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TaglineAn agentic iPhone home screen that replaces your static icon grid with AI widgets that proactively surface health, calendar, finance, and local context — without you having to open a single app.Smooth, cinematic motion. Image-to-video specialist.AI-powered networked notes. Roam with a brain.The one that actually gets text in images right.
CategoryAgentsVideoProductivityImage
PricingWaitlist / Beta (pricing not yet disclosed)Free + $10-$500/mo$10/moFree + $8/mo + $20/mo + $60/mo
Best foriPhone power users who are frustrated that Siri is still reactive and want their home screen to actually anticipate their day.Photographers animating stills, cinematic b-roll.Knowledge workers + thinkers who want AI in their second brain.Anything with text — posters, ads, album covers, slide decks.
Strengths
  • Ambient, proactive intelligence delivered via native iOS widgets — no app-switching required
  • Cross-domain context: health, calendar, email, finances, and local recommendations in one layer
  • Works within iOS permission model (no jailbreak or sideloading), making App Store approval plausible
  • Strong pre-launch signal: 25k+ waitlist and backing from a16z, True Ventures, and SV Angel
  • Best image-to-video in the category
  • Great camera motion control
  • Ray 2 model produces striking shots
  • AI auto-links related notes
  • Generates backlinks + summaries
  • Clean, minimal UX
  • Best text rendering in the game
  • Strong free tier
  • Good for logos, posters, thumbnails
Weaknesses
  • Still pre-launch / beta — zero proven track record and no public pricing yet
  • iPhone-only by design, which immediately locks out half the smartphone market
  • Battery drain and privacy concerns from constant ambient context scanning are real and unresolved
  • Prompt fidelity below Runway
  • Queue times on free tier
  • Expensive for just notes
  • Smaller community than Obsidian
  • Aesthetic ceiling below Midjourney
  • Less style variety
Kai's verdictThe concept is genuinely compelling — turning the home screen into a living AI layer is a smarter bet than yet another chat interface — but this is vaporware until it ships publicly and we see whether Apple's sandbox lets it breathe. (Verdict pending Phi's full review.)A-tier. Best for cinematic image-to-video. Pair with Runway for coverage.A-tier. Niche but beloved. If you've outgrown Notion, try this.S-tier for text-in-image. Use this for posters, Midjourney for art.
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