AskClear Ideas vs Facts: Brainstorm or Cited Answers
Ideas vs Facts mode in AskClear: open brainstorming and drafting, or answers from your documents, pasted text and web search with checked quotes.
Transparency note: AskClear does not build its own AI model. It is a layer on top of large language models from Anthropic and OpenAI — the current engine list is Claude Opus 4.8, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Haiku 4.5, and GPT-5 mini, with Claude as the default.
At a glance
| Criteria | Just ask (Ideas mode) | From my docs (Facts mode) |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Brainstorming, drafting and rewriting | Questions that must be backed by sources |
| Fact accuracy | Fluent and creative; not checked against sources | Quoted passages checked against your sources; calculations handed to a calculator |
| Source grounding | No sources needed | Documents (PDF, DOCX, TXT, CSV, MD) and pasted text, plus web search when they don’t have the answer |
| Languages | English, German, Russian, Ukrainian | English, German, Russian, Ukrainian |
| Cost | Uses your token allowance like any chat | Your source text travels with each question, so a Facts answer usually uses more tokens |
| Privacy | Nothing to upload | Only the extracted text is stored, never the original file |
Overview
AskClear has two modes; in the app they’re labelled “Just ask” (Ideas mode) and “From my docs” (Facts mode). Ideas is for open-ended thinking — drafting, rephrasing and exploring. Facts is for answers that must stand on material you provide.
Key features
In Ideas, you describe what you need, answer a few tap-to-answer questions per round, review the improved request and start the chat. In Facts, you attach documents or paste text, then ask directly; the answer quotes your sources, each quote is checked against them, and calculations go to a built-in calculator. If your sources don’t have the answer, Facts mode can also search the web.
Performance & accuracy
Ideas is fast and flexible because nothing constrains it. Facts is deliberately stricter: a quote it cannot find in your sources is labelled unverified, and 'the sources don't say' counts as a valid answer. It is a strong check, not a guarantee — read the quote before you rely on it.
How to choose
Pick Ideas when you want to create or explore and the judgement is yours. Pick Facts when being right matters and you have documents, pasted text or the web to ground the answer.
Access & platforms
Both modes live in the same interface; before you ask, you switch to “From my docs” (Facts mode) and add sources. No install, any browser.
Pricing
Both modes draw on the same token allowance. Because a Facts answer carries your source text along with the question, it usually uses more tokens than a short Ideas reply.
Strengths & weaknesses
Ideas is open and quick but not fact-checked. Facts is cited and checked but needs sources and uses more of your allowance per answer.
Best-fit scenarios
Use Ideas to write an email, brainstorm names or rewrite a paragraph. Use Facts to ask what a contract says, check numbers in a report or research with citations.
The verdict
They are complementary, not competing. Start in Ideas to create; switch to Facts when an answer has to be backed by evidence.
As of October 2026. Features and prices of every product here change over time; the vendors' own pages are the authority.