AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Helios
A free cross-app AI assistant inspired by Apple Intelligence
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Elephas▲280Personal AI writing assistant for Mac, iPhone and iPad
2023 · elephas.app · its alternatives →
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Hey Noah▲656A proactive AI executive assistant for founders
Aug 2026 · heynoah.io · its alternatives →
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Unlock the power of Open AI API + Albato Integrations
2023 · albato.com · its alternatives →
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AI Assistant▲455A simple Go package for unified AI chat management across OpenRouter, OpenAI, Google GenAI, and more, with support for tool calling and S3-compatible user sessions
2023 · aichat.fm · its alternatives →
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Scheduled agents fail in four ways: silent skips, tokens burned on nothing, no memory between runs, and needing your laptop awake. Routines answers all four.
2023 · octomind.run · its alternatives →
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Meta AI App▲266Create and chat with AI in Instagram, Messenger & WhatsApp
2025 · ai.meta.com · its alternatives →
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Comet for iOS▲197Agentic AI browser and assistant for mobile by Perplexity
Mar 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Merlio▲243Frustrated by AI assistants that can only suggest actions but never take them, I built Merlio (https://merlio.app) - an AI that generates charts, searches the web, creates images, and analyzes YouTube videos directly within conversations. Built with React, it functions as an AI hub providing access to multiple models (Claude, GPT, Gemini) through a unified interface. The custom LLM orchestration layer enables the AI to execute tools with proper parameters and process results while maintaining conversation flow. Users are visualizing data, generating designs, and summarizing…
2025 · merlio.app · its alternatives →
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Hello Aria▲163I built HelloAria because every task manager I tried required too many steps to do something simple. The core idea: say "remind me to review the PR tomorrow at 10" and it creates the task, sets the reminder, and files it. No forms, no manual input. It works on iOS natively and also through WhatsApp, Telegram, and email — so you can capture tasks from wherever you already are. Tech stack: Swift/SwiftUI on the client, with NLP handling the intent parsing and entity extraction from natural language input. Looking for feedback from the HN community. What would make this actually useful for…
Apr 2026 · helloaria.io · its alternatives →
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Helio▲176Design successful products by revealing key user behaviors
2017 · zurb.com · its alternatives →
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Hecate is an AI you can voice and video call from Signal iOS and Android. This works by installing Signal into an Android emulator and controlling the virtual camera and microphone. Tinfoil.sh is used for private inference.
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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HelioPeak▲78Solar monitoring for pvoutput on every Apple device.
May 2026 · heliopeak.app · its alternatives →
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Sparks AI▲128Hi Hacker News, we just launched our beta for Sparks AI. Sparks AI is a platform for building, sharing, and monetizing your AI assistants using app integrations and multiple LLMs. We're still working out the kinks and would love to get your feedback. We also have a discord: https://discord.gg/bdWknpfVKX We’re trying to get our initial users to serve personally and hope that you give us a shot. Thank you
2025 · getsparks.ai · its alternatives →
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Meta AI▲94The most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use
2024 · meta.ai · its alternatives →
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Aiden AI▲8Hi HN, I built Aiden AI as a privacy-first executive assistant app that works fully offline on iPhone. It helps startup founders, busy professionals, and executives stay focused, take notes, organize schedules, and get intelligent summaries — all without sharing their data with any server. Built using Core ML and SwiftUI, it’s designed for performance and privacy. I’d love your feedback and suggestions to improve it! Happy to answer any questions.
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Radiant▲91AI assistant for meetings that gets the work done
Nov 2025 · supernormal.com · its alternatives →
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