Ditto Goes Native: Your AI Memory on iOS and Android

Ditto started as a web app. A Progressive Web App, specifically — and a good one. It worked offline, it felt fast, and you could add it to your home screen. For a long time, that was enough.

But “enough” isn’t the goal. The goal is an AI assistant that fits into your life so seamlessly that reaching for it is as natural as reaching for your phone. And for that, native matters.

Ditto is now available as a native app on iOS and Android.

Why Go Native?

PWAs are capable. We solved the hard problems — safe areas, camera access, offline caching. But some things are fundamentally better when the app runs as a first-class citizen on your device.

The Camera Is a Memory Capture Device

Ditto already remembers your images and documents. But on a native app, the camera is a tap away with native performance. Snap a whiteboard, scan a document, photograph a receipt — the native camera integration is faster, more reliable, and produces better results than any browser-based workaround.

This matters because your phone camera isn’t just a camera anymore. It’s an input device for your AI memory. Every photo you take through Ditto becomes a searchable, indexed memory connected to your knowledge graph.

Voice That Feels Right

Ditto’s realtime voice mode lets you have live conversations with AI. On native, voice input uses the platform’s audio stack directly. No browser permission prompts. No WebRTC quirks. Just tap, talk, and your AI responds — with the entire conversation saved to memory.

The inline voice recorder also benefits. Record a quick thought, and it’s transcribed and stored as a memory. On native, this workflow is one tap from the composer bar.

Push Notifications

This is the big one. PWAs technically support push notifications, but the reality is patchy — especially on iOS, where Safari’s implementation has limitations and users rarely grant permission to web apps.

Native notifications are reliable. When Ditto has something worth telling you, you’ll see it. This becomes critical as features like goal tracking and proactive memory nudges mature. An AI that remembers your goals but can’t remind you about them is only half useful.

App Store Distribution

Discoverability matters. When someone searches “AI assistant” in the App Store or Google Play, Ditto should be there. Native distribution puts Ditto where people already look for apps — alongside ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, but with the memory system none of them can match.

What Stays the Same

Going native doesn’t mean starting over. Ditto’s native apps are built with Capacitor, which means the core web app — the same SolidJS codebase we’ve been optimizing — runs inside a native shell with access to native APIs.

Everything you already use works exactly the same:

• Your memory is your memory. Same knowledge graph, same semantic search, same learned retrieval weights. Log in on your phone and everything is there.
• Threads persist across devices. A thread you started on desktop continues on mobile with full context — subjects, memories, notes, all intact.
• Model selection is per-thread. Pick the right model for each thread on any device.
• MCP connections carry over. If you’ve connected Ditto to Claude or Cursor via MCP, your memory is still accessible from those tools too.

Your AI in Your Pocket

Here’s why native mobile matters for a memory-first AI:

Your best ideas don’t happen at a desk. They happen in the shower, on a walk, in the car, at 2am. A native app means your AI — with all your context, all your history, all your subjects — is always one tap away.

Quick capture is everything. An idea hits you while cooking. You pull out your phone, tap the Ditto icon, tap voice, say the thought. Done. It’s a memory now — semantically indexed, connected to relevant subjects, retrievable from any device or any MCP-connected tool. Total time: five seconds.

Mobile is where habits form. The apps you use every day are the ones on your home screen. A native app icon on your home screen creates a natural entry point. Open it on the bus. Check in during lunch. Review your knowledge graph before a meeting. The more you use Ditto, the more it remembers, and the more valuable it becomes.

This is the memory flywheel in action: more usage creates more context, which creates more value, which drives more usage. A native app accelerates that cycle by making Ditto available in every moment of your day.

How to Get It

Download Ditto from the App Store or Google Play, or continue using the web app at assistant.heyditto.ai. Your account, your memory, and your threads sync across all of them.

Already using Ditto as a PWA? Your experience only gets better. Same login, same data, native performance.

Your AI should be wherever you are. Now it is. Try Ditto native and bring your AI memory with you.