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owan and the Claude app for Mac

You don’t have to choose. owan can think with your Claude plan. Here is what it adds, and how the two differ.

Where your memory lives

Claude keeps what it remembers in your Anthropic account, for Anthropic’s models. owan keeps what it learns in plain files on your Mac, and it stays with you whichever AI you use.

Which AI it thinks with

The Claude app runs Anthropic’s models. owan thinks with the AI you choose: Claude, your ChatGPT plan, Gemini, a key of your own, or a model that runs offline. Switch any time and nothing it learned is lost.

Talking, or getting it done

owan does the work on your Mac: replies in your voice, research, files, follow-ups. On Pro you hand it work and walk away. It can also bring what it knows about you into Claude Code and Cursor.

It asks first

Before owan sends, pays or deletes anything, it asks you. On Pro you can undo what it did, and say yes from your phone.

Together

Keep your Claude plan. Sign in to it from owan, and owan thinks with it, with everything it knows about you on your Mac. More in Bring your own AI.