale for larger models, still under your control. Ego Chat : your AI, on your phone.
PiggyNotebook
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100% Free! PiggyNotebook is an AI-powered note-taking app that helps you capture scattered thoughts and gradually turn them into structured knowledge. Ideas often come to us when we don't have time to organize them. With PiggyNotebook, you can quickly capture your thoughts using text or voice. AI understands your notes and automatically organizes them into relevant topics. As you add more notes, AI uses the previous content within each topic to organize and summarize your thoughts, gradually turning scattered ideas into more complete and useful knowledge. Key Features β’ Quickly capture thoughts with text or voice β’ Automatically organize notes into relevant topics with AI β’ Build up ideas under the same topic over time β’ AI-powered summaries based on your previous notes β’ Great for learning, work, ideas, and everyday thinking You don't need to decide how to organize everything in advance. Just capture your thoughts and let AI handle the rest.
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Verdict
Ego Chat and PiggyNotebook are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ego Chat ships an update every 4 days, PiggyNotebook every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ego Chat | PiggyNotebook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 3 days β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ethan Ratnarajah | Yuan Wan |
In-app purchases
Ego Chat
No in-app purchases
PiggyNotebook
No in-app purchases









