# Petey - AI Chat — user reviews > 227 indexed App Store user reviews of Petey by Pencil Research, rated 3.80/5 from 348 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/petey-ai-chat/id6446047813/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/petey-ai-chat/id6446047813.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 191 · 4★ 46 · 3★ 32 · 2★ 15 · 1★ 64 ## What do users think of Petey? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Powerful AI assistant on your wrist - 👍 Convenient and easy to use - 🔒 Ability to use own API key - 💡 Great implementation of ChatGPT on Apple Watch **Cons** - 🐛 Buggy or inconsistent performance - 💰 Paid app with additional subscription - 🔇 Text-to-speech issues or low volume - 🤖 Robotic or unnatural voice output **Commonly reported bugs** - App not installing or disappearing from Apple Watch - Inability to upgrade to GPT-4 or API key not working - Slow or no responses from the AI assistant **Most requested features** - Default to voice input instead of keyboard - Ability to continue conversations and ask follow-up questions - Option to change speech voice - Integration with Notes or other apps for saving responses - Support for Apple Watch Action button - Complication that displays last response ## Newest reviews (14 of 227) ### 2/5 — JetSki Pittis App *2026-07-11* jetzt ernsthaft? Eine KI App ohne freie Spracheingabe, bei der man die Diktierfunktion der Tastatur benutzen kann Maximum? Und auf der Apple Watch das gleiche wobei ich nicht hinbekommen hab, dass ich eine Antwort höre außer das was ich diktiert habe. Das mutet an wie ein Textadventure aus den Achtzigern - noch lange, bevor die Grafik erfunden wurde. Sorry, dafür bezahle ich nicht mal ein Euro Abogebühren im Jahr. ### 4/5 — Great, only one problem… *2026-06-14, version 3.1.2* The UI is buggy when you try to scroll up and down a chat and sometimes the crown on the side of the watch doesn’t work, besides that, it’s an amazing app with great features ### 4/5 — Please update Apple Watch to gpt-5 *2025-09-14, version 3.1.2* This app is almost good enough for Apple Watch, Apple doesn’t have a working GPT on it yet. Please change the model to GPT-5 and then release the app, and if you have time it would be nice to add support for an Apple Watch Ultra shortcut button ### 4/5 — Must have for watch, not phone *2025-07-23, version 3.1.2* So sadly it’s ChatGPT with is somewhat censored, but this is the best AI assistant for the watch, for the phone Grock is miles better ### 3/5 — Disappointing *2025-06-04, version 3.1.2* I was looking for an Apple Watch voice guided assistant. It’s not working as expected. I have to tap to enable the microphone, then tap done after the question. And after waiting for the response, it only shows text on the screen. Here is what I’m looking for: enable the app, ask a question without further taps, the app either detects silence after my question and goes to process or define a verbal cue. The response will be read immediately without further taps. Imagine I’m driving, I can’t tap and read. ### 2/5 — Is this being ignored by new developer? *2025-05-31, version 3.1.2* It started as a watch app, then integrated with a phone app. Now the watch app is barely usable. Can’t scroll the answers easily on the watch. Scrolling gets stuck all the time. History no longer syncs between phone and watch. It’s a real shame. ### 3/5 — Need to improve app *2025-04-21, version 3.1.2* Would be helpful if images can be upload, search internet and if I ask the question on my phone should appear in my Apple Watch. And the app should be perfect! ### 2/5 — Typing lags and is jerky *2025-03-17, version 3.1.2* The interface is jerky and lags when typing. I deleted the app as it does not seem to be quite right. Too bad, the concept is good, but the execution is disappointing. I chatted with it and suggested that it send the interaction to the developer, it couldn’t! So why pay for a subscription to this and to open ai when my open ai chat gpt works and this has an interface that doesn’t work smoothly. I’ll wait for something better or an upgrade to this. Hopefully the developers read this. ### 1/5 — Not worth it *2025-03-05, version 3.1.2* Started charging money in the middle of me using it even though it’s never made me do it before ### 3/5 — API key *2025-02-25, version 3.1.2* Generated my api key on openAI have credits there trained a model behind, added the