Comparison

Refurb Store vs Liquid Apollo

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Refurb Store

This app helps you find discounted refurbished Apple products. Set custom alerts to be notified instantly when specific items become available, ensuring you don't miss out on great deals.

Highlights
  • Monitors refurbished Apple products
  • Saves money on purchases
  • Customizable alerts
  • Real-time notifications
  • Finds best offers
Features
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The Refurb Store App saves you money by monitoring all the refurbished products available at the Apple Store and pushing the best offers in your direction! Refurbished products are in short supply, so to make sure you don’t miss anything you’re looking for, set up a custom alert and get real time notifications the minute the product you’re after is available. Try the Refurb Store App now and save money on your next Apple purchase!

About

Liquid Apollo

Access a wide range of AI language models, both locally on your device and through cloud APIs. This app allows you to chat with open-source models, connect to your own hosted LLMs, or utilize services like OpenRouter for broad model access.

Highlights
  • Local LLM support
  • OpenRouter integration
  • Custom backend connections
  • Private AI chat
  • Access to open-source models
  • Connect to hosted LLMs
Features
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Chat with private, local AI models, connect to every open source AI, or your own locally-hosted private LLMs. Apollo is your own customizable client for accessing language models from all around the web. Local model support (powered by LEAP, a Liquid AI product): run smaller LLMs privately and securely on-device. OpenRouter support: bring an OpenRouter API key to chat with every model on the web. Just sign in by creating an account over at OpenRouter and paste it in to Apollo to access nearly every model, from open source models like Meta Llama 3, to closed source models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4. Custom Backend support: want ChatGPT at home? Run an LLM on your computer with tools like LM Studio or Ollama and connect to it with Apollo to host your own private ChatGPT-like mobile app for your family.

Screenshots

Refurb Store4 screens
Liquid Apollo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Liquid Apollo at 69% against Refurb Store's 21%. Liquid Apollo also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.2) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). Refurb Store's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Liquid Apollo holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Liquid Apollo has 645 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of Refurb Store's written reviews are positive against 69% of Liquid Apollo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Refurb Store ships an update every 2 months, Liquid Apollo every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Refurb Store versus Liquid Apollo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRefurb StoreLiquid Apollo
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (6 ratings)4.5 (645 ratings) — better
Positive reviews21.4% of reviews68.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6645 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB151 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperEUREKOOLiquid AI, Inc.

Customer experience

Refurb Store

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive21.4%
Neutral10.7%
Negative67.9%

Liquid Apollo

All ratings645 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral3.7%
Negative8.5%
Written reviews147 reviews
Positive68.7%
Neutral10.9%
Negative20.4%

Bugs and requests

Refurb Store

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Liquid Apollo

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Unable to download Liquid Models
  • Deleted locally installed models
  • OpenRouter support crashes the app
  • Voice list doesn't load all available voices
  • Backspace lag leading to unintended text deletion
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  • Inconsistent behavior when using code blocks

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add support for more open-source models (e.g. Gemma 3)
  • Implement image generation and upload functionality
  • Allow scheduling of asynchronous tasks
  • Integrate with Hugging Face model repository
  • Provide built-in prompt library
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  • Add MCP (Multimodal Conversation Protocol) support
  • Enable direct OpenAI API integration
  • Improve voice chat functionality
  • Add option to delete all chat history
  • Implement search and filtering for chat history

In-app purchases

None

Refurb Store

No in-app purchases

None

Liquid Apollo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Refurb Store free?
Refurb Store is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Liquid Apollo free?
Liquid Apollo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Refurb Store or Liquid Apollo?
Liquid Apollo is rated higher. Refurb Store averages 3.2 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Liquid Apollo averages 4.5 from 645 ratings.
Do Refurb Store or Liquid Apollo have ads?
Neither Refurb Store nor Liquid Apollo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Refurb Store or Liquid Apollo?
Refurb Store ships an update every 2 months, and Liquid Apollo every 10 days. Most recently, Refurb Store was updated on October 1, 2026 and Liquid Apollo on September 30, 2026.

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