Némos vs Tana
Tana is desktop-first AI for power users. Némos is iPhone-first AI for everyone.
Disclosure: Némos is our product. We've aimed to compare fairly and acknowledge Tana's strengths. We encourage you to try both and decide for yourself.
Summary
Tana is best for power-user knowledge workers and teams who run AI in meetings on desktop. Némos is different — it's a personal knowledge library that saves 15+ content types and auto-organizes everything with on-device AI. Choose Tana for native ios app with action button, spotlight, siri shortcuts integration. Choose Némos for automatic organization across all content types.
What is Tana?
Tana is an AI-powered outliner with 'supertags' that turn nodes into typed objects. The most iOS-integrated of the AI-native PKM apps with Action Button, Spotlight, and Siri Shortcuts support. Mobile app is intentionally capture-only — full editing has not yet shipped.
Tana strengths
- ●Native iOS app with Action Button, Spotlight, Siri Shortcuts integration
- ●$28.5M total funding — fast development pace
- ●AI agents that execute work during meetings
- ●Powerful supertag system for typed objects
- ●Real-time collaboration
- ●Cross-platform (everything except watchOS)
Tana limitations
- ●Mobile app is capture-only by design — full editing not yet shipped (Jan 2026)
- ●Outliner UX has steep learning curve
- ●AI credits are metered — 500/mo on free tier (~100 min meetings)
- ●Cloud AI only — no on-device option
- ●No Apple Watch app
- ●No Live Activities for active recording or reminders
- ●Per-user pricing scales fast for teams
- ●Desktop-first product philosophy — iPhone is companion, not primary
Where Némos wins
Feature-by-feature comparison
iOS Native UX
| Feature |  Némos | Tana |
|---|---|---|
| Native iOS app | ✓ | ✓ |
| Action Button / Siri Shortcuts | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full editing on mobile | ✓ | Capture-only by design |
| Apple Watch companion | ✓ | ✕ |
| Live Activities | ✓ | ✕ |
| Lock-screen widgets | ✓ | ✕ |
AI
| Feature | Némos | Tana |
|---|---|---|
| AI processing location | On-device | Cloud |
| AI usage metering | Unlimited | 500 credits/mo free, then paid |
| Works offline (incl. AI) | ✓ | ✕ |
| Meeting recording + transcription | ✓ | ✓ |
Pricing
| Feature | Némos | Tana |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier with no AI cap | ✓ | ✕ |
| Per-user pricing scaling | Single user | Per-user $10-18/mo |
| Single low Pro tier | $8.99/mo | $10-18/mo |
Who should use what?
Choose Tana if
Tana is best for power-user knowledge workers and teams who run AI in meetings on desktop. Their iOS team has shipped strong system integrations (Action Button, Siri) but mobile is capture-only by their own product design. If iPhone is your primary device, Némos delivers full-feature on the device you actually use.
Choose Némos if
You save more than one type of content — screenshots, links, notes, voice memos, PDFs — and want it all automatically organized and searchable in one place. 15+ content types, zero manual effort, all on-device for complete privacy.
Pricing
Némos
Free
Unlimited saves, all content types, full search
Pro $8.99/mo — advanced AI, priority sync
Tana
Free
500 AI credits per month
Plus $10/mo · Pro $18/mo (per user)
Frequently Asked Questions
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