API key in Petey, got “saved for premium accecc” notification, but Petey won’t use it but only the embeded AI models it comes with for Premium subscription. Please help ! ### 3/5 — Good as can be, but limited *2025-02-03, version 3.1.2* The most enticing reason to have an AI assistant on your watch would be to ask questions while doing something. This app almost works, but due to the way WatchOS works, you have to keep your wrist towards you like James Bond or something to get it to go through the motions of getting you your answer and reading it to you. Lowering your arm or facing it away from you will cause it to stop reading ### 2/5 — So much potential *2025-01-23, version 3.1.2* When it works it’s awesome! But there are a couple issues I encountered when using the premium version: -Can’t modify voice volume and it’s too quiet -API key is giving me errors and not working -sometimes after asking a question it just doesn’t reply and when I check the log which I have to type multiple times to get into I simply see a repeat of my question as the answer. At that rate I may as well pull put my iphone and get the chat gpt official app. However when it does work it’s awesome if these errors were to be fixed in future versions I would never unsubscribe ### 3/5 — Good, not great *2024-10-02, version 3.1.2* Havin AI on my wrist is pretty cool, but it’s certainly lagging behind all the new iterations of AI. ### 2/5 — was good but… *2024-09-26, version 3.1* now it won’t open at all on my watch, it just crashes ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Miserable Implementation *2026-08-29, version 3.1.4* There is absolutely nothing intuitive about the registration or obtainment of a subscription. There is no connection that is meaningful between the iPhone and the watch. The absence of a keyboard that is readily available makes it almost impossible to sign in with a password on the watch. Total garbage. After spending an hour trying to make it work, I just canceled the trial subscription. ### 1/5 — Pass your way! *2026-05-07, version 3.1.2* This app is completely terrible. I wasted 40 minutes for absolutely nothing because of bugs, endless loading times, and a poorly designed interface. On top of that, there isn’t even a voice dictation feature on the Apple Watch app — the only option available is the keyboard, which is extremely limited and not practical at all. Trying to log in was a complete nightmare: I had to uninstall and reinstall the app multiple times before it finally worked. And once I finally got connected, it felt like I was basically forced to subscribe before even being able to benefit from the 7-day free trial. In the end, I only kept the app for about two hours before deleting everything. I strongly do not recommend this app. ### 1/5 — Too expensive *2026-05-06, version 3.1.2* Bro $6.99 a month is theft ### 1/5 — The Apple Watch version of this application has so much potential, but it’s just terrible to use. *2025-10-01, version 3.1.2* The issue that I’m having with the Apple Watch version of this app is that you will ask a question and it will generate an answer but more often than not it does not allow you to scroll down and see the actual answer, but instead scrolls to a really weird screen talking about tokens and other things that have absolutely nothing to do with the question that you asked it. ### 1/5 — Resells ChatGPT, cant BYOA *2025-09-21, version 3.1.2* Inconsistent with many positive articles about this app, that it is a “one time purchase” its not. You pay monthly/annual for them to resell chatgpt at a premium to you (and scrape all your data), even if you already have a chatgpt account. A competitor will come that just fairly sells the app/complication unlike this greedy company that is more like a ticket scalper. In fact that might be a good project to see how this might be done so people are not ripped off and double charged for chatgpt service they already have. Avoid unless you want a separate monthly cost chatgpt service that only works on your watch and allows this company to do anything with the personal questions you ask it. ### 1/5 — Rubbish *2025-07-31, version 3.1.2* On my phone and watch for about five minutes it is basically a rubbish front end for GPT and the Watch app is completely pointless ### 1/5 — Yuck *2025-06-27, version 3.1.2* The voice is terrible. It sounds like an awful computer generated voices from the 90s. ### 