Alternatives to Aide
Aide: Replaces the default Android assistant with an on-phone AI model, or with Claude, ChatGPT or Ollama using your own key. Here are 12 other products that do a similar job. Of these, 10 have a free plan, 2 sell for a one-off price.
- BoltAI
Native Mac app for chatting with cloud and local AI models from one window, sold as a one-time licence.
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- HN Companion
A browser extension that summarises Hacker News comment threads and adds keyboard shortcuts for reading them.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Assindo
An AI assistant that picks up missed calls, filters spam and phones businesses for you to book or wait on hold.
Since 2024
Subscription · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- CardGo
A Chrome extension that keeps encrypted cards about you and attaches the right one to chats in ChatGPT, Claude and others.
Since 2026
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Done Bear
To do app that syncs one list across iPhone, Mac, Windows, Linux and the web, works offline and accepts tasks from AI assistants.
Free plan · Projects and tasks · Individuals and families
- EchoDay
A daily planner for iPhone that merges your calendars and uses on-device AI to summarise and answer questions about your day.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Floxtop
Mac app that reads your files on the device, suggests which folder each belongs in and gives them clear names.
Since 2025
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Nodea
Chat with Claude on a canvas where any reply can be forked into its own branch and compared side by side.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- OpenTypeless
Desktop dictation app: speak in any program and it types the words, with optional AI cleanup for emails, chat and documents.
Free · Focus and productivity
- Spokenly
A dictation app for Mac, Windows, Linux and iPhone that types your speech into any app, offline or with cloud models.
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Arlo
A Mac app that reads your mail, calendar and files each morning and writes a short note on what needs you that day.
Since 2026
Free plan · Focus and productivity
- OpenWhispr
Voice dictation and meeting note app that turns speech into text on your device or in the cloud, for people who type a lot.
Free plan · Notes and knowledge