Comparison

Stellata vs Askive

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

Head to head
About

Stellata

This app helps you save and organize visual content from any source, automatically grouping similar items. Explore your saved items in various visual formats like grids, boards, or even a 3D galaxy. Collaborate with friends by sharing links directly between devices.

Highlights
  • Automatic visual grouping of saves
  • Multiple visual display modes (Grid, Board, Wall, Galaxy, Sphere, Earth, Timeline, Projects)
  • Direct device-to-device sharing
  • Import from Instagram, Pinterest, Are.na, Obsidian
  • Visual and text-based search
  • Collaborative moodboards for projects
Features
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Some things stay with you. The image you stop for. The idea you come back to. Stellata is where they go. Tap Share in any app — Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, Pinterest, a blog, anything — and the picture, the words and the video come across with the link. Screenshots, photos, videos and PDFs come in too, no link needed. Then it starts to sort itself. ALIKE SAVES DRIFT TOGETHER Every link is read on your phone: its words, and what its picture shows. Nothing is sent anywhere. Tags appear on their own, and saves that belong together drift into groups in the galaxy, so even from far off you can see what your saving is really about. The same links gather into themes you can filter by — branding, motion, space, whatever you turn out to be into. EIGHT WAYS TO LOOK Grid — everything you saved, at a glance, image first. Board — your saves spread over one plane, like a wall. Wall — your pictures in columns that go on forever, whichever way you go. Galaxy — your library as a world in space, alike saves floating together in groups. Tap a link and a light travels out through everything it connects to, by picture, by meaning, by tag, through its own group and across to the others. Sort it by color, by time, by site or by style, or place words of your own, and the links they're about gather around them. Sphere — step inside the galaxy, your saves all around you, above and below. Drag to look around. Earth — your saves light up where in the world they are, on a globe or on a map. Timeline — every save on one line, newest first, opening out as you scroll back through the days. Projects — a space for a trip, a piece of work, or whatever you're into this week, each with a moodboard to lay out by hand: move, pinch and twist the pictures, then draw, write and join them with arrows. Send one out as a lookbook, a PDF of every save. Hold a finger still and draw a loop in the galaxy or on a board, and everything inside is picked, ready to move, share or delete together. SIT DOWN WITH A FRIEND Put two phones side by side and the ties between your saves and theirs run from one screen to the other. See where your tastes meet, throw a link across, and leave with a little of theirs. The phones talk to each other directly — nothing goes through a server, and only what you choose to bring ever leaves your phone. BRING WHAT YOU ALREADY SAVED Your Instagram saves come across, and your Pinterest boards, Are.na channels and Obsidian vault too, so you start with your real collection instead of an empty page. FIND YOUR WAY BACK Type or say what you're looking for, or tap + to pick a color, a style or a photo, and the saves that fit fly in close. Or describe what a picture shows, like “cracked ice,” and Search finds it, even when no title or tag says so. It reads the words in your pictures too, so a screenshot turns up by what it says. Point the camera at a poster or a wall to see the saves that look most like it. Filter by site, by type, by color. SCAN WHAT YOU SAVED Smart Scan reads a save for what it holds: a recipe to cook from, its timers ringing even on a locked phone, a workout's sets, a trip's places on a map, an event's date, a product's specs, an app's type and colors. Play a video, and Stellata names its song. ON YOUR MAC TOO Stellata is on the Mac as well, your library kept in step by iCloud, and Stellata Unlimited comes along. IT STAYS YOURS Everything syncs through your own iCloud, and previews are kept on the phone, so your library is there with no signal. Share a project and a few people can save into it together, on one moodboard. No account to make, no feed, no one else's algorithm. STELLATA UNLIMITED The free plan holds 30 links. Unlimited holds any number, as a monthly subscription or a one-time purchase. If Unlimited ends, nothing is deleted: your newest 30 stay open and the rest wait for you. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://stellata.app/privacy.html

About

Askive

Features
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Askive is a private library for everything you save: photos, videos, audio recordings and documents. Add a file and Askive works out what's in it. Then just ask. ASK IN PLAIN LANGUAGE "What did the contractor say about the kitchen deadline?" "Which photo has the Wi-Fi password on the router?" Askive answers in a sentence or two and shows exactly where the answer came from. ANSWERS WITH PROOF Every answer cites its sources. Tap a citation to open the file at the right second of the video or recording, or the right page of the document. UNDERSTOOD AUTOMATICALLY Each item you add gets a clear title, a short summary, tags and key points. Audio and video also get a timestamped transcript you can read and tap to jump around. ONE PLACE FOR YOUR MEDIA • Photos and screenshots • Videos and screen recordings • Voice memos, meetings and lectures • PDFs and other documents PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your library is visible only to your account. No ads and no tracking. Delete any item, or your whole account, from inside the app whenever you want. Sign in with just your email: no password to remember.

Screenshots

Stellata4 screens
Askive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Askive at none against Stellata's 2. Askive also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, 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. Stellata sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Askive asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Stellata versus Askive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStellataAskive
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB53 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAbdullah AlkhatibSMBDM

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Stellata

Subscriptions1
  • Stellata Unlimited$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Stellata Unlimited Lifetime$14.99
None

Askive

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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