1/5 — Nobody there *2025-05-15, version 3.1.2* Bad ### 1/5 — Poor *2025-03-11, version 3.1.2* Very clunky, pretty much unusable for me. Have everything updated ie latest updates on Apple Watch Ultra and phone fully updated as I wondered if it was that , but no. Every time I’d voice in a question it would give me a written response but as I’d tap to read the answer it just wouldn’t allow me to scroll through the answer and read it. In the end gave up. Poor experience. ### 1/5 — Scrollen ist eine Katastrophe *2025-03-07* Das Scrollen in der App auf dem iPhone und auf dem iPad ist eine absolute Katastrophe. Wenn die Unterhaltung in der App etwas länger wird, dann verschwindet plötzlich am unteren Bildschirmrand das, was die KI mir antwortet. Wenn ich dann hochscrollen will, ist das Scrollen entweder extrem langsam, oder es funktioniert gar nicht. Manchmal verschwindet auch die Antwort der KI und ich kann nur noch meinen Text lesen. Dies ist schon seit zwei Versionen so und es wird nichts daran geändert. Dafür ist die App einfach viel zu teuer. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Petey hält, was Siri & Google Assistant versprechen! *2025-10-30* Ein fantastischer, spielerisch einfacher Einstieg in ChatGTP 3.5 oder wahlweise sogar das exzellente ChatGTP 4. Es sind absolut keinen technischen Vorkenntnisse notwendig, um diese App zu bedienen – und sofort von ihr zu profitieren. Ich empfehle: unbedingt ausprobieren! ### 5/5 — Updated: a very good companion *2025-06-05, version 3.1.2* In previous versions, the AI would stop answering if you didn’t have your watch out. Now, the watch is able to keep reading while your wrist is down or if you are otherwise preoccupied. In addition, this app works via sub and also a ‘pay as you go’ plan via openAI’s website, which I like a lot ### 5/5 — Incrivelmente funcional no apple watch!! *2025-06-02* Muito bom no apple watch ### 5/5 — Awesome Chatbot *2025-05-27, version 3.1.2* Responses are very quick and simple, perfect for my watch when I don’t have the time to use my phone. ### 5/5 — other large models endpoint? *2024-12-27, version 3.1.2* I don't have the key of openai, but I have the key of other large models. Can I customize the entrance endpoint? ### 5/5 — Nice iOS integration *2024-09-14, version 3.0.1* It would be helpful if the screen automatically scrolled to keep the most recent part of the conversation in view. For example, when I'm typing, the display often shows older messages, and I have to manually scroll to see the latest text. Please make the keyboard and text-entry line static while in use so we aren’t playing hide and seek with the displayed conversation in the background, forcing much more scrolling than necessary. Thanks ### 5/5 — Actually usable AI wearable *2024-08-28, version 3.0.1* After watching get another YouTube video about AI gadget that does not work I had to write a review here. I use Petey on my Apple Watch every day for basic ChatGPT questions and it just works. This app should be mentioned incontext of all of reviews of these AI devices since this is AI tool we all actually want - a fast way to query ChatGPT from our wrist. ### 5/5 — Idée Amélioration pour la Watch *2024-02-02* Super application ! La seule frustration pour l’Apple Watch ultra, c’est que lorsqu’on associent au Raccourcis le lancement de l’application Petey, il n’y a pas possibilité de lui parler directement… Il faut aller activer le mode micro à chaque fois . Ce serait bien qu’on ait la possibilité que ce mode micro soit activé par défaut pour dialoguer ! ### 5/5 — Super *2024-01-20* Funktioniert- ich denke, mehr muss man nicht schreiben. Ich hoffe, die App funktioniert ewig. Danke dafür. ### 5/5 — Suddenly API Key Stopped working (Rating changed) *2023-11-22, version 2.5.6* New Comment: Rating changed to 5 stars. I completely stopped using this application… But I did enjoy while it was working properly. Anyway I use other apps that you guys have developed and they are amazing (Vekt and Gola). Old Comment: Suddenly API Key Stopped working. It was working great. And payment methods are very confusing. I think I paid for this application previously and can’t restore my purchase. My device: iPhone 14 Pro Max (latest iOS), iPad Pro 12.9” (2018, 3rd Generation, latest iPadOS) Note: I regularly update my review/rating for this application. With Kindest Regards-BR --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-02.*