Twoody
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Twoody or Msty?
Both run models on your computer and answer questions about your documents. Msty Studio is free for personal use and paid for work, with several engines and cloud models; Twoody is free for personal and professional use.
| What changes | Twoody | Msty |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free for personal, non-commercial use |
| For work | Free | Paid Aurum licence, per user |
| Macs | Apple Silicon and Intel, macOS 13 or later | Apple Silicon and Intel, macOS 11 or later |
| Windows and Linux | Private beta | Yes, and a web version with Aurum |
| Documents | Whole folders read on the computer, scanned PDFs included on a Mac, with answers that cite file and page | Knowledge Stacks, limited on the free tier; no text recognition in its documentation |
| Voice | Voice messages transcribed on the computer | None found in Msty Studio |
| Models | A model sized for your computer, installed in one click, and the models of LM Studio and Ollama, or of mlx-lm on a Mac | Ollama, llama.cpp and MLX engines, and cloud models with your own API key |
| Licence | Free app; its code is not published | Paid licence for work; its code is not published |
What is said here about Msty was read on its own pages on September 26, 2026: msty.ai/pricing/, msty.ai/terms/, docs.msty.ai/studio/knowledge-stacks/overview. It may have changed since.
Choose Twoody if…
- you use it for work, and want it free;
- your documents include scans, and you want answers that cite file and page;
- you want to dictate your questions, transcribed on the computer.
Choose Msty if…
- you want several engines, MLX included, and cloud models side by side;
- you need a web version, or a publicly released app on Windows or Linux today (Twoody is in private beta there);
- your Mac runs macOS 11 or 12.
Or both
Both run on your computer and need no account. For personal use, try both; for work, Twoody stays free.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use Msty for work for free?
No: Msty's terms keep the free tier for personal, non-commercial use; work needs a paid Aurum licence, per user. Twoody is free for professional use too.
Do both work offline?
Yes, with local models. Msty's paid licence is checked online, with 14 days allowed offline according to its changelog. Twoody has no licence to check, and works offline once its model is installed.
Which one reads scanned documents?
Twoody, on a Mac: it reads scanned PDFs with macOS text recognition, on the computer. Msty's documentation of Knowledge Stacks mentions no text recognition.
Twoody is in private beta.
On Mac, Windows and Linux, free, with no account and no subscription — and on iPhone and Android, with Twoody on your computer. Leave your email: we will write to you when Twoody opens to